The Book of Revelation, written by the apostle John,
describes his vision of the future and serves as a prophetic message for
the end times.
"….write
in a book what you see and send it to the
7 churches
which are in Asia"
(Revelation 1:11)
"write
the things which you have seen, and the things which are, and the things
which shall be hereafter"
(Revelation 1:19)
The majority of the Book of Revelation relates
John's vision of a scroll that is written on both sides and then sealed.
"and I saw on the right hand of him
that sat on the throne a book written within and on the backside, sealed
with 7
seals"
(Revelation 5:1)
"and I saw
when the lamb opened one of the seals …"
(Revelation 6:1)
These 7 seals
are opened in sequential order. After the 7th seal is opened, John sees a
vision of seven angels with 7 trumpets. When the last of the
trumpets is sounded, John observes how the
7 bowls of the wrath of God are poured on
the earth.
When the 7th bowl of wrath is poured, Christ
returns to earth with his saints and the battle of Armageddon starts. This
return of Christ is to stay on this earth as the ruling King, in difference
to His previous comings.
Refer to
Timeline For Revelation for more detail about these prophetic
events.
Additional references include:
