OUTLINE OF ENDTIME EVENTS

The Seven Seals

A sealed scroll opened one seal at a time by Jesus Christ (Rev 5:1-14) about whom the angels sang "Worthy are You to take the book and to break its seals; for You were slain, and purchased for God with Your blood men from every tribe and tongue and people and nation. You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to our God; and they will reign upon the earth" (Rev 5:9-10 NASB). Once opened each seal remains open until the end from which we infer that the conditions each describe continue until Jesus' return.

Mt. 24:4-5, Mk 13:5-6, Lk 21:8, Rev 6:1.

The advent of the United Nations enabled military actions to be taken all over the globe, e.g., the Korean War, Vietnam War, and the like. As intercontinental ballistic missiles armed with nuclear  devices or biological weaponry become available to rogue nations and minor powers they bring a greater threat to world peace. The use of such weapons can easily draw the major powers into conflict and the aftermath of any nuclear or biological event has a global impact.

Rev 6:3, Mt 24:6-7, Mk 13:7-8, Lk 21:9-10.

A quart of wheat for a day's wages suggests a costly price for available cereal crops in the famine areas out of the reach of the poor. Enough rain comes to produce olives and wine suggesting the availability of food but with hunger present. The lack of proper nutrition impairs the immune system and leads to disease and death.

Seismic activity has increased on our planet in recent years. Ultimately earthquakes will bring about great devastation in major population areas.

Rev 6:5
Mt 24:7 (last part)
Mk 13:8 (last part)
Lk 21:11 (adds plagues).

Ultimately, famine and starvation will affect one-fourth  of the world's population. At this point Africa, with presumably South America and Asia soon to follow, suffers from massive famine. Note that here we deal with a generation produced out of the THIRD SEAL which does not have the physical stamina to survive as their parents and grandparents did. The word "sheol" gives the sense of mass graves (the world of the dead).

Rev 6:7 but not mentioned in the Gospels.

Rev 6:11 fellow servants who were to be killed even as they had been killed should be completed.

Rev 11: 1-14 Two witnesses (God's last warning to the evil powers of the world) 3 1/2 year (360 day) special ministry.

Holy City (Jerusalem) tread under 3 1/2 years (42 months)

Lk 21:11-18 (religious persecution and martyrdom).

Sealing of the 144,000 (Rev 7:2-8)--these are converted people being sealed

Rev 6:12; Lk 21:11; Lk 21:25-26

The Seven Trumpets

The excerpt "as of" a scorpion is indicative of terrifying war machines

The Western capital (possibly Rome but symbolically referred to as Babylon) destroyed in a nuclear blast (see Rev 18 whole chapter).

Western leaders concentrate their combined forces at Armageddon presumably to shore up its hold on the Middle East and to protect its energy sources by a land invasion of  oil rich Persian Gulf states.  An eastern army move threatens Jerusalem, the command center of the Western Allies, and the Allies move major contingents of military forces to the Jerusalem area. 

The
Great
Intervention

The Seven Last Plagues

The armies clash in battle along a front of some 200 miles. The focal point of the ensuing conflict is the Kidron Valley (the Valley of Jehoshaphat at Jerusalem). Great carnage results. At the height of the battle, on the brink of a final nuclear holocaust, God intervenes with the Return of Jesus of Nazareth, the messiah, who destroys the combatants.

Rev 11:13 a great earthquake (1/10 of Jerusalem fell, 7,000 people killed in the earthquake) and final punishment of humanity will be with gigantic hailstones which will weigh about 100 pounds each (Rev 16:21).