Things that come in Sevens in Revelations

If you can count to seven, you can understand the Revelation. For years I have been noticing how things are organized in certain books in groups of seven, particularly the book of the Revelation. Checks this out, three main sections, the first one focuses on the Church and the seals. The second group focuses on the Trumpets and the Beast and the final 7 focuses on the vials of wrath and the parousia (appearing of Christ).

I have some thoughts on how this can be interpreted, hermetical principles, the Theology and of course eschatology (study of the end times). Right now I'm just interested in what you think about my outline. I call it a symmetrical index, I just like to organize things in even groups. It is especially easy to do this with books like Genesis and Matthew which I believe are of a strong Jewish character.

I won't be getting into that right away, just wanting to know what people think of my outline:

1) The Son of Man and the 7 Churches
2) Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamos, Thyatira
3) Sardis, Philadelphia, Laodicia
4) 7-Fold Lamp Blazing Before the Throne
5) The Lamb worthy to open the Scroll
6) 4 Horsemen, S:5 Martyrs, S:6 Wrath
7) 144,000 and the Tribulation Saints

8) T:1 Trees, T:2 Sea, T:3 Water T:4 Sun
9) T:5 Locusts T:6 200 Million Soldiers
10) Rainbow Angel and the Little Book
11) Two Witnesses and T:7 Kingdom Come
12) The Red Dragon, 7 Heads and 10 Horns
13) The Mark of the Beast from the Sea
14) The Lamb and the Grapes of Wrath

15) The Sea of Glass and Vials of Wrath
16) Vials: 1.Sores; 2.Sea; 3.Water; 4.Sun 5.Throne 6. Euphrates 7.Air
17) Mystery Babylon and the Eight Kings
18) The Destruction of the Great City Babylon
19) The Marriage Supper and the Final Battle
20) The Dragon Bound and the Books are Opened
21) The New Creation and the Bride of Christ

22) The Eternal State

The Seven Fold Church:
1) Ephesus: Word kept /1st love left
2) Smyrna: The Beatitude Attitude
3) Pergamum: Sacrifice / Seduction
4) Thyatira: Great works/secret arts
5) Sardis: Looks lively / dead asleep
6) Philadelphia: A marathon ministry
7) Laodicea: Worldly rich/spiritual wretch

The Scroll with the 7 Seals:
S-1: White Horse Ruler with Crown and Bow
S-2: Red Horse rider with a Great Sword
S-3: Black Horse rider with Scale
S-4: Pale Rider, Death and Hell follow
S-5: Martyrs beneath the alter
S-6: Heaven and Earth cataclysms
S-7: Silence in Heaven for half an hour

Vials of Wrath:
V-1: Ugly painfull sores
V-2: Sea turns to blood
V-3: Water turns to blood
V-4: Sun Scorches the earth
V-5: Throne of the beast struck
V-6: Euphrates dried up
V-7: The city drinks God's wrath

Just to give you an idea why I like this approach, from chapter 11-14 would appear to be right in the middle of the 7 year tribulation. For 3 1/2 years the 2 witnesses preach, are finally killed and then resurrected. I'm pretty sure that chapter 13 indicates the abomination of desolation prophesied by Danial and expounded by Christ (Matthew 24:15)


This has led me to the conclusion that the rapture happens in the middle of the tribulation.


This isn't as far fetched as it may seem on the surface. The abomination of desolation happens and the last Trumpet sounds, the scene on earth focuses on the Beast and is followed by the vials of wrath that I think Christ is describing here.


What really intrigues me about this is that it puts the half way mark for the Tribulation in the center of the book of the Revelation.

Grace and peace,
Mark

BibleProphecy said:

At the Fifth SEAL (Re.6:9 below), heavenly saints ask the Lord a question (Re.6:10 below), an answer is given; Their fellow servants (prophets – Amos 3:7) also and their brethren shall be killed as they were (Re.6:11 below).

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People repent and are saved throughout the Tribulation:

The Seventh Trumpet (1 Thess.4:16-17), which many refer to as "the rapture" or "the catching away of the church", occurs at the end of the "tribulation".

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That's right but before the vials of wrath which is the great tribulation. Don't get me wrong I'm not trying to be totally dogmatic about this but with the trumpets:

Saints of the most High (Re.15:3 below) will face the tribulation under the beasts of Revelation chapter 13 (Matt.24:9, Dan.7:21, Dan.7:25, Dan.8:24, Re.12:17, Re.13:7, Re.13:15, Re.16:6, Re.17:6, Dan.12:6-7 below).

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Sounds like a post trib rapture, personally I think those who die following the rapture are the Hebrews who repent after the abomination of desolation. Since the Babylonian exile, that Israel went to for idolatry, the Jews have never worshiped idols. When the beast erects an idol of himself in the holy place they finally are cured of their spiritual blindness (Romans 11:7-10).

Those blessed to come to the 1335 days (Dan.12:12, Re.14:13 below) prior to the Seventh TRUMPET will face the "tribulation".

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The saints may be repentant or surviving believers or they could be repentant Israel. To be a believer in the tribulation is to suffer persecution, there is not doubt about that.