I'm not sure of what am I looking at here?
Greetings mj007,
You're looking at a chart of the end-time events, the order of the seals, trumpets and bowl judgments, which represent the wrath of God. Below are the errors in that chart:
1). Seals 1 thru 5 are outside of God's wrath, the seven year period, when they should be included.
Reason: Jesus is the One who is opening the seals and is therefore the initiator of God's wrath. In the scripture "For the great day of their wrath [has come] and who can endure it" the words in brackets are in the Aorist tense, which would include everything that had previously taken place as belonging to God's wrath. The seals, trumpets and bowl judgments are three sets of seven judgments which make up God's wrath. They shouldn't be separated.
2). The chart shows Jesus returning in the middle of the seven years, when he cannot return until after God's wrath has been completed, which is after the 7th bowl has been poured out.
Reason: Scripture demonstrates that Jesus doesn't return to the earth until after the 7th bowl has been poured out. As proof of this, after the 6th bowl is poured out, Jesus interjects the following:
"Look, I come like a thief! Blessed is the one who stays awake and remains clothed, so as not to go naked and be shamefully exposed."
The above would demonstrate that he has not yet returned to the earth.
3). The chart has the new Jerusalem coming down in the middle of the seven years, in the middle of God's wrath, while scripture is clear that it doesn't come down until after the great white throne judgment, which takes place after the seven years of tribulation, which is then followed by the millennial period. The new Jerusalem will never touch down on this current earth. Below is the chronological order of events:
* Seven years of tribulation via the seals, trumpets and bowl judgments - Rev.6 thru 18
* Jesus returns to the earth to end the age and establish his millennial kingdom - Rev.19:11-21
* Millennial kingdom - Rev.20:1-10
* New Heaven, new earth, new Jerusalem - The eternal state - Rev.21 & 22
4). The saints do not rule over the Male child/144,000, but will rule with the church, as will the great tribulation saints who are resurrected.
Reason: Scripture shows them ruling with a rod of iron during the millennial kingdom - Rev.12:5
5). The creation of the new heaven and new earth should be placed after the end of the thousand years.
Reason: The great white throne judgment takes place after the millennial period and it is there that this current heaven and earth pass away and not before:
"Then I saw a great white throne and the One who sat on it. The earth and the heavens fled from His presence, and no place was found for them." - Rev.20:11
"Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband." Rev.21:1
The above scripture takes place after the millennial period and after the great white throne judgment.
