End Times Timeline

According to the classical dispensationalist (pretribulational premillennial) model

Note:


Pretribulation

Rapture (Harpazo)


Judgement Seat (Bema) of Christ

Marriage of the Lamb

... Let us rejoice and be glad and give the glory to Him, for the marriage of the Lamb has come and His bride (lit.: wife) has made herself ready.”

Then he said to me, “Write, ‘Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.’”

Revelation 19:7, 19:9

Magog Invasion

And the word of the Lord came to me saying, “Son of man, set your face toward Gog of the land of Magog, the prince of Rosh, Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him and say, ‘Thus says the Lord God, “Behold, I am against you, O Gog, prince of Rosh, Meshech and Tubal. I will turn you about and put hooks into your jaws, and I will bring you out, and all your army, horses and horsemen, all of them splendidly attired (or clothed in full armor), a great company with buckler and shield, all of them wielding swords; Persia, Ethiopia (lit.: Cush) and Put with them, all of them with shield and helmet; Gomer with all its troops; Beth-togarmah from the remote parts of the north with all its troops—many peoples with you.

Ezekiel 38:1–6

“Therefore prophesy, son of man, and say to Gog, ‘Thus says the Lord God, “On that day when My people Israel are living securely, will you not know it? You will come from your place out of the remote parts of the north, you and many peoples with you, all of them riding on horses, a great assembly and a mighty army; and you will come up against My people Israel like a cloud to cover the land. It shall come about in the last days that I will bring you against My land, so that the nations may know Me when I am sanctified through you before their eyes, O Gog.”

Ezekiel 38:14–16

Battle of Gog and Magog


Tribulation (70th Week of Daniel)

Great Tribulation

There was given to him [the beast from the sea with ten horns; i.e., the Antichrist] a mouth speaking arrogant words (lit.: great things) and blasphemies, and authority to act for forty-two months [i.e., 3½ years] was given to him. And he opened his mouth in blasphemies against God, to blaspheme His name and His tabernacle, that is, those who dwell in heaven.

Revelation 13:5–6

And one said to the man dressed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, “How long will it be until the end of these wonders?” I heard the man dressed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, as (lit.: and) he raised his right hand and his left toward heaven, and swore by Him who lives forever that it would be for a time, times, and half a time; and as soon as they finish (lit.: to finish) shattering the power (lit.: hand) of the holy people, all these events will be completed.

Daniel 12:6–7

Abomination of Desolation

Second Coming (Parousia) of Christ

Battle of Armageddon

And I saw coming out of the mouth of the dragon [Satan] and out of the mouth of the beast [the Antichrist] and out of the mouth of the false prophet, three unclean spirits like frogs; for they are spirits of demons, performing signs, which go out to the kings of the whole world (lit.: inhabited earth), to gather them together for the war of the great day of God, the Almighty. (“Behold, I am coming like a thief. Blessed is the one who stays awake and keeps his clothes, so that he will not walk about naked and men will not see his shame.”) And they gathered them together to the place which in Hebrew is called Har-Magedon (or Armageddon).

Revelation 16:13–16

And I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse, and He who sat on it is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He judges and wages war... He is clothed with a robe dipped in blood, and His name is called The Word of God. And the armies which are in heaven, clothed in fine linen, white and clean, were following Him on white horses.

And I saw the beast and the kings of the earth and their armies assembled to make war against Him who sat on the horse and against His army.

Revelation 19:11–14, 19:19

75-day Interregnum

From the time that the regular sacrifice is abolished and the abomination of desolation is set up, there will be 1290 days. How blessed is he who keeps waiting and attains to the 1335 days! But as for you [Daniel], go your way to the end; then you will enter into rest and rise again for your allotted portion at the end of the age (lit.: days).

Daniel 12:11–13

Judgement of the Sheep and Goats

“But when the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him, then He will sit on His glorious throne. All the nations will be gathered before Him; and He will separate them from one another, as the shepherd separates the sheep from the goats; and He will put the sheep on His right, and the goats on the left.

“Then the King will say to those on His right, ‘Come, you who are blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world [the Millennial kingdom]. For I was hungry, and you gave Me something to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave Me something to drink; I was a stranger, and you invited Me in; naked, and you clothed Me; I was sick, and you visited Me; I was in prison, and you came to Me.’ ...

“Then He will also say to those on His left, ‘Depart from Me, accursed ones, into the eternal fire which has been prepared for the devil and his angels; for I was hungry, and you gave Me nothing to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave Me nothing to drink; I was a stranger, and you did not invite Me in; naked, and you did not clothe Me; sick, and in prison, and you did not visit Me.’ ... These will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”

Matthew 25:31–46


Millennium

Marriage Supper of the Lamb

Then he said to me, “Write, ‘Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.’” And he said to me, “These are true words of God.”

Revelation 19:9

Satan’s Final Rebellion (Final War of Gog and Magog)

When the thousand years are completed, Satan will be released from his prison, and will come out to deceive the nations which are in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together for the war; the number of them is like the sand of the seashore (lit.: sea). And they came up on the broad plain of the earth (lit.: breadth of the earth) and surrounded the camp of the saints (or holy ones) and the beloved city, and fire came down from heaven and devoured them.

Revelation 20:7–9

Great White Throne Judgement

Then I saw a great white throne and Him who sat upon it, from whose presence (lit.: face) earth and heaven fled away, and no place was found for them.

Revelation 20:11


Eternal State


1 2 Cor. 5:20
2 Ezek. 38:4
3 Rev. 16:14
4 Ezek. 38:11
5 Ezek. 38:12
6 Rev. 19:19
7 Ezek. 39:2
8 Rev. 16:16
9 Isa. 63:1
10 Ezek. 39:4–6
11 Rev. 19:21
12 Rev. 13:1–10
13 Rev. 13:11–18
14 2 Chr. 35:22–25
15 John 1:1
16 John 1:14
17 Rev. 1:16