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Because the
majority of the world has rejected Jesus God will
pour out His wrath upon the inhabitants of the
earth after the Rapture. God's wrath will consist
of several events called judgements. There will
be three sets of seven judgments making a total
of twenty-one events involving earthquakes,
famine, pestilence, war and much, much more. Here
are the judgements of the Tribulation: |
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The
Sealed Scroll |
Result |
Revelation |
First Seal |
Antichrist is
revealed |
6:1-2 |
Second Seal |
World wide war |
6:3-4 |
Third Seal |
World wide famine |
6:5-6 |
Fourth Seal |
Death of
one-fourth of the earth's population |
6:7-8 |
Fifth Seal |
Tribulation
martyrs in Heaven |
6:9-10 |
Sixth Seal |
Universal
upheaval |
6:12-17 |
Seventh Seal |
Proclamation of
the coming trumpet judgements |
8:1-2 |
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Trumpet
Judgments |
Result |
Revelation |
First Trumpet |
One-third of
earth's vegetation destroyed |
8:7 |
Second Trumpet |
One-third each of
earth's seas polluted, sea life killed and ships
destroyed |
8:8-9 |
Third Trumpet |
One-third of
earth's fresh water polluted |
8:10-11 |
Fourth Trumpet |
One-third of the
sun, moon and stars darkened |
8:12 |
Fifth Trumpet |
Earth's
inhabitants tormented by demonic invasion |
9:1-12 |
Sixth Trumpet |
Death of
one-third of the earth's population |
9:13-21 |
Seventh Trumpet |
Proclamation of
the Kingdom of God |
11:15-19 |
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Bowl
Judgements |
Result |
Revelation |
First Bowl |
Sores on the
worshippers of Antichrist |
16:2 |
Second Bowl |
Remainder of
earth's seas turned to blood and all sea life
killed |
16:3 |
Third Bowl |
Remainder of
earth's fresh water turned to blood |
16:4-7 |
Fourth Bowl |
Sun's heat
intensified to scorching |
16:8-9 |
Fifth Bowl |
Darkness and pain
upon Antichrist's kingdom |
16:10-11 |
Sixth Bowl |
Euphrates river
dried; World-wide military forces gather at
Armageddon |
16:12-16 |
Seventh Bowl |
World-wide
earthquake and giant hail |
16:17-21 |
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The first event
of the Tribulation, signified by the opening of
the First Seal shown in the chart above is very
important. It's the revealing of The Antichrist upon the inhabitants of
the earth... |
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