If you’re having difficulty determining the order of events during the time of the end or last day events, don’t worry you’re not alone. There are so many last day events and keeping them in order is difficult while reading the Bible.
You probably have questions such as:
When do the seven last plagues occur?
When is the close of probation, is it before or after the plagues?
When is the second coming of Christ?
When is armageddon, is it before or after the second coming of Christ?
When is the great time of trouble?
That’s why having a chart is key to understanding what you’re reading and where certain events fit into the chronology of the last days.
Below is a great chart which is titled, “Chronology Of Last Day Events”, and was originally prepared by Elder James L. Hayward and then republished and edited in 1999 by Wilderness Publications (P.O. Box 2015, London W12 9ZJ, England). It is the best chart I've seen so far on end time events.
So what happens after the second coming of Jesus? There are at least ten events that occur which are outlined here:
1. Second Coming of Jesus Christ
a. Dead in Christ Rise First (First Resurrection)
b. Living in Christ Taken Up
c. Wicked Destroyed
d. Wicked Dead Remain Dead
2. Earth Destroyed
3. Satan Bound
4. Millennium
a. A Thousand Years with Christ
b. Saints Review Books
5. New Jerusalem Descends
6. Wicked Resurrected (Second Resurrection)
7. Satan Loosed
a. Wicked Surround City (New Jerusalem)
8. Judgment
9. Wicked Destroyed in Hellfire
a. Satan Destroyed
b. Wicked Angels Destroyed
c. Second Death for the Wicked
10. New Earth
Below are some of the verses to support each of the events above. This is not an exhaustive list and they are in no particular order within each event. I encourage you to study your Bible and expand this list on your own.
Second Coming of Jesus Christ
1, 1a, 1b: 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17
1: Revelation 22:12
1, 1c: 2 Thessalonians 2:8
1: Revelation 1:7
1: Revelation 6:13-17
1a, 1d, 6: Revelation 20:5
1, 1c: Isaiah 66:15-17
1c: Jeremiah 25:33
1c: Isaiah 11:4
1: Isaiah 13:9
1: Hebrews 9:28
1: John 14:3
1: Matthew 26:64
1: Acts 1:9-11
1: Matthew 24:27, 30-31
1: Matthew 25:31
1: Acts 3:20-21
1: Matthew 24:36
1: Matthew 24:44
1a: John 5:28-29
1a: Acts 24:15
1a: Daniel 12:2
1a, 1b: 1 Corinthians 15:51-53
1a, 1b: Philippians 3:21
1a: Psalm 17:15
1c: Ezekiel 9:1-6
Earth Destroyed
1, 2: 1 Thessalonians 5:2-3
1, 1c, 2: 2 Thessalonians 1:7-10
2: Jeremiah 4:23-26
1, 2: 2 Peter 3:10-12
2: Revelation 16:18, 20
2: Isaiah 24:1, 3
2: Psalm 50:3-4
2: Nahum 1:3-6
Satan Bound
3: Revelation 20:1-3
3: 2 Peter 2:4 (Chains of circumstance)
Millennium
4, 4a, 4b: Revelation 20:4
4b: 1 Corinthians 6:2-3
4b: Daniel 7:22
4: Revelation 20:3
4: Revelation 20:5
4, 4a: Revelation 20:6
4: Revelation 20:7
New Jerusalem Descends
5: Revelation 21:1-2, Holy city descends upon the earth
5: Revelation 3:12, New Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven
5: Revelation 21:9-11, The city the bride
5: Revelation 21:12-13, Angel gate-keepers
5: Revelation 21:18, Wall of jasper, city of pure gold
5: Revelation 21:21, Gates of pearl, streets of gold
5: Revelation 21:16, Size of the city
5: Revelation 21:19-20, Twelve foundations garnished with all manner of stones
5: Revelation 21:23, No need of the sun in the city
5: Isaiah 30:26, Sun seven times brighter than now
5: Revelation 21:24, Gather in the city from all over the world
5: Revelation 22:1-2, The tree of life with twelve manner of fruits
5: Isaiah 66:22-23, Gather monthly and partake of the fruit
5: Revelation 20:9 (Implied)
5: Zechariah 14:1, 4-5, 9
5: Revelation 21:8, Fearful and unbelieving never enter
5: Revelation 22:14, Obedient enter the city
Wicked Resurrected (Second Resurrection)
6: Revelation 20:13
6: Revelation 20:5
6: John 5:28-29
6: Acts 24:15
6: Daniel 12:2
6: Revelation 20:8 (Implied from verse 5)
Satan Loosed
7: Revelation 20:7
7a: Revelation 20:9
Judgment
8, 9: 2 Peter 2:9
8: Matthew 16:27
8: Ecclesiastes 12:14
8: Luke 12:47-48
8: Revelation 20:12-13
8: Revelation 22:12
8: Romans 6:23
8: Romans 21:8
8: Matthew 10:28
8: Ezekiel 28:6-8 (Wicked turn on Satan)
Wicked Destroyed in Hellfire
9a: Revelation 12:12
9: Revelation 20:6 (Second death)
9: Revelation 2:11 (Second death)
9: Revelation 20:14 (Second death)
9, 9c: Revelation 21:8 (Second death)
9a: Revelation 20:9-10
9a: Ezekiel 28:18-19
9a, 9b: Matthew 25:41, 46
9: Isaiah 66:15-17
9: Isaiah 47:14
9: Matthew 3:11-12
9: Jeremiah 4:4 (Unquenchable fire)
9: Jeremiah 7:20 (Unquenchable fire)
9: Jeremiah 17:19-27 (Jerusalem burned - but not still burning today)
9: Isaiah 34:10
9: Isaiah 47:14
9: 2 Chronicles 34:25
9: 2 Peter 2:6 (Ashes)
9: Jude 7
9: John 12:48
9: 2 Peter 2:9
9: 2 Peter 3:7
9: Matthew 13:40-42
9: Revelation 20:7-9
9: Psalm 21:9
9: Psalm 37:9-10, 20, 38
9: Psalm 145:20
9: Malachi 4:1-3
9: Jonah 1:17; 2:6
9: 1 Samuel 1:22, 28
9: Exodus 21:6
9: Ezekiel 37:28; 38:1-3, 16-18
New Earth
10: Revelation 21:1, 10, A new earth
10: Isaiah 66:22-23, Regular seasons of worship
10: 2 Peter 3:13
10: Isaiah 65:17, New earth promised
10: Isaiah 51:3, Made like Eden
10: Isaiah 35:1-10, Description of new earth
10: Isaiah 65:21-25, Employment on the new earth
10: Isaiah 33:24, Inhabitants never sick
10: Revelation 21:4, No pain nor death
10: Matthew 5:5, Meek will inherit the earth
10: Isaiah 65:17, New heavens and new earth
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