The Events in the First Half of the Great Tribulation
6:1 to 9:21 and 17:1-6
The first half of the Great Tribulation will last for three and a half years, or 42 months (13:5), or 1,260 days (a prophetic year in the Bible is 360 days, not 365). Two things should be noted about the events during this period. First, some events occur in chronological sequence, with one event following the other in order. The seal judgments of Chapter 6 and the trumpet judgments of Chapters 8 and 9 fall into that category. Second, other events occur throughout the first half simultaneously with the sequential events. There are five such events occurring throughout the first half. Two of these events actually begin before the Great Tribulation but continue on into and through the first half. One is the ministry of Elijah the Prophet. The other is the rule of the ten kings and ten kingdoms. As stated earlier, after the fall of the one world government before the Great Tribulation, the world will be divided into ten kingdoms. This Ten Kingdom stage will continue into and during the first half of the seven-year Tribulation period. The other three events are the ministry of the 144,000 and the worldwide revival (Chapter 7), the ministry of the two witnesses (Chapter 11) and the rule of religious Babylon (Chapter 17:1-6).314
The Seven Seals of the Lamb – Revelation 6:1-17 (to see link click Ck)
The First Seal: A White Horse – Revelation 6:1-2 (Cl)
The Second Seal: A Red Horse – Revelation 6:3-4 (Cm)
The Third Seal: A Black Horse – Revelation 6:5-6 (Cn)
The Fourth Seal: A Pale Horse – Revelation 6:7-8 (Co)
The Fifth Seal: I Saw Those Who Had Been Slain – Revelation 6:9-11 (Cp)
The Sixth Seal: The Sun Turned Black Like Sackcloth – Revelation 6:12-17 (Cq)
Then I Heard the Number of Those Who Were Sealed – Revelation 7:1-8 (Cr)
God Will Wipe Away Every Tear from Their Eyes – Revelation 7:9-17 (Cs)
The Seventh Seal: Silence in Heaven – 8:1 Revelation (Ct)
The Seven Trumpets – 8:2 to 9:21 Revelation (Cu)
The Angel Took the Censer and Hurled It on the Earth – Revelation 8:2-5 (Cv)
The First Trumpet: Hail and Fire Mixed with Blood – Revelation 8:6-7 (Cw)
Second Trumpet: A Third of the Sea Turned into Blood – Revelation 8:8-9 (Cx)
Third Trumpet: The Name of the Star is Wormwood – Revelation 8:10-11 (Cy)
Fourth Trumpet: The Lights Darkened – Revelation 8:12-13 (Cz)
The Fifth Trumpet: Locusts Like Scorpions – Revelation 9:1-12 (Da)
Sixth Trumpet: A Third of Mankind Killed – Revelation 9:13-21 (Db)
I Will Give Power to My Two Witnesses to Prophesy – Revelation 11:1-6 (Dc)
I Saw a Woman Holding a Golden Cup – Revelation 17:1-6a, 15 and 18 (Dd)
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