The Tribulation Timeline

 

1. The Rapture (Before Tribulation) ✨

 

Believers are caught up to meet Christ in the air.
📖 1 Thessalonians 4:16–17

Marks the beginning of the Tribulation period.

 

 

2. The Beginning of the Tribulation (3 ½ Years) ⚖️

 

Rise of the Antichrist (peace covenant with Israel).
📖 Daniel 9:27

First 4 Seals (Revelation 6):

False peace (white horse)

War (red horse)

Famine (black horse)

Death (pale horse)

Growing deception and global unrest.

 

 

3. The Midpoint: The Abomination of Desolation 🚨

 

Antichrist breaks the covenant with Israel.

Sets himself up in the temple as God.
📖 Matthew 24:15; 2 Thessalonians 2:4

Marks the start of the Great Tribulation.

 

 

4. The Great Tribulation (Final 3 ½ Years) 🌪

 

Intense judgments:

Trumpet judgments (Revelation 8–9).

Bowl judgments (Revelation 16).

Persecution of believers.

Cosmic disturbances and increasing wrath.
📖 Matthew 24:21 – “For then there will be great distress, unequaled from the beginning of the world…”

 

 

5. The Second Coming of Christ ✝️

 

Jesus returns with power and glory.

Defeats Antichrist and armies at Armageddon.
📖 Revelation 19:11–16

Satan bound for 1,000 years.

 

 

6. The Millennium (1,000-Year Reign) 👑

 

Christ reigns on earth in righteousness.
📖 Revelation 20:1–6

 

 

7. Final Judgment & Eternity 🌅

 

Great White Throne Judgment (Revelation 20:11–15).

New Heaven & New Earth (Revelation 21–22).

Eternal joy for God’s people.