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The History of the Ages – Lesson 81

Since we’ve discussed this several times in meetings, I decided to make a list of post-rapture events from the Book of Revelation. These are “the things that must take place in the future”. (Revelation 4:1) 


  1. 1st seal, the rise of the Antichrist (6:1)
  2. 2nd seal, war (6:3-4)
  3. 3rd seal, famine (6:5-6)
  4. 4th seal, death and hell (6:7-8)
  5. 5th seal, first tribulation martyrs (6:9-11)
  6. 6th seal, great day of God’s anger (6:12-17)
  7. The 144,00 Jews marked (7:1-8)
  8. Tribulation martyrs worship scene (7:9-17)
  9. 7th seal, silence in heaven (8:1)
  10. 7 angels receive the 7 trumpets (8:2)
  11. Prayer ministry of the angels (8:3-5)
  12. Angels prepare to sound the trumpets (8:6)
  13. 1st trumpet, hail, fire and blood (8:7)
  14. 2nd trumpet, 1/3 of the Mediterranean Sea turned to blood (8:9)
  15. 3rd trumpet, 1/3 of the fresh water poisoned (8:10-11)
  16. 4th trumpet, planets lose 1/3 of light (8:12)
  17. Three woes announced (8:13)
  18. 5th trumpet (1st woe), demons from the Abyss to torment men (9:1-12)
  19. 6th trumpet (2nd woe), 200,000,000 demons loosed to kill 1/3 of men (9:13-21)
  20. Antichrist defiles the temple and the holy city (11:1-2)
  21. The ministry of the two witnesses (11:3-12)
  22. Earthquake in Jerusalem (11:13)
  23. 7th trumpet, announcement of God’s dominion over the earth (11:15-18)
  24. Temple in heaven opened (11:19)
  25. Sun-clothed woman (Israel) in travail (12:1-2)
  26. Dragon attacks manchild (12:3-4)
  27. Manchild taken up to heaven (12:5)
  28. Woman flees to desert for 3 1/2 years (12:6)
  29. Third woe, Satan cast out of heaven to the earth (12:7-12)
  30. Satan and Antichrist pursue woman, their armies destroyed (12:13-16)
  31. They pursue remnant who did not flee (12:17)
  32. Antichrist gains power over the nations (13:1-10)
  33. Rise of the false prophet, beast worship (13:11-17)
  34. 144,000 Jews (manchild), worship scene in heaven (14:1-5)
  35. 1st angel preaches gospel to the whole earth (14:6-7)
  36. 2nd angel announces fall of Babylon (14:8)
  37. 3rd angel pronounces judgment on beast worshippers (14:9-12)
  38. Blessing on martyrs (14:13)
  39. Description of Armageddon, the harvest (14:14-16)
  40. Description of Armageddon, the vintage - a river of blood 184 miles long (14:17-20)
  41. Preparation of the 7 bowl (vial) judgments (15:1, 6-7)
  42. Worship scene with tribulation martyrs (15:2-4)
  43. Temple in heaven opened again (15:5-16:1)
  44. 1st bowl judgment, sores on all who have mark of the beast (16:2)
  45. 2nd bowl judgment, Mediterranean Sea turned to blood – thick, foul smelling, like the blood of a corpse, everything in the sea dies (16:3)
  46. 3rd bowl judgment, all fresh water turned to blood (16:4-7)
  47. 4th bowl judgment, fierce heat from the sun, people blaspheme God (16:8-9)
  48. 5th bowl judgment, Antichrist’s kingdom plunged into total darkness, people continue to blaspheme God (16:10-11)
  49. 6th bowl judgment, Euphrates River dried up to make highway for armies to gather at Armageddon (16:12)
  50. Three loathsome spirits gather the nations to Armageddon (16:13-16)
  51. 7th bowl judgment, greatest earthquake in history of the earth, cities (including literal Babylon, the commercial center of Antichrist’s kingdom) destroyed, islands in the Mediterranean moved, 50 lb. hailstones fall on people, they continue to blaspheme God (16:17-21; 18:1-24)
  52. Leaders of the nations commit idolatry with the great whore (false religious system) (17:1-5)
  53. Saints martyred by great whore (17:6-7)
  54. The 10 kings of the Old Roman Empire unite with Antichrist who finally has complete power over the area surrounding the Mediterranean Sea (Western Europe, Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Northern Africa) (17:8-13)
  55. They plot war against the Lamb (17:14)
  56. They destroy the great whore (17:15-18)
  57. The marriage supper of the Lamb (19:1-10)
  58. The second coming of Christ to the earth (19:11-16)
  59. Angel invites birds to Armageddon (19:17-18)
  60. Battle of Armageddon, Antichrist and false prophet thrown into lake of fire (19:19-21)
  61. Satan bound in the Abyss (20:1-3)
  62. 1st resurrection completed, Millennium begins (20:4-6)
  63. Satan loosed to deceive the nations at the end of the Millennium (20:7)
  64. The last rebellion on the earth against God (20:8-9)
  65. Satan confined to hell forever (20:10)
  66. 2nd resurrection, the judgment of the wicked dead (20:11-15)
  67. New heaven and new earth (21:1)
  68. New Jerusalem descends to earth from heaven (21:2)
  69. God on the earth to dwell with men (21:3; 22:3-5)
  70. Curse removed, all things made new (21:4-5; 22:3)
  71. The living nations and redeemed saints will live forever with God on the earth (22:1-5)