Major Events & Jewish Feasts in Revelation

There are ten major events in Revelation, the last book of the New Testament. They are related to the Jewish marriage analogy (as explained in another hub article) and all have a part in bringing the Lamb and His new wife, the bride of Christ, into a new eternal life together.

The major events of Revelation accomplish these things:

• The Lamb, having given His life, comes into possession of the contract enabling Him to fetch His bride.
• Christ's bride is victorious and those who reject Him are reaped from the earth and destroyed.
• Then there is the marriage feast.
• The Lamb as the King of all Kings conquers the deceivers and begins His reign with His saints, to then bring an end to Satan and all the unrepentant.
• A new heaven and earth is made for the King and His wife to finally dwell together in the eternal kingdom.

The ten major events that I identify in Revelation are listed as follows.

1. The Lamb earns the contract (5:5-7)
2. “birth pangs’ and Tribulation (6 and 8:1-6)
3. “Day” of God’s wrath and reaping of earth's harvest (8:7-12; 16:1-9)
4. God’s full anger at Armageddon (9:1-13; 16:10-21)
5. Marriage feast of The Lamb and His bride (19:6-9)
6. King of Kings with His army conquers the Beast nations and False Prophet (19:11-21)
7. Messiah's Millennial reign co-ruled by His saints (20:4-6)
8. Released Satan deceives nations then is thrown into Lake of Fire (20:7-10)
9. The dead not in the book of life thrown in Lake of Fire with Death and Hades (20:11-15)
10. New heaven and earth, and new Jerusalem descends from God like a bride (21:1-22:5)

The events numbered 2-4 represent the separate visions of the series of Seals, Trumpets and Vials. Why I see them as separate visions is explained in The Central Idea in Revelation's Tribulation Chapters. These events John sees in separate visions are foreshadowed by the traditional Jewish fall feasts, which I expand on in Jewish Fall Feasts Reflected in Revelation.

The series of seven Seals found in Revelation 6 and 8, rather than the exacting of judgment, are a category of events meant to awaken those yet unaware, like a warning. These are called "birth pangs" (event number 2 in the above list of ten major events.)

The Seals reflect Christ's message to the churches in Revelation chapters 2-3; to hold on with repentant hearts and remain faithful. This is like a Jewish bride keeping ready and watchful.

The series of Trumpets and Vials in Revelation take place at the same time, in tandem. I have shown why these two series can be viewed as simultaneous in another hub article.

These are referred to in the list of major events as "Day" of God's wrath and God's full anger; events 3-4.

Reaping Earth's Harvest

It is in these events where God's judgment is enacted. Once God's Trumpet judgments are poured out, earth's harvest is reaped, in Revelation 14. The reaping is done both by Christ seated on a cloud (14:14), and by the angel of fire (14:18). The reaping is of the "weeds" (Matthew 13:30) , or "grapes" in Revelation, throwing them outside the city to receive the full anger of God's wrathful judgment, the Vials.

Purging by tribulation

This indicates that in the midst of God's judgment in the series of Trumpets and Vials, there are both those being saved from final wrath and those who are not. This purging by tribulation allows for a change by anyone towards repentance and salvation.

Throughout the series of seven Trumpets, there is still a chance to repent and not meet the fate of the grapes—the Vials of the full wrath of God.

God's full wrath on the unrepentant

After the 6^th Trumpet, no one is left who will repent (9:20). When the Vials of God's full anger are poured out, by the time of the 4^th Vial, in 16:11, it is clear that all who remain are unrepentant.

After the three major events of the series of Seals, Trumpets and Vials come the majority of the other major events in Revelation. These events bring about the full reign of Christ as King, shared by His saints, and then the new earth, heaven and Jerusalem where they will eternally reside.

I look at other key events in Revelation in following hub articles. These build towards a one-page summary event-line of Revelation.

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