Kingdom of God Timeline

444 BC

7th Week: Decree to Rebuild

Artaxerxes' decree to rebuild Jerusalem starts the clock on the 70 weeks. The city and Temple are rebuilt over the following 49 years (7 weeks).

Nehemiah 2:1-18

434 yrs → AD 33

Weeks 8–69: To the Triumphal Entry

Daniel 9:25 gives the countdown as 7 weeks, then 62 more (weeks 8–69): 69 weeks × 7 years = 483 prophetic years, on the 360-day year Daniel's contemporaries used, equal to 476 solar (365-day) years. That many years after the decree, the 69th week closes at the Triumphal Entry, traditionally dated 30 Mar AD 33. Dating follows Harold W. Hoehner's Chronological Aspects of the Life of Christ.

Daniel 9:25

The Time of the Gentiles

The Mystery Gap

After the 69th week: the Anointed One is cut off (the crucifixion, traditionally 3 Apr AD 33) and the city and Temple are destroyed (AD 70). An unspecified gap, the "mystery" of the Gentiles' time, opens between the 69th and 70th weeks. We're living in it now.

Isaiah 49:1-7Luke 21:20-28Romans 11:25-32Galatians 3:2-9Ephesians 3:2-11Daniel 9:26

7 years, still future

70th Week: Still Future

The Antichrist confirms a covenant with many, starting the 70th week. Midway through, he ends sacrifices and sets up the "Abomination of Desolation."

Daniel 9:27

Day 0

Covenant⁹

The Antichrist's "covenant with many" starts the 70th Week.

Daniel 9:27

Day 0–600

Birth Pains⁷

False Christs, Wars, Disasters

The early signs Jesus named before the end.

Matthew 24:4-8

Day 0–1260

2300 Evenings & Mornings

Daniel's 2300 evenings and mornings (~6.3 years); interpreters differ on where this span starts relative to the 70th Week's own day-count, so it's shown here schematically rather than precisely scaled.

Daniel 8:14

Day 60

Sacrifices Begin¹⁰

Sacrifice and offering resume; the Temple is rebuilt.

Daniel 8:13-14

Day 150

1st Seal

The rider on the white horse: conquest.

Revelation 6:1-2

Day 350

2nd Seal

The rider on the red horse: war.

Revelation 6:3-4

Day 550

3rd Seal

The rider on the black horse: famine.

Revelation 6:5-6

Day 600–1260

The Anti-christ Wars¹⁵

Consolidating the 4th Beast Kingdom

Wars in the north and south that consolidate the Antichrist's kingdom in the first half of the week.

Daniel 7:15-25Daniel 8:17-25Daniel 11:40-45

Day 750

4th Seal

The rider on the pale horse: death.

Revelation 6:7-8

Day 1150

144K / 5th Seal

144,000 sealed from the tribes of Israel; the martyrs' cry from under the altar.

Revelation 7:1-8Revelation 6:9-11

Day 1260

Abomination of Desolation¹¹

Jerusalem is invaded, sacrifices end, and the Antichrist is revealed.

Daniel 9:27Matthew 24:15Luke 21:20-242 Thessalonians 2:4

Day 1260–2520

The Great Tribulation

"time, times & half a time"¹ / 42 mo.² / 1260 days³

The second half of the 70th Week: unequaled distress, cut short for the elect's sake. The temporary wrath of Satan, distinct from God's own wrath in the Time of Wrath that follows.

Daniel 7:24-25Daniel 12:7, 14Revelation 11:2Revelation 13:5Revelation 11:3Revelation 12:6Matthew 24:21Revelation 7:14

Day 1350

Satan Cast Out · Beast's Mark

Satan is thrown down to earth; the Beast requires his mark to buy or sell.

Revelation 12:7-9Revelation 13:16-17

Day 1600

6th Seal

A great earthquake; the sun turns black as sackcloth.

Revelation 6:12-17

Day 1850

7th Seal → Trumpets

The seventh seal opens onto the seven trumpet judgments.

Revelation 8-9

Day 2350

Rapture · Bowls of Wrath

The church is caught up to meet the Lord in the air, as the seven bowls of God's wrath are poured out.

1 Thessalonians 4:16-17Revelation 16:1-16

Day 2520–2550

The Time of Wrath¹⁶

the eternal consequences of God's wrath

God's own wrath, distinct from Satan's temporary rage in the Great Tribulation.

Daniel 9:27Daniel 11:36

Day 2545

Armageddon → Antichrist Defeated

Christ returns visibly, in glory. The armies of the earth gather against him and are defeated; the Beast and the false prophet are thrown into the lake of fire, ending the battle.

Revelation 19:11-16Revelation 16:16Revelation 19:19Revelation 19:20-21

Day 2550

Day of the Lord¹² / Jesus Returns!¹³

Darkness in the sun, moon, and stars. Then Jesus returns visibly to gather his elect, in the final battle of his wrath.

Matthew 24:29Isaiah 13:9-10Zephaniah 1:14-18Joel 2:1-11, 28-32; 3:14-16Revelation 6:12-14Genesis 3:15Matthew 24:30-31Daniel 9:27Daniel 11:361 Thessalonians 4:15-5:10Ezekiel 38-39Revelation 14:14-15:4Revelation 19:1-21

Day 2600

Temple Reconsecrated¹⁴

The Millennial Kingdom fulfills the Old Testament covenants to Abraham, David, Moses, and Jesus (the New Covenant). Day 2600 is 1,335 days from the Abomination: "Blessed is he who waits" for it (Dan 12:12).

Daniel 8:14Daniel 12:12

Day 2600+

Millennial Kingdom¹⁷

undated

Fulfills all the Old Testament covenants to Abraham, David, Moses & Jesus (the New Covenant). Scripture doesn't give its length as a day-count, so it's drawn here open-ended.

Daniel 7:26-29Ezekiel 40-48Revelation 20:1-6