Here's my understanding of how things will play out:
1) the rapture of the Christian church will take place. Could happen any time. Every Christian, dead or alive, will be gathered to Christ. We will meet him in the air, and become immortal, with our new spiritual bodies. We will be with Jesus in heaven for 7 years while the trib plays out down here. I believe this time period will be when Christians will be judged for rewards.
2) the tribulation will commence, and will last 7 years. During the trib, the seal, trumpet, thunder, and bowl judgments will occur. There will be people who will come to believe during the trib. Life will not be easy for them. They will be heavily persecuted, imprisoned, and many will be put to death for their faith.
3) at the end of the trib, Jesus Christ will descend from heaven with his armies (we'll be with him), fight and defeat the anti-christ, false prophet, and those who stand with them. This is the battle of Armageddon. It will literally be a battle, with blood running as high as horses' bridles in places.
4) the "sheep and goat" judgment will happen. This is when everyone who made it alive through the trib will be gathered to Christ and judged as to whether they will be allowed into the kingdom or not. The beast and false prophet, and those not allowed into the kingdom, will be tossed into gehenna (the lake of fire) and destroyed. The devil and his angels will be imprisoned.
5) Jesus will set up the millennial kingdom. The earth will be restored to a state of paradise, and become a wonderful place to live again (as it was in Eden). No wars, no famines, no more thorns and thistles, animal nature will be changed, everyone will know God, etc.
6) concurrently with #5, the resurrection of the just will happen. This is when all OT believers, and those who will die for their faith during the trib, will be raised from the dead and granted entrance into the kingdom.
7) the millennial kingdom will play out. It will be 1000 years long, and Jesus Christ will be ruling the entire world from Jerusalem. It will be a wonderful time. Christians and those who were raised in the resurrection of the just will be in their resurrected bodies, and be immortal. Those who participated in the "sheep and goat" judgment will still be mortal. They will procreate, and die. These are the ones who will multiply and fill the earth. They will also have the capacity to sin, which is why Jesus will need to rule with a "rod of iron". Justice will reign.
8) at the end of the millennial kingdom, the devil will be released from his prison and deceive a great number of the mortals populating the kingdom that despite living in paradise, things aren't good enough, and he will convince many of them to rebel against Jesus' rule. God will quell their uprising with fire from heaven.
9) the resurrection of the unjust will happen. This is when every person not previously resurrected will be raised from the dead and judged according to what they have done. This is known as the Great While Throne judgment. Most of these people will be found unworthy of everlasting life, and be thrown into the lake of fire, where they will be destroyed. Some will be given everlasting life, and become immortal. Somewhere in here the Devil and his angels will be thrown into the lake of fire as well, where they will eventually be destroyed (become ashes).
10) God will bring into existence the new heaven and earth, with new Jerusalem descending from heaven to the earth. Jesus will turn everything back over to the Father, and they will dwell with us forever.
Obviously, I left out some things, but that is how I believe things will play out. Also, I know I did not give one single scripture reference. But I can, and will do so if asked.
And the way the world is going, I would not be surprised if these things begin to happen soon. I'm 65, and I believe I may well be alive when the rapture happens. Time will tell...