Understanding End Times: A Prophetic Overview Chart
From the first pages of Scripture to the final Amen of Revelation, God has never left His people without a witness. The prophets saw it in visions, Jesus taught it on the Mount of Olives, Paul explained it to the churches, and John recorded it in the Revelation of Jesus Christ. Though they lived centuries apart, their voices rise together like a choir—each carrying a different harmony, yet all proclaiming the same great story: the Day of the LORD, the triumph of the Lamb, and the gathering of His people at the last trumpet.
When we lay their words side by side—Ezekiel’s shaking earth, Joel’s darkened skies, Daniel’s sealed visions, Zechariah’s returning King, Jesus’ trumpet call, Paul’s mystery of resurrection, and John’s seventh trumpet—we discover not chaos, but a breathtaking unity. Every prophet, every apostle, every vision points toward the same climactic moment when heaven and earth meet, when kingdoms fall, when the dead are raised, and when Christ takes His rightful throne.
This chart is an attempt to honor that unity. It gathers the threads of Ezekiel, Joel, Daniel, the Major and Minor Prophets, Matthew 24, Paul’s letters, and the book of Revelation, and lays them across one timeline—not to force Scripture, but to let Scripture interpret Scripture. It is bold, yes, but it is also deeply reverent, trusting that the Author of history has woven His message with perfect consistency.
At the center of this tapestry stands a single, resounding truth: the resurrection and gathering of God’s people occur at the last trumpet—the seventh trumpet—when the kingdom of this world becomes the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ (Revelation 11:15–18; 1 Corinthians 15:51–52; Matthew 24:31).
This is not a chart of fear, but of hope. Not a puzzle to confuse, but a promise to anchor. Not a secret code, but a testimony of God’s faithfulness from age to age.
As you walk through these pages, may your heart be strengthened, your discernment sharpened, and your hope renewed. The same God who spoke through the prophets is the God who will keep every word. And the same Jesus who ascended with a promise will return with a trumpet.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
THE GREAT PROPHETIC OVERLAY CHART
A Visual Teaching Grid for the End‑Time Sequence
LEGEND
— = not addressed
1. GLOBAL BIRTH PAINS / BEGINNING OF SORROWS
Event
Prophets
Daniel
Jesus (Matt 24)
Paul
Revelation
Wars
Isaiah 19; Ezekiel 38
Daniel 11
Matthew 24:6
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Revelation 6:4
Famines
Ezekiel 5; 14
—
Matthew 24:7
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Revelation 6:5–6
Pestilence
Ezekiel 5; 14
—
Luke 21:11
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Revelation 6:8
Earthquakes
Isaiah 24; Ezekiel 38
—
Matthew 24:7
—
Revelation 6:12
2. RISE OF ANTICHRIST / LITTLE HORN / BEAST
Event
Prophets
Daniel
Jesus
Paul
Revelation
Final world ruler
—
Daniel 7:8, 20–25
Matthew 24:15
2 Thess 2:3–4
Revelation 13:1–8
Blasphemous mouth
—
Daniel 7:8, 25
—
—
Revelation 13:5–6
Persecution of saints
Jeremiah 30
Daniel 7:21, 25
Matthew 24:9–22
2 Thess 1:4–7
Revelation 13:7
3. ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION
Event
Prophets
Daniel
Jesus
Paul
Revelation
Abomination set up
—
Daniel 9:27; 11:31; 12:11
Matthew 24:15
2 Thess 2:4
Revelation 13:14–15
Image of the beast
—
—
—
—
Revelation 13:14–15
Forced worship
—
—
—
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Revelation 13:15
4. GREAT TRIBULATION
Event
Prophets
Daniel
Jesus
Paul
Revelation
Time of trouble
Jeremiah 30:7
Daniel 12:1
Matthew 24:21–22
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Revelation 13:7; 14:12
Saints persecuted
Amos 8:11–12
Daniel 7:25
Matthew 24:9–13
2 Thess 1:4–7
Revelation 13:7
5. COSMIC SIGNS BEFORE THE DAY OF THE LORD
Event
Prophets
Daniel
Jesus
Paul
Revelation
Sun darkened
Isaiah 13:10; Joel 2:31
—
Matthew 24:29
—
Revelation 6:12
Moon to blood
Joel 2:31
—
Matthew 24:29
—
Revelation 6:12
Stars fall
Isaiah 34:4
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Matthew 24:29
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Revelation 6:13
Heavens shaken
Haggai 2:6; Isaiah 24:18–20
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Matthew 24:29
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Revelation 6:14
6. THE TRUMPET OF GOD / LAST TRUMPET / 7TH TRUMPET
