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Introduction
1:1—1:20
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Seven Letters to Seven Churches
2:1—3:22
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Prelude to Prophecy
4:1—4:11
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Scroll with 7 Seals
5:1—5:14
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"White Horse"
6:1—6:2
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"Red Horse"
6:3—6:4
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"Black Horse"
6:5—6:6
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"Pale Horse"
6:7—6:8
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Cry of the Martyrs
6:9—6:11
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Major Catastrophe
6:12—6:17
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144,000 Sealed
7:1—7:8
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Tribulation Saints in Heaven
7:9—7:17
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7 Trumpets Prepared
8:1—8:6
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Vegetation Struck
8:7
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Ocean Struck
8:8—8:9
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Water Supply Struck
8:10—8:11
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Atmosphere Struck
8:12—8:13
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Locusts
9:1—9:12
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Myriad Pandemic
9:13—9:21
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The Angel and
the Little Book
10:1—10:11
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The Two Witnesses
11:1—11:14
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Kingdom of Christ Proclaimed
11:15—11:19
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The Woman in the Wilderness
12:1—12:17
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The Two Beasts /
The Mark of the Beast
13:1—13:18
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The Lamb and the 144,000
14:1—14:13
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Picture/Prophecy of
Second Coming / Resurrection/Rapture
14:14—14:20
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Completion of God's
Wrath Initiated
15:1—16:1
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Sores
16:2
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Oceans Die
16:3
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Fresh Waters Die
16:4—16:7
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Scorching Heat
16:8—16:9
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Darkness / Pain
16:10—16:11
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Prelude to Armageddon
16:12—16:16
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Global Quake / Great Hail
16:17—16:21
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Fall of Babylon
17:1—18:24
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Invitation to Marriage Supper of Lamb
19:1—19:10
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Final Battle of War of Armageddon
19:11—19:21
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Satan Bound
for 1,000 Years
20:1—20:3
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Christ's Government
20:4—20:6
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Satan Briefly Released
20:7—20:10
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Great White
Throne Judgment
20:11—20:15
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New Heaven, Earth, Jerusalem
21:1—21:27
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"Garden of Eden" Restored
22:1—22:5
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Conclusion
22:6—22:21
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Revelation of actual things that will take place,
presented using symbolism... (Revelation 1:1)
Who Jesus Is to Us
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Letters constitute message
to Church as a whole
(especially the End Times Church)
Who We Are to Jesus
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The Throne Room of Heaven;
John prepared to receive prophecy
24 Elders, 4 Living Creatures
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Only Jesus found worthy
to break seals and open scroll
Scroll is God's Decree of Judgment
upon World System
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Global Imperialism:
military/economic/political conquest
1776: United States (final hegemon) established; Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations
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Global War
1914 - 1918: World War I
1939 - 1945: World War II
1947 - 1991: Cold War
2001 - Present: Great End Times War *
* Great End Times War:
Islamism vs. Western Civilization
Progressivism vs. Judeo-Christianism
Iran (Russia) vs. Israel (United States)
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Global Economic Disparity:
"First World" vs. "Third World"
Top 10% of world: 76% of wealth
Bottom 50% of world: 2% of wealth
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Global Death:
War / Disease / Famine
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Global Martyrs
(Christians throughout history)
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Supervolcano
- Most likely: Campi Flegrei (Italy)
- Major disruptor to Vatican & European Union
- Global economic/environmental impact
- Structural damage in Israel/Jerusalem
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People of God Sealed
for Protection from
God's Tribulation Plagues
(type of Passover)
(12 Tribes of Israel
times 12 Disciples of Christ
times 1,000 [perfection]
equals 144,000)
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Picture of Saints
who will be martyred
during Great Tribulation
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Comet Thrust Toward Earth
"Then the angel took the censer, filled it with fire from the altar, and threw it to the earth"
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Daniel 9:27, 11:21-24
"Then he shall confirm a covenant with many for one week..."
Taurid Meteor Storm
- Remains from tail of Comet Encke
- Contains very large/catastrophic objects
- Occurs annually in September/October on seven-year cycle
- Coincides with Jewish High Holiday of Sukkot
- Daniel 2:34-35
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Massive Meteor Shower
(Cometary Debris)
Burns up all grass,
one–third of trees around Earth
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Massive Meteorite Strikes
Pacific Ocean
Kills one-third of sea life,
destroys one–third of ships
Causes 300-foot tidal waves around
Pacific Rim; destroys U.S. West Coast
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Massive Meteorite Explodes
Over Land Mass (Siberia?)
"Wormwood" ("bitter");
contaminates one–third of world's
fresh water supply
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Heavy Particulates Due
To Cosmic Impact Event
(First Three Trumpets)
Pollutes atmosphere;
blocks one-third of light from Sun/Moon/stars;
starts mini ice age
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(Tribulation Plagues are
type of Egyptian Plagues)
Actual locusts: "commanded not to harm... any green thing... but only those men who do not have the seal of God on their foreheads"
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One Third of Mankind
Killed by Three Major Pandemics
(pretext for Mark of Beast?)
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John Prepared to
Prophesy Further
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Construction of Third Temple begins
Two witnesses prophesy to Jews
against Antichrist during Tribulation's
first half; murdered by Antichrist,
resurrected, ascend to Heaven
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Lightning, thunder, earthquake, great hail
Ark of the Covenant
seen in Heaven
NOTE: 7th Trumpet is same
as "last trumpet" in 1 Corinthians 15:52
Matthew 24:29-31, 1 Thessalonians 4:13-17
Isaiah 27:12-13
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On Day of Dedication of Third Temple,
Antichrist sits on throne (Ark of the Covenant?)
in Holy of Holies and "shows himself to be God"
Moshiach → Mahdi
Maitreya, Kalki, secular savior
Great Apostasy
Daniel 7:8
Isaiah 14:12-15
Daniel 9:27, Matthew 24:15
2 Thessalonians 2:1-4
Daniel 11:29-31, 36-39
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Satan cast out of Heaven,
persecutes/pursues God's people
Daniel 7:19-25
Daniel 11:32-25
U.S. helps Israeli Jews flee to southern Jordan (type of Exodus); U.S. forces protect Jews there throughout last half of Great Tribulation
Daniel 11:41
Christians persecuted worldwide
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The Antichrist and
the False Prophet
The Mark of the Beast ("666")
(related to Myriad Pandemic [6th Trumpet]?)
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Jews and Christians
standing in victory
(12 Tribes of Israel
times 12 Disciples of Christ
times 1,000 [perfection]
equals 144,000)
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The "Harvest of the Earth"
and the "Grapes of Wrath"
The final separation of righteous and unrighteous
is prophesied/pictured
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"seven angels (carrying) seven golden bowls full of the wrath of God"
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"a foul and loathsome sore
came upon the men who
had the mark of the beast"
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All sea life dies
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All fresh water becomes "blood"
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Greenhouse effect resulting
from Cosmic Impact Event
(four trumpets at start
of Great Tribulation)
(naturally follows after
several years of mini ice age)
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"his kingdom became full of darkness;
and they gnawed their tongues
because of the pain"
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Euphrates River dries up;
armies from the east
summoned to Plains of Megiddo
Daniel 11:30, 44-45
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- Global earthquake
- Babylon divided
- Great hail
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Final hegemon (the United States; more precisely New York City)
destroyed with nuclear weapon by Antichrist
(this in response to the U.S.'s actions in defense of Israel; see Daniel 11, Revelation 12)
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Bride of Christ (Church)
declared ready for Resurrection/Rapture
("coming back for Church
without spot or wrinkle")
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- Coincides with Taurids/Sukkot
- Christ Returns with Armies of Heaven
- Resurrection/Rapture
- Armies of World Defeated
- Antichrist Thrown into Lake of Fire
- All Jews are Saved (Paradise emptied?)
- God's Manifest Kingdom Established
Matthew 24:29-31; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-17
1 Corinthians 15:50-55
Daniel 12
Daniel 9:24; Romans 9-11
Zechariah 14
Daniel 2:44-45
Daniel 7:11-14
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Christ and His Army (angels and spirits/souls of deceased saints)
come to Earth to defeat armies of Antichrist
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Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven,
having the key to the bottomless pit
and a great chain in his hand.
He laid hold of the dragon, that serpent of old,
who is the Devil and Satan,
and bound him for a thousand years
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Tribulation Martyrs constitute
Jesus' central government
in Jerusalem
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Gog/Magog War
Ezekiel 38
Satan cast into Lake of Fire
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"And anyone not found
written in the Book of Life
was cast into the lake of fire."
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Wall around New Jerusalem: 12 gates with names of "twelve tribes of the children of Israel", 12 foundations with names of "twelve apostles of the Lamb"
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River of Life and Tree of Life
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"Behold, I am
coming quickly . . ."
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