Revelation Timeline (Complete)

The Seven Seals (Revelation 6:1–8:1)

1. First Seal – White horse (6:1–2)
2. Second Seal – Red horse (6:3–4)
3. Third Seal – Black horse (6:5–6)
4. Fourth Seal – Pale horse (6:7–8)
5. Fifth Seal – Martyrs under the altar (6:9–11)
6. Sixth Seal – Great earthquake, cosmic signs (6:12–17)
   • Interlude: Sealing of the 144,000 (7:1–8)
   • Interlude: Great multitude before the throne (7:9–17) - The Rapture of the Church
7. Seventh Seal – Silence in heaven ~½ hour (8:1)
   • Introduces the Trumpets

The Seven Trumpets (Revelation 8:2–11:19)

1. First Trumpet – Hail & fire mixed with blood (8:7)
2. Second Trumpet – Burning mountain into the sea (8:8–9)
3. Third Trumpet – Wormwood star, bitter waters (8:10–11)
4. Fourth Trumpet – Sun, moon, stars darkened (8:12)
   • Announcement of the Three Woes (8:13)
5. Fifth Trumpet – 1st Woe: Locusts from the abyss (9:1–12)

Sixth Trumpet – 2nd Woe (9:13–21)

• Interlude: Mighty angel & little book (10:1–11)
• Interlude: Two witnesses (11:1–14)

The Seven Thunders (Revelation 10:3–4)

John hears them but is commanded not to write them down.

Seventh Trumpet – 3rd Woe (11:15–19)

Interludes & Signs

• Woman clothed with the sun, child, and dragon (12:1–17)
• Beast from the sea (13:1–10)
• Beast from the earth (false prophet) (13:11–18)
• 144,000 with the Lamb on Mount Zion (14:1–5)
• Three angelic proclamations (14:6–13)
• Harvest of the earth (14:14–20)

Note: Revelation 14:14–20 is not a rapture scene—there is no “trumpet of God” or catching up of believers. Instead, the imagery is of a harvest with a sickle and a winepress, symbols consistently used in Scripture for judgment (Joel 3:13; Isa 63:2–6). In context, this scene previews the final separation that will occur during the Tribulation itself—between those who heed the angelic warnings in Revelation 14:6–12 and remain faithful to Christ, and those who follow the beast and take his mark.

The Seven Bowls (Vials) of Wrath (15:1–16:21)

1. First Bowl – Painful sores (16:1–2)
2. Second Bowl – Sea turns to blood (16:3)
3. Third Bowl – Rivers and springs to blood (16:4–7)
4. Fourth Bowl – Scorching sun (16:8–9)
5. Fifth Bowl – Darkness on the beast’s kingdom (16:10–11)
6. Sixth Bowl – Euphrates dried up; kings of the East; Armageddon gathering (16:12–16)
7. Seventh Bowl – Earthquake & hail; Babylon remembered before God (16:17–21)

Judgment of Babylon

• Woman on the beast (17:1–18)
• Fall of Babylon announced (18:1–24)
• Heavenly rejoicing (19:1–10)

The Return of Christ & Final Battles

• Christ appears on a white horse; armies of heaven follow (19:11–16)
• Beast and false prophet captured, thrown alive into the lake of fire (19:17–21)

The Millennium & Final Judgment

• Satan bound for 1,000 years (20:1–3)
• Saints reign with Christ (20:4–6)
• Satan released, final rebellion, cast into lake of fire (20:7–10)
• Great White Throne judgment; the dead judged (20:11–15)

New Heavens & New Earth (21–22)

• New heaven, new earth, new Jerusalem (21:1–8)
• Description of the New Jerusalem (21:9–27)
• River of life, tree of life, eternal blessings (22:1–5)
• Final exhortations, warnings, and promise of Christ’s return (22:6–21)