Okay, I see what you're saying. You're connecting the patterned language between these verses to come to that conclusion. I think this is a reliable way to interpret scripture. But I'm curious, judging by your charts, why do you discount the patterned language connecting the 7th trumpet with the 7th bowl, as shown below:
7th Trumpet | 7th Bowl |
“The seventh angel sounded his trumpet,… Then God’s temple in heaven was opened, and within his temple was seen the ark of his covenant. And there came flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder, an earthquake and a severe hailstorm.” – Revelation 11:15, 19 | “The seventh angel poured out his bowl into the air, and out of the temple came a loud voice from the throne, saying, “It is done!” Then there came flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder and a severe earthquake… From the sky huge hailstones, each weighing about a hundred pounds, fell on people.” – Revelation 16:17-18, 21 |
Clearly, this patterned language demonstrates these passages are describing the same event, yet your chart still places them separate from each other. If you connect the 3rd Woe with the act of Satan being cast down on this basis, then it would make sense that the 7th trumpet and bowl are also connected for the same reason.
This is incorrect. The reason why we know that is because it's not what the text says, as demonstrated below:
"From the time that the daily sacrifice is abolished and the abomination that causes desolation is set up, there will be 1,290 days. Blessed is the one who waits for and reaches the end of the 1,335 days." -
Daniel 12:11-12
The first sentence tells us that once that particular event happens, there are 1,290 days left. This means there will be 1,290 days left until Jesus' return. The second sentence tells us blessed are those who wait and reach the end of the 1,335 days, which we can infer from the text, is for the same reason (i.e., Jesus' return).
This demonstrates that both of these sets of days have the same end-point, but have two different start-points.
The text says the abolishment of the daily sacrifice and the setting up of the abomination that causes desolation begin the 1,290 days. It doesn't attribute that to the beginning of the 1,335 days. You are adding that part yourself.
This is a common misnomer, and it usually happens because people believe that since the trumpet judgments are listed after the mention of the 7th seal, they must happen in that order. Yet, as we study Revelation, we learn not to assume its events are written in the order they're mentioned.
As an example, the 6th seal and 7th bowl are mentioned it two separate areas of Revelation, yet their patterned language demonstrates they're both referring to the same event, as seen below:
6th Seal | 7th Bowl |
“I watched as he opened the sixth seal. There was a great earthquake. The sun turned black like sackcloth made of goat hair, the whole moon turned blood red, and the stars in the sky fell to earth, as figs drop from a fig tree when shaken by a strong wind. The heavens receded like a scroll being rolled up, and every mountain and island was removed from its place.” – Revelation 6:12-14 | “The seventh angel poured out his bowl into the air, and out of the temple came a loud voice from the throne, saying, “It is done!” Then there came flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder and a severe earthquake… Every island fled away and the mountains could not be found. From the sky huge hailstones, each weighing about a hundred pounds, fell on people.” – Revelation 16:17-18, 20-21 |
Clearly, we can see these two visions are describing the same event, as it doesn't make any sense that every island and mountain are destroyed on two separate occasions! Similar to how we can connect two separate visions together that are located in different areas of Revelation, we can understand that just because the trumpet visions are mentioned just after 7th seal, doesn't mean they happen in that order.
You shouldn't assume others would have trouble understanding the imagery simply because you do. My chart isn't for people who are unfamiliar with Revelation's text. It's for people who are actively studying it. I don't need to spell things out for these people, because if they're studying the text in Revelation, then they'd know what each image represents.
There is no need for a legend on my chart because the images are self explanatory if one is familiar with Revelation's text.
In your reply to keras, you said:
I didn't make separate mention of the sign of the son of man appearing in heaven, because it's included in the imagery of the sixth seal, as you yourself acknowledge.
My chart does include the two witnesses. When you butchered my timeline you took their image and moved it earlier in the chart and labeled them the two witnesses. The truth is the two witnesses are representative of the martyrs who die during the Great Tribulation. They're not two individuals, who breath fire like most believe.
The timeframe of the Great Tribulation is only properly found after understanding what the trumpets and bowls are, as well as who the two witnesses are in relation to the timeline set out across the seals of Revelation. That timeframe is, in fact, 1,260 days.
You can read my hermeneutics here:
1.)
The Great Tribulation and The Day of The Lord (Understanding the trumpets and bowls)
2.)
What Are the Seven Seals of Revelation? (Understanding the seals)
3.)
Who Are the Two Witnesses in Revelation? (Understanding the who the two witnesses are)
My chart doesn't need to explain what the abomination of desolation is because the purpose of the timeline is to give an order of end-time events. Explanations and hermeneutics are found in the articles related to each timeline as it develops across each study.
The man running to the mountain is a reference the Jesus' command that we should flee to the mountains when we see the abomination that causes desolation standing in the holy place. This imagery is explained in its corresponding study, and doesn't need to be explained to those actively studying eschatology or those who are following along with the studies linked above.
The 1,335 days have no clear explanation as to what they're associated with, as I demonstrated earlier in this message. Unless you can provide Scriptural proof as to what they relate to, we can't say anything beside the fact that we don't know what specific event takes place to begin those days.
As demonstrated in the chart, the 1,290 days conclude with the return of the Lord.
