The Sequence of Events
Event No. 1 - The Rapture
The first event on the horizon that begins
the end time events is the removal of
all believers in the Lord Jesus Christ.
Christ returns at the Last Trump of the
Feast of Trumpets (1 Corinthians 15:52)
to gather his people and take them to their
rooms as he promised in John 14. The believers
are removed from the earth (Revelation 3:10)
so that the rest of the inhabitants of the
earth can go through the coming time of trial
(Isaiah 26:20-21). This event
is before the 70th Week (2,520 days) begins. Trumpets
2017 looks to be the most probable time.
Event No. 2 - The War to Eradicate Israel
After the Rapture, the storm clouds of war
gather to wipe Israel off the face of the
globe (and they may begin to gather before the
Rapture). Those nations are found in Psalm 83
and Ezekiel 38-39. Psalm 83 records the
nations immediately surrounding Israel, where
Ezekiel focuses on the periphery. The
attackers in Psalm 83 had issues with those
now hidden via the Rapture, but still have
issues with Israel. Those in Ezekiel see
Israel as a nation that has been gathered back
to the land that also has many things the
attackers want to gain. Israel is also living
at “peace” at that time, which can also mean
that they are “dwelling over confidentially”.
However, this war ends with the protective
hand of God. Israel is spared, but her enemies
are ruined. Even Israel’s allies in name only
(i.e. The USA) suffer at the hand of God.
Event No. 3 - Confirmation of the Covenant
with Israel
When God judges the attackers of Israel,
the whole world, including Israel will know
this was an act of God. God has confirmed His
covenant with Israel. This is more likely the
“confirmation of the Covenant with many” that
initiates the 70th Week of Daniel. This
parallels Israel spending the next seven years
burning the weapons of war. For the day counts
of Daniel and Revelation to work, this
confirmation should occur two months after the
Rapture of the Church. This looks to be the
first day of the ninth month on the Hebrew
Calendar 2017.
Event No. 4 - The Rise of the Ten Kings
With the destabilization and destruction of
Russia, America, and many of the Islamic
countries, it will create the vacuum in which
the peoples of the former Roman Empire gain
power to form ten kingdoms that rule the
world. This is a necessary step between the
war to eradicate Israel and the revelation of
the Antichrist. If the Antichrist is the
confirmer of the Covenant, then this step
becomes hard pressed in such a short period of
time. But since the Antichrist cannot be the
confirmer of the Abrahamic Covenant, this
means the Antichrist does not have to appear
on the scene until some time before the
Abomination of Desolation. Before the
Antichrist comes, these ten kingdoms from the
area of the former Roman Empire must come
first. It may also be possible that the ten
kingdoms follow the ten regions delineated by
the Club of Rome. Their ten regions cover the
entire globe. These ten kings precede the
Antichrist.
Event No. 5 - Rebuilding the Temple
In order for the Antichrist to defile the
Temple, it must be rebuilt again. The
earthquake that hits Israel during the war to
eradicate it will knock everything down in
Jerusalem. This would naturally include the
Dome of the Rock and the Al-Aqsa Mosque.
Only after this will the Temple be rebuilt,
otherwise it would have also fell. Since the
Abomination of Desolation occurs in the middle
of the seven years, at some point in the first
half, the Temple will be rebuilt.
Event No. 6 - The King from Syria
To fulfill Daniel 11, the Antichrist will
come from the area of the king of the North,
which as part of Alexander the Great’s Empire
was the region of Syria. It was the area ruled
by Antiochus Epiphanes. The Antichrist picks
up and overlaps where Antiochus left off in
Daniel 11. The Antichrist will subdue three of
the kingdoms and these ten kings will give
their power to the Antichrist.
Event No. 7 - The Abomination of Desolation
Halfway through the period of 2,520 days
the Abomination of Desolation occurs. At this
point the Antichrist halts the sacrifices and
defiles the Temple in Israel and demands to be
worshipped as God. Now begins his 1,260 days
of trampling Jerusalem until the return of
Jesus Christ. The world will follow the Beast
and all who buy or sell must have his
identification. Those who do so will put their
souls in jeopardy. It would appear that the
Antichrist suffers an assassination attempt
and receives a deadly head wound, but Satan
resurrects the Antichrist by dwelling in him.
Once this happens, the Antichrist demands
worship of himself and defiles the Temple.
This looks to coincide with the day that
Christ was also raised–the day after the
Sabbath that comes after Passover. This day
comes 1,260 days after Kislev 1, 2017 and
1,260 days before the Day of Atonement 2024.
Event No. 8 - Fleeing to the Wilderness
Upon seeing the Abomination of Desolation,
those in Judea are to immediately flee to the
wilderness of present day Jordan (Matthew
24:15-21). Only this area will escape the
control of the Antichrist (Daniel 11:41,
Revelation 12:6). God will provide in the
wilderness as He did in the Exodus.
Event No. 9 - The Temple is Brought Low
In Daniel 8, it is 2300 evenings and
mornings from the time the Temple is cast down
or is brought low. 1150 days will fit between
the 9th of Av and the Day of Atonement (2021-2024).
As both Temples were destroyed on the 9th of
Av, it is likely that something significant
happens to the Temple 110 days after the
Abomination of Desolation.
Event No. 10 - Babylon is Rebuilt and becomes
the Commerce Capital
The center of world commerce will make its
way back to the plains of Shinar (Zechariah
5:5-11, Revelation 17-18). While the
center of world commerce has changed,
ultimately it will be back in Babylon at the
return of Jesus Christ. Mystery Babylon is
world commerce and world commerce is the force
putting together globalism. World commerce
controls the final empire, but the leaders
will turn on it (Revelation 17:16).
Event No. 11 - Armageddon
The armies of the world gather at Israel to
not only destroy the Jews, but to also destroy
the King of the Jews who is returning. This
will be an exercise of futility (Revelation
19:19).
Event No. 12 - Jesus Returns and sets up the
Kingdom
On the Day of
Atonement, Jesus redeems his people from the
Antichrist and establishes His Kingdom. It
will take 75 days to fully establish the
Kingdom. Those who are mortal and make it to
day 1335 will physically enter that kingdom.
All of the resurrected saints will find
their respective places in the reign of the
Messiah for 1,000 years (Daniel 12,
Revelation 20).