Everyone has an eschatology (study of end days). Even a-millennial adherents have an eschatology. Please note, most Roman Catholics and Lutherans teach an a-Millennial eschatology, meaning they believe we’re in the one thousand year millennium right now (I don’t believe them either).
Most Christians across the world ignore Revelation. Most Lutherans and Roman Catholics impugn it.
I find it interesting that two of the experts that have posted answers are Lutherans. Luther loathed Revelation and Jews. His followers have regarded it as unreadable Chiastic Poetry. Luther wanted Revelation banned from the Bible.
Luther regarded the Book of James (a Jew named Ya’akov) as an: “epistle of straw,” because it sounded too Jewish.
Germans celebrated Luther’s Birthday by burning Jew’s home and synagogues in Germany on Nov. 10, 1938. Luther wrote, “Jews are a serpent's brood and one should burn down their synagogues and destroy them.”
Another Jew named Yochanon wrote a few Bible Books, including Revelation.
Revelation begins with a description of Yochanon being called to heaven for a meeting. Then, it describes seven Messianic Fellowships. Afterward, the storyline reverts to heaven where the Seven Seals need to be opened to release the Seven Trumpet (judgements) and the Seven Bowls (judgements). At the end, the good and the bad are judged and everyone receives what they deserve as they move into a new age.
There are no exact biblical descriptions of when these events occurred or will occur.
Most modern eschatologists regard a time where nothing needs to occur (Doctrine of Imminence) and then the Pre-Tribulation Rapture, followed by the Seven Seals, Seven Trumpets and Seven Bowls opening during the final seven years of this present age, preferably during the Time of God’s Wrath, that in their estimation is close to the end of the final seven years.
There are many Pre-Wrath adherents. They believe in a Rapture before the Wrath of God hits the earth.
According to Post-Tribulation Rapture-adherent Irvin Baxter, “The book of Revelation is not in chronological order. The seals are the long story, the trumpets are the short story, and the vials are the real short story.”
My feeling is that Yochanon wrote the Book of Revelation as mostly chronological with narrative breaks. It reads like Moses wrote Torah.
Six of the Seven Seals open like the Matthew 24 Birth Pangs before the final seven years. The 144,000 are sealed and set aside and consecrated like First Fruits are in the Bible. Then, the Seven Trumpets open with a narrative break from Revelation 10 to 11:14–19 and resume from chapter 12 to 15. Chapter 16 releases the Seven Bowls and chapters 18–22 describe the final details.
Why does any of this matter? Because the world has been falling apart for over fifty years, but our implosion seems to be hastening. Rather than preaching that Revelation is silly Jewish poetry, we should be aware the Bible is becoming very real and personal.
I believe its time to wake up and smell the coffee. The Third Seal of Revelation seems to be increasing and the Forth Seal is set to open soon.
What has been regarded as chiastic fairy tales may drop like burning asteroids into your laps. What happened to Sodom and Egypt could occur again.
Shalom!
https://www.quora.com/How-could-you-compare-and-contrast-the-7-Seals-7-Trumpets-and-the-7-Bowls-of-the-Book-of-Revelation
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