The Seven Parallel Sections of Revelation* Theme - the victory of Christ and His church

The Millennium

The Judgement

(tribulation and kingdom - Rev. 1:9)

Christ’s 2nd coming and after

The time before Christ’s 2nd coming

Rev. 1-3 Christ in the midst of the lampstands

Rev. 4-7 The vision of heaven and the seals

Rev. 8-11 The seven trumpets

Vision of Christ in the midst of the 7 lampstands (the church)

Letters to the 7 churches

THE 6 SEALS

1st Seal conquest

2nd Seal conflict

144,000 sealed (entire church)

3rd Seal famine

4th Seal 5th Seal death cry of martyrs

Multitude from the great tribulation

The two witnesses

6th Seal day of wrath

7th Seal prelude to trumpets

THE 7 TRUMPETS

1st Trumpet 2nd Trumpet 3rd Trumpet 4th Trumpet 5th Trumpet 6th Trumpet 1/3 of veg. 1/3 of seas 1/3 of waters 1/3 heavens locusts 1/3 mankind

Rev. 12-14 The persecuting dragon

The birth of the child

Rev. 20-22

Beast from earth deceives the nations

The 2 fold harvest: 14:14-16 Christ reaps His elect 14:17-20 Rest reaped into great winepress of wrath of God

THE 7 BOWLS OF WRATH

1st Bowl 2nd Bowl sores sea

The seven bowls of God’s wrath

The fall of Babylon

The woman (church) persecuted

The beast from the sea wars with saints

Rev. 15-16

Rev. 17-19

Satan (dragon) cast out of heaven

7th Trumpet judgement

Babylon the harlot (Jerusalem or Rome)

3rd Bowl 4th Bowl waters heat

The beast turns on the harlot

5th Bowl 6th Bowl dark pain Euphrates

Fall of Babylon

7th Bowl great earthquake

Christ on a white horse

Verses showing that each section ends with the 2nd coming of Christ. 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 who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb! For the great day of His wrath has come, and who is able to stand?” - Rev. 6:15b-17 The nations were angry, and Your wrath has come, And the time of the dead, that they should be judged, And that You should reward Your servants the prophets and the saints, And those who fear Your name, small and great, And should destroy those who destroy the earth.” - Rev. 11:18 So He who sat on the cloud (Christ) thrust in His sickle on the earth, and the earth was reaped. - Rev 14:16 So the angel thrust his sickle into the earth and gathered the vine of the earth, and threw it into the great winepress of the wrath of God. - Rev. 14:19 Then I saw another sign in heaven, ... seven angels having the seven last plagues, for in them the wrath of God is complete. - Rev. 15:1 Then I heard a loud voice from the temple saying to the seven angels, “Go and pour out the bowls of the wrath of God on the earth.” Rev 16:1 Then the beast was captured, and with him the false prophet...These two were cast alive into the lake of fire burning with brimstone. And the rest were killed with the sword which proceeded from the mouth of Him who sat on the horse - Rev. 19:20-21

And fire came down from God out of heaven and devoured them. - Rev 20:9 Then I saw a great white throne and Him The fall of Satan and who sat on it, from whose face the earth the final consummation and the heaven fled away... And I saw the * This chart shows an amillennial view of Revelation. Some of these concepts were drawn from William Hendriksen’s More Than Conquerors - dead, small and great, standing before An Interpretation of the Book of Revelation. The Seven Parallel Sections of Revelation by Dave Stevens is licensed under a Creative Commons God, and books were opened. - 20:11-12

Satan bound

Saints reign with Christ 1000 years (the millennium)

Satanic rebellion crushed

New heaven and earth

New Jerusalem (heaven)

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