The 'events' of the 'seals' take place over a long period of time. (~2000 years)
No, the Seals are all opened after the Church Age (Rev. 2 an d 3) The Seals DO NOTHING, they are Jesus prophesying what the 7 Trumpet Judgments will bring, all wrath emits from the 7 Trumps, if you read Revelation 8:13 a few times this would probably click. The last three woes are the three Trumps yet to sound. So Trump #5 is the 1st Woe, Trump #6 is the 2nd Woe and Trump #7 is the 3rd Woe. In Rev. 11 which is a parenthetical chapter about the Two-witnesses we see the 2nd Woe spoken about, but of course the real time events are in Rev. 9. Likewise we see in Rev. 11 it states the 3rd Woe comes quickly, then we see the 7th Trump brings victory, but like the 2nd Woe we get no details. The DETAILS are given over in Rev. 16, the 7th Trump brings the 3rd Woe which is all 7 Vials combined, they FINISH OFF God's Wrath because the 7 Trumps are God's Wrath, that is why the 7 Thunders sounding changes everything in Rev. 10. So, Jesus foretells of the 42 month rule of the Anti-Christ as he opens the first 5 Seals (which are just metaphors anyway, showing God has all Wrath SEALED UP until He say it is Judgment time) and thus Jesus is demonstrating what the Beasts 42 month reign of terror will bring.
1.) He goes forth conquering
2.) He takes away the peace/brings war
3.) His wars an d edicts bring Famine
4.) His rule ill bring Death, Sickness and the Grave (Hades)
5.) He will Martyr the Gentiles who convert, he can not get at the Jews who convert
Now the 6th Seal represents God's soon to come Wrath, both parallel the same 42 months however.
6.) God's Wrath will fall with the Apophis asteroid IMHO (Rev. 8 Mountain cast into the sea). This will bring the DARKNESS shown in Trumpet #4 because of all the Fires in Trumpet #1. You see, the 6th Seal is just as Prophetic in nature as Joel 2:31, they FORECAST the same thing, one 2500 years ago, the other 2000 years ago.
The 7th Seal is over in Rev. 8 for a reason, the Judgments will not come until the 7th Seal has been loosed or taken off. Just like 7 locks on a closet door leaves it STILL LOCKED until all 7 are off, only having taken 6 off avails nothing, the closet is still locked.
The Trumps last 3.5 years.
The Vials IMHO, last 75 days because the Two-witnesses die at the end of the 2nd Woe and they show up 1335 days before the 2nd coming ends all of these wonders, or 75 days before the Anti-Christ becomes The Beast at the 1260 middle of the week event. That is the ONLY REASON God allows the Two-witnesses to die, so we can juxtapose their 1260 day timeline against the Beasts 1260 day timeline, they have Glorious Bodies, there is no other reason fir them to die, except so we can see the TIMELINES and use them as a sort of "North Star Navigational System".
The 'trumpets' are chronological and occur in sequence.
The 'vials' are chronological and occur in sequence.
The 'trumpets' all occur before the 'vials' begin.
Close, the 7 Vials come forth from the 7th Trump.
In between is the Second Coming of Christ.
Nope, the 2nd Coming happens at Rev. 16:19, the 7th Vial. Rev. 11 (7th Trump) Rev. 14:17-20 (Wine-press of God's Wrath on the wicked) Rev. 16:19 same WINE-PRESS on Babylon the Great (Whole World) and Rev. 19 Armageddon are all four the EXACT SAME EVENTS !!
The 'vials' are the 'Wrath of God'.
The 7 Vials FINISH OFF God's Wrath, the 7 Trumps are the complete Wrath. You mistake is in the reading.
Rev. 15:1 And I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvellous, seven angels
having the seven last plagues; for
in them is filled up the wrath of God.
In those 7 LAST PLAGUES God's Wrath comes full, that is not saying the 7 Vials are ALL of God's Wrath, it just fills up the bowl, because these emit from Trump #7.
Makes no sense, a Mountain/Asteroid hits yet not NOT God's Wrath, all because you misread, IMHO, what FILLS UP is really saying.
The 'events' of the 'seals' are chronological in their 'beginnings' only - there is overlap within the seals and there is overlap with the 'trumpets' (definitely) and the 'vials' (possibly).
The sixth seal is an 'overview' of sorts - and, overlaps the 'trumpets' (definitely) and the 'vials' (possibly).
The Seals are PROPHETIC in Nature. They do nothing, just like Joel 2:31 actually only FORETELLS of the coming Trumpet Judgments as seen in Rev. 8.