Revelation chapters 15,19, 20 - Three Separate Events

The events referenced at Revelation chapters fifteen, nineteen, and twenty are each separate prophetic events, all of which occur AFTER the Seventh Trumpet (1 Thess.4:16-17) ascension.

FROM the Seventh Trumpet the entire body of Christ throughout all ages are in heaven.

At Revelation 15:2 we see those blessed who have to come to the 1335 days (Dan.12:12) prior to the ascension, those who have gotten the victory . . ., standing on the sea of glass in heaven just prior to the Seven Last Plagues being poured out upon the earth (Re.16:1 below).

Mystery Babylon has come into remembrance before God (Re.16:19) and has been destroyed, and the marriage of the Lamb has taken place (Re.19:1-9) PRIOR TO the battle of Armageddon (Re.19:11-21).

The Lamb’s wife has made herself ready (Re.19:7) and are the armies that follow the Lord to the battle.


Directly after the battle of Armageddon, Gog (Satan) is cast into the bottomless pit (Re.20:1-3 below).

Judgment is given to the saints of the most High (1 Cor.6:2-3, Dan.7:22, Re.20:4); saints of the most High will live AND reign with Christ throughout the Millennium.


Seven Last Plagues

Re.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.

Re.15:2 And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, [and] over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God.

Re.15:3 And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous [are] thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true [are] thy ways, thou King of saints.

Re.15:4 Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for [thou] only [art] holy: for all nations shall come and worship before thee; for thy judgments are made manifest.

Re.15:5 And after that I looked, and, behold, the temple of the tabernacle of the testimony in heaven was opened:

Re.15:6 And the seven angels came out of the temple, having the seven plagues, clothed in pure and white linen, and having their breasts girded with golden girdles.

Re.15:7 And one of the four beasts gave unto the seven angels seven golden vials full of the wrath of God, who liveth for ever and ever.

Re.15:8 And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God, and from his power; and no man was able to enter into the temple, till the seven plagues of the seven angels were fulfilled.

Re.16:1 And I heard a great voice out of the temple (Re.15:5 above) saying to the seven angels, Go your ways, and pour out the vials of the wrath of God (Re.15:7 above, Re.16:9) upon the earth.


Battle of Armageddon

Re.19:11 And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him [was] called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.

Re.19:12 His eyes [were] as a flame of fire, and on his head [were] many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself.

Re.19:13 And he [was] clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.

Re.19:14 And the armies [which were] in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.

Re.19:15 And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.

Re.19:16 And he hath on [his] vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.

Re.19:17 And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God;

Re.19:18 That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all [men, both] free and bond, both small and great.

Re.19:19 And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army.

Re.19:20 And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.

Re.19:21 And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which [sword] proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh.


After the battle of Armageddon

Re.20:1 And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.

Re.20:2 And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,

Re.20:3 And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.

Re.20:4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and [I saw] the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received [his] mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived AND reigned with Christ a thousand years.

Re.20:5 But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This [is] the first resurrection.



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