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Couple corrections in this, hopefully it can straighten things out.
First off, Revelation 7 between the 6th seal and first trumpet, has the saints in heaven, having come out of Great Tribulation. I do not believe this is a flash forward. This is actually Chronological. because the 7th seal happens after, and the angels (those who would blow the trumpets) are told not to hurt the earth until the servants of God were sealed.
The Great Tribulation, in this narrative of Revelation 4-11, is the 5th seal, because tribulation is specifically persecution throughout the bible.
Secondly, Chapters and Verses are not inspired.
So I believe that the first part of Revelation 11, regarding the 2 witnesses, is part of the section of scripture that fits with Revelation 10, rather than Chronological during the trumpets. I don't believe that there are 1260 days between the 6th and 7th trumpets.
Let's do a little hermeneutics
The 6th seal, notice the language of the earthquake.
Now Revelation 11
So what do we have here? a rapture and a great earthquake. If we take Revelation 7 into account with the great multitude.. what'd we have at the 6th seal? A rapture and a great earthquake.
are there 2 raptures and 2 great earthquakes? Or are they the same?
But you might be thinking Revelation 16's great earthquake, let's look at the details of that Earthquake vs the details of the Revelation 11 great earthquake. Revelation 11 great earthquake, 10% of Jerusalem collapses, and 7000 people die.
Now Revelation 16
Now.. maybe some people see these events as all being the same? But this 7th vial earthquake seems to be much stronger than the one in Revelation 11, which destroyed 10% of a city. But Revelation 16? It splits Jerusalem into 3 parts, and cities all over the world collapse.
Now, finally, the secret to Revelation is, divide the book into 2 Narratives. They are 2 witnesses of the same events. That's why the 144000 are mentioned twice, that's why there's 2 versions of great tribulation, one focusing on the mark of the beast, and one focusing on martyrs. That's why the saints are in heaven after Jesus shows up on the clouds (6th seal and Revelation 14:14-20) in chapters 7 and 15, showing them having overcome great tribulation. Chapter 7 says it is great tribulation, chapter 15 says they overcame the mark of the beast. It's just different details within narratives like from 2 points of view.
The key is Revelation 10:7.
In essence, the 7th trumpet is the last event in this Narrative. When Revelation 11:15 happens, it's ushering in the Millennial Kingdom. Revelation 12 restarts with a new narrative, going back to the birth of Jesus, and focusing on different details. If you go Chronological and have it continue after the 7th trumpet? You've just had Jesus claim His kingdom for ever and ever.... then hand it back over to Satan to give to the beast in Revelation 13:2. That doesn't make any sense does it?
But dividing the book in half? It makes sense once you see it.
That is how it is post-trib, pre-wrath.
Jesus is on the clouds in the 6th seal, which is after the 5th seal's martyrs/great tribulation, and before the 7 trumpets that are the wrath of the lamb.
Jesus is on the clouds in Revelation 14, after the mark of the beast, which is yes, great tribulation, but before the wrath of God. Revelation 14 has absolutely insurmountable timing to consider. Because it explicitly has Jesus on the clouds before the wrath of God, but after the mark of the beast. The wrath of God is explicitly stated in the 7 vials in Revelation 15.
Your view is somewhat complex. Maybe not to you, but to me it is. You make some interesting connections that I maybe need to look into further first. So, if and or until I look further into some or all of these proposed connections, I can't really address much of your post yet.
Though, I don't fully grasp your view yet, but if it is agreeing with the timeline in Matthew 24, it will probably be hard to find fault with it in that case. Personally though, having all of the trumpets meaning as of verse 29 onward, I already see that contradicting the timeline in Matthew 24, not agreeing with it. If the 5th seal records the martyrdom occurring during the 42 month reign, that has to be meaning during the great trib not during what is recorded in Matthew 24:29. How can the 42 month reign of the beast not involve any of the trumpets?
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