The book of revelation, written by the apostle John, describes his vision of the future and serves as a prophetic message  for the end times.

Re 1:11 ….write in a book what you see and send it to the 7 churches which are in Asia

Re 1:19 write the things which you have seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter

The majority of the Book of Revelation relates John's vision of a scroll  that is written on both sides and then sealed.

Re 5:1 and I saw on the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the backside, sealed with 7 seals

Re 6:1 and I saw when the lamb opened one of the seals …

These 7 seals are opened in sequential order.  After the 7th seal is opened, John sees a vision of seven angels with 7 trumpets.  When the last of the trumpets is sounded, John observes how  the 7 bowls of the wrath of God are poured on the earth.

When the 7th bowl of wrath is poured, Christ returns to earth with his saints and the battle of Armageddon starts.  This return of Christ is to stay on this earth as the ruling King, in difference to His previous comings.

Timeline of Events

Seals
   First seal

   Second seal

   Third seal

   Fourth seal

   Fifth seal Re 6:9 

   Sixth seal  Re 6:12 * 

   Seventh seal Re 8:1-2 #

 * at this point in time the rapture occurs Re 7:13-17.

# at this point in time the mark of the beast becomes mandatory.
Trumpets
  First trumpet

   Second trumpet

   Third trumpet

   Fourth trumpet

   Fifth trumpet

   Sixth trumpet Re 9:13 ** 

   Seventh trumpet 

  

** at this point in time (end of 6th trumpet) the 2 witnesses are killed Re 11:7.
Bowls of Wrath
   First bowl

    Second bowl

    Third bowl

    Fourth bowl

    Fifth bowl

    Sixth bowl

    Seventh bowl  ***

 *** at this point in time Christ returns to earth  Re 19:14, Re 20:4
Battle of Armageddon
Re 19:11-21

Satan chained for 1000 years
Re 20:1-2

The First Resurrection
Re 20:4
The Millennium $
Re 20:4		 This is the government of Christ on earth with his saints.

 $ at this point in time (end of millennium) Satan is let loose for a short time, he again deceives humanity and war ensues... The final defeat of Satan and his angels heralds the next event.
The 2nd Resurrection
 Re 20: 11-15		 White throne judgment. People are judged according to their deeds
New Jerusalem Re 21: 2 God makes a new heaven and a new earth and brings New Jerusalem from heaven down to this new earth.  Re 21:1-2

 

The 1st Seal

Re 6:2 and I saw and behold a white horse and he that sat down on him had a bow, and a crown was given to him, and he went forth conquering and to conquer

The rider of the white horse, which is given a crown, is Christ the messiah.   He was resurrected because he was able to withstand the temptations of Satan here on earth.  We also shall receive a crown or reward if we follow God's commandments and resist the Devil.  After the rider of the white horse is given the crown, he goes on conquering. In a similar way Christ's angels go on conquering against Satan and throw the Devil and his angels out of heaven, restricting them to Earth Re 12:7-9. Things on earth get very ugly once this happens Re 12:12 Woe for the earth and for the sea, because the Devil has come down to you, having great anger, knowing he has a short period of time.

The 2nd Seal  

Re 6:3 and when he had opened the 2nd seal…

Re 6:4 and there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should slay one another. And a great sword was given to him.

The red horse represents war.

War in a big scale such as world war.

The 3rd Seal

Re 6:5,6 And when he opened the 3rd seal I heard the 3rd living creature saying, come and see. And I saw and behold a black horse, and he that sat on it had a balance in his hand and I heard a voice …saying, a pint of wheat for a denarius (a day's salary) and 3 pints of barley for a denarius; and do not harm the oil and the wine

The black horse represents famine.

Famine on a more global scale because the planet is now over-populated, and there are more areas of desert.

The 4th Seal

 Re 6:7,8 and when he opened the 4th seal I heard the voice of the 4th living creature saying, come and see; and I saw, and behold, a yellow-green horse, and the name of the one sitting on it was Death and Hades followed after him. And authority was given to them to kill over the fourth of the earth with sword, with famine, with death, and by the wild beasts of the earth.

The yellow-green horse represents death.

Death caused by wars, famines, diseases, and bestial evil men. The Greek word used for beasts is "therion" which the Apostle Paul also used to describe evil men Titus 1:12.

The 5th Seal

Re 6:9-11 and when he opened the 5th seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those having been slain for the word of God, and for the witness which they had. And they cried with a great voice, saying, until when, holy and true master, do you not judge and take vengeance for our blood, from those dwelling on the earth. And it was given to each one a white robe and it was said to them that they should rest yet a little time, until might be fulfilled also the fellow slaves of them and the brothers of them, those being about to be killed even as they were.

Holocaust Victims

The 5th seal represents a persecution of those who obey God's commandments just as it happened in Roman times, the Inquisition, the reformation in Europe, and the holocaust this last century with Hitler and Stalin. The souls of all those martyrs are "crying out" to God for justice, and God replies that some more will die in a similar way.

We believe this is where we stand in the timeline of biblical prophecy.

There are many Christians being persecuted as we speak. These events may not be front page news, but you can search the internet to see different areas of the world in which religious persecution is prevalent today http://www.persecution.net 

The 6th Seal

 

Re 6: 12 and I saw when he opened the 6th seal. And behold, a great earthquake occurred.

 
 Re 6:12 And the sun became black as sackcloth made of hair, 

Re 6:12 and the moon became as blood,
Re 6:13 and the stars of heaven fell to the earth, as a fig tree being shaken by a great wind casts its unripe figs. 

Re 6:14-16 And the heaven was separated as a scroll being rolled up, and every mountain and island were moved out of their places and the kings of the earth, and the great men , and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondsman, and every free man hid themselves in the caves and in the rocks of the mountains and said to the mountains and rocks, fall on us and hide us from the face of him that sits on the throne, and from the wrath of the lamb.

Re 6:17 for the great day of his wrath is come, and who shall be able to stand?

We believe this is the next event in biblical prophecy to be fulfilled. It represents the return of Christ to the earth to rescue/rapture his followers. Compare the events of the 6th seal with the words of Christ to his apostles as given in Luke 21:25 and there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars…, and Matthew 24:29,30 the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, the stars will fall from the sky, and the heavenly bodies will be shaken, at that time the sign of the son of man will appear in the sky….he will send his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the four winds…

The 7th Seal

 Re 8:1-2 When the Lamb broke the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour. And I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and seven trumpets were given to them.

When the 7th seal is opened, the apostle John sees seven angels with seven "trumpets".  The Hebrew word for trumpet is shofar, a sonorous wind instrument crafted from a ram's horn. In the time of John no metal trumpets existed.  It was customary at that time to sound the shofar before battle, during holidays and to call upon God.  Therefore, what the apostle John actually saw were angels sounding the shofar. 

What follows is the destruction of the earth heralded by the 7 trumpet blasts, culminating in the consummation of God's anger with the 7 bowls of wrath.  These events are better described in  The Seven Trumpets and The Wrath of God

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