Prophecy charts
Daniel and Revelation, drawn out. Choose a chart, then tap any part to see what it stands for. Tap a Bible reference to read it in the King James Version. The dates follow the historic Adventist reading of these prophecies, shared with many Protestant Reformers.
Daniel 2: the great image
King Nebuchadnezzar dreamed of a great image made of four metals, struck by a stone that became a mountain filling the whole earth. Daniel explained it as kingdoms that would follow one another until God sets up a kingdom that never ends.
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Babylon
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Medo-Persia
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Greece
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Rome
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The divided nations of Europe, which never united again
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God’s everlasting kingdom, set up when Christ returns
Daniel 7: four beasts and the judgment
The same story as Daniel 2, told again with beasts, with more about the last power and the judgment in heaven before the saints receive the kingdom.
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Babylon
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Medo-Persia
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Greece, divided four ways after Alexander
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Rome, and the ten kingdoms it broke into
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Read by the Protestant Reformers and by Adventists as the papal power of the Middle Ages, ruling “a time and times and the dividing of time” (1,260 years)
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The judgment in heaven before Christ’s return; the kingdom is given to the saints
Revelation 2–3: the seven churches
Seven letters to real churches in Asia, which also trace the story of God’s church from the apostles to the end. To each one Christ says, “I know thy works.”
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The church of the apostles: zeal, then the first love left
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Persecuted and faithful: “be thou faithful unto death”
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Compromise as the church joins with the empire
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The long Middle Ages: a faithful few amid corruption
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After the Reformation: a name that lives, but needing to wake up
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Revival and mission: an open door
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The last church: neither cold nor hot, with Christ knocking at the door
Revelation 6 and 8: the seven seals
The Lamb opens a sealed book. Each seal shows the church’s experience through history, ending with the question: “who shall be able to stand?”
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The gospel going out in purity and power
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Persecution: peace taken from the earth
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Compromise and a famine of the Word
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Death on a great scale in the Middle Ages
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The martyrs cry “How long?” and are given white robes
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Signs of the end: the Lisbon earthquake (1755), the Dark Day (1780), the falling stars (1833), then Christ’s coming
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About half an hour of silence as Christ comes with all the angels to gather His people