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What the Bible says about Chronology of Revelation
(From Forerunner Commentary)

Revelation 11:14

The New King James puts this verse at the tail end of the narrative about the Two Witnesses, but it should stand by itself. It is a transition verse, telling the reader, "Now it is time to return to the chronological flow. Remember where we were? The second woe had just passed, and the third woe will be explained in the next revelation of events." We have come through an entire inset, spanning chapters 10 and 11, and this verse puts us back on track, returning us to the timeflow of Revelation 9:21. Chapters 10 and 11 are, in publishing terms, a sidebar. They are outside the flow of the main chronology of the book of Revelation.

The woes are announced in Revelation 8:13:

Woe, woe, woe to the inhabitants of the earth, because of the remaining blasts of the trumpet of the three angels who are about to sound!

The "woe, woe, woe" are the three remaining blasts of the trumpet, which means that the fifth trumpet (Revelation 9:1-12) is the first woe.

One woe is past. Behold, still two more woes are coming after these things. (Revelation 9:12)

Then it explains the sixth trumpet in Revelation 9:13-21. This is the whole second woe. Immediately following are two inset chapters—Revelation 10 and 11—which are hooked together because they talk about the same general topic. With Revelation 11:13, the inset is done, so the narrator, John, says, "Now we will return to the story flow. The second woe is past, which, as you'll remember, was in chapter 9. Now, behold, the third woe is coming quickly." So now we are back on track in the chronology.

Richard T. Ritenbaugh
The Two Witnesses (Part Seven)

Related Topics: Third Woe | Trumpet Plagues | Two Witnesses


 

 




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