THE LAST DAYS
Outline of End-Time Events predicted in the Bible
(from bible Knowledge Commentary by Walvoord and Zuck)
I. Events Before, During, and After the Seven-Year End-Time Period (This seven-year period is the 70th
“seven” of Daniel, Dan. 9:27.)
A. Events immediately before the seven-year period
1. Church raptured (John 14:1-3; 1 Cor. 15:51-52; 1 Thes. 4:16-18; Rev. 3:10)
2. Restrainer removed (2 Thes. 2:7)
3. Judgment seat of Christ (in heaven, 1 Cor. 3:12-15; 2 Cor. 5:10)
4. Antichrist rises to power over the Roman confederacy (Dan. 7:20, 24)

B. Event at the beginning of the seven-year period
Antichrist (the coming “ruler”) makes a covenant with Israel (Dan. 9:26-27)
C. Events in the first half of the seven-year period
1. Israel living in peace in the land (Ezek. 38:8)
2. Temple sacrifices instituted (Rev. 11:1-2)
3. World church dominates religion and the Antichrist (Rev. 17)
D. Events perhaps just before the middle of the seven-year period
1. Gog and his allies invade Palestine from the north (Ezek. 38:2, 5-6, 22)
2. Gog and his allies destroyed by God (Ezek. 38:17-23)

E. Events at the middle of the seven-year period
1. Satan cast down from heaven and energizes the Antichrist (Rev. 12:12-17)
2. Antichrist breaks his covenant with Israel, causing her sacrifices to cease (Dan. 9:27)
3. The 10 kings under the Antichrist destroy the world church (Rev. 17:16-18)
4. The 144,000 Israelites saved and sealed (Rev. 7:1-8)

F. Events of the second half of the seven-year periodThese three-and-one-half years are called “the Great
Tribulation” (Rev. 7:14; cf. “great distress, ” Matt. 24:21; “time of distress, ” Dan. 12:1; and “a time of
trouble for Jacob, ” Jer. 30:7)
1. Rebellion (apostasy) against the truth in the professing church (Matt. 24:12; 2 Thes. 2:3)
2. Antichrist becomes a world ruler (1st seal, 5 Rev. 6:1-2) with support of the Western confederacy (Rev.
13:5, 7; 17:12-13)
3. Antichrist revealed as “the man of lawlessness, ” “the lawless one” (2 Thes. 2:3, 8-9)
4. War, famine, and death (2nd, 3rd, and 4th seals, 5 Rev. 6:3-8
5. Converted multitudes from every nation martyred (5th seal, 5 Rev. 6:9-11; 7:9-14; Matt. 24:9)
6. Natural disturbances and worldwide fear of divine wrath (6th Seal, 5 Rev. 6:12-17)
7. Antichrist’s image (an “abomination”) set up for worship (Dan. 9:27; Matt. 24:15; 2 Thes. 2:4; Rev.
13:14-15)
8. Two witnesses begin their ministry (Rev. 11:3)
9. The false prophet promotes the Antichrist, who is worshiped by nations and unbelieving Israel (Matt.
24:11-12; 2 Thes. 2:11; Rev. 13:4, 11-15
10. Mark of the beast used to promote worship of the Antichrist (Rev. 13:16-18)
11. Israel scattered because of the anger of Satan (Rev. 12:6, 13-17) and because of the “abomination”
(Antichrist’s image) in the temple (Matt. 24:15-26)
12. Jerusalem overrun by Gentiles (Luke 21:24; Rev. 11:2)
13. Antichrist and false prophets deceive many people (Matt. 24:11; 2 Thes. 2:9-11)
14. The gospel of the kingdom proclaimed (Matt. 24:14)
15. Israel persecuted by the Antichrist (Jer. 30:5-7; Dan. 12:1; Zech. 13:8; Matt. 24:21-22)
16. Trumpet judgments (Rev. 8-9) and bowl judgments (Rev. 16) poured out by God on Antichrist’s empire
17. Blasphemy increases as the judgments intensify (Rev. 16:8-11)

G. Events concluding the seven-year period
1. Two witnesses slain by the Antichrist (Rev. 11:7)
2. Two witnesses resurrected (Rev. 11:11-12)
3. The king of the South (Egypt) and the king of the North fight against the Antichrist (Dan. 11:40a)
4. Antichrist enters Palestine and defeats Egypt, Libya, and Ethiopia (Dan. 11:40a-43)8
5. Armies from the East and the North move toward Palestine (Dan. 11:44; Rev. 16:12)
6. Jerusalem is ravaged (Zech. 14:1-4)
7. Commercial Babylon is destroyed (Rev. 16:19; 18:1-3, 21-24)
8. Signs appear in the earth and sky (Isa. 13:10; Joel 2:10, 30-31; 3:15; Matt. 24:29)
9. Christ returns with the armies of heaven (Matt. 24:27-31; Rev. 19:11-16)
10. Jews flee Jerusalem facilitated by topographical changes (Zech. 14:5)
11. Armies unite at Armageddon against Christ and the armies of heaven (Joel 3:9-11; Rev. 16:16; 19:17-
19)
12. Armies are destroyed by Christ (Rev. 19:19, 21)
13. The “beast” (Antichrist) and the false prophet are thrown into the lake of fire (Rev. 19:20)

H. Events following the seven-year period
1. Final regathering of Israel (Isa. 11:11-12; Jer. 30:3; Ezek. 36:24; 37:1-14; Amos 9:14-15; Micah 4:6-7;
Matt. 24:31)
2. A remnant of Israelites turn to the Lord and are forgiven and cleansed (Hosea 14:1-5; Zech. 12:10; 13:1)
3. National deliverance of Israel from the Antichrist (Dan. 12:1b; Zech. 12:10; 13:1; Rom. 11:26-27)
4. Judgment of living Israel (Ezek. 20:33-38; Matt. 25:1-30)
5. Judgment of living Gentiles (Matt. 25:31-46)
6. Satan cast into the abyss (Rev. 20:1-3)
7. Old Testament saints resurrected (Isa. 26:19; Dan. 12:1-3)
8. Tribulation saints resurrected (Rev. 20:4-6)
9. Daniel 9:24 fulfilled
10. Marriage supper of the Lamb (Rev. 19:7-9)
11. Christ begins His reign on earth (Ps. 72:8; Isa. 9:6-7; Dan. 2:14-35; 44; 7:13-14; Zech. 9:10; Rev. 20:4)
II. Characteristics and Events of the Millennium
A. Physical characteristics
1. Topography and geography of the earth changed (Isa. 2:2; Ezek. 47:1-12; 48:8-20; Zech. 14:4, 8, 10)
2. Wild animals tamed (Isa. 11:6-9; 35:9; Ezek. 34:25)
3. Crops abundant (Isa. 27:6; 35:1-2, 6-7; Amos 9:13; Zech. 14:8)
4. Human longevity increased (Isa. 65:20-23)
B. Spiritual and religious characteristics and events
1. Satan confined in the abyss (Rev. 20:1-3)
2. Millennial temple built (Ezek. 40:5-43:27)
3. Animal sacrifices offered as memorials to Christ’s death (Isa. 56:7; 66:20-23; Jer. 33:17-18; Ezek. 43:18-
27; 45:13-46:24; Mal. 3:3-4)
4. Feasts of the New Year, Passover, and Tabernacles reinstituted (Ezek. 45:18-25; Zech. 14:16-21)
5. Nations worship in Jerusalem (Isa. 2:2-4; Micah 4:2; 7:12; Zech. 8:20-23; 14:16-21)
6. Worldwide knowledge of God (Isa. 11:9; Jer. 31:34; Micah 4:5; Hab. 2:14)
7. Unparalleled filling of and empowerment by the Holy Spirit on Israel (Isa. 32:15; 44:3; Ezek. 36:24-29;
39:29; Joel 2:28-29)
8. New Covenant with Israel fulfilled (Jer. 31:31-34; Ezek. 11:19-20; 36:25-32)
9. Righteousness and justice prevails (Isa. 9:7; 11:4; 42:1-4; Jer. 23:5)
C. Political characteristics and events
1. Israel reunited as a nation (Jer. 3:18; Ezek. 37:15-23)
2. Israel at peace in the land (Deut. 30:1-10; Isa. 32:18; Hosea 14:5, 7; Amos 9:15; Micah 4:4; 5:4-5a; Zech.
3:10; 14:11)
3. Abrahamic Covenant land-grant boundaries established (Gen. 15:18-21; Ezek. 47:13-48:8, 23-27)
4. Christ in Jerusalem rules over Israel (Isa. 40:11; Micah 4:7; 5:2b)
5. Davidic Covenant fulfilled (Christ on the throne of David, 2 Sam. 7:11-16; Isa. 9:6-7; Jer. 33:17-26;
Amos 9:11-12, Luke 1:32-33)
6. Christ rules over and judges the nations (Isa. 11:3-5; Micah 4:2-3a; Zech. 14:9; Rev. 19:15)
7. Resurrected saints reign with Christ (Matt. 19:28; 2 Tim. 2:12; Rev. 5:10; 20:6)
8. Universal peace prevails (Isa. 2:4; 32:17-18; 60:18; Hosea 2:18; Micah 4:2-4; 5:4; Zech. 9:10
9. Jerusalem made the world’s capital (Jer. 3:17; Ezek. 48:30-35; Joel 3:16-17; Micah 4:1, 6-8; Zech. 8:2-3)
10. Israel exalted above the Gentiles (Isa. 14:1-2; 49:22-23; 60:14-17; 61:5-9)
11. The world blessed through Israel (Micah 5:7)
D. Events following the Millennium
1. Satan released from the abyss (Rev. 20:7)
2. Satan deceives the nations (Rev. 20:8)
3. Global armies besiege Jerusalem (Rev. 20:9a)
4. Global armies destroyed by fire (Rev. 20:9b)
5. Satan cast into the lake of fire (Rev. 20:10)
6. Evil angels judged (1 Cor. 6:3)
7. The wicked dead resurrected (Dan. 12:2b; John 5:29b)
8. The wicked judged at the Great White Throne (Rev. 20:11-14)
9. The wicked cast into the lake of fire (Rev. 20:14-15; 21:8)
III. Eternity
A. Christ delivers the mediatorial (millennial) kingdom to God the Father (1 Cor. 15:24)
B. Present heavens and earth demolished (Rev. 21:1)
C. New heavens and new earth created (2 Peter 3:10; Rev. 21:1)
D. New Jerusalem descends to the new earth (Rev. 21:2, 10-27)
E. Christ rules forever in the eternal kingdom (Isa. 9:6-7; Ezek. 37:24-28; Dan. 7:13-14; Luke 1:32-33; Rev.
11:15)


Notes
1. Some identify Antichrist’s initial rise to power with the first seal judgment (Rev. 6:1-2)
2. Some place the battle of Gog and his allies at the very middle of the seven-year period; others place it
later.
3. Some say the 144,000 will be saved and sealed in the first half of the seven-year period.
4. According to some, this apostasy will begin in the first half of the seven-year period.
5. Many premillenarians place the seal judgments in the first half of the seven-year period.
6. Some Bible scholars say the work of the two witnesses will be in the first half of the seven-year period.
7. Some suggest that the two witnesses will be slain and resurrected in the first half of the seven-year period.
8. Some equate these events with the battle of Gog and his allies.

*Though premillenarians differ on the order of some of these events (see notes at the end of
this outline) they do include all these events in the pattern of the end times.