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A Scripture sequence from the Gospels to Revelation
From Satan bound to death destroyed
A vertical KJV study showing Christ’s present reign, the Gospel among the nations, Israel’s return and blossoming, the final apostasy, Christ’s appearing, the resurrection, and New Jerusalem.
Governing distinction: Israel’s return to the land, possession, rebuilding, and blossoming precede the complete spiritual cleansing. The final promise is not exhausted by physical restoration; it reaches resurrection, the removal of death, and God dwelling with his people.
The complete sequence at a glance
One continuous movement from Christ’s victory to the new creation
StageWhat happensKey ScriptureWhat it establishes
Christ’s first-coming victoryJesus binds the strong manMatthew 12:28–29⌄King James Version“But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God is come unto you. Or else how can one enter into a strong man's house, and spoil his goods, except he first bind the strong man?”Read the full chapter →Tap the reference again to close.Revelation 20:2–3⌄King James Version“And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years… that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled.”Read the full chapter →Tap the reference again to close.The binding is a restraint for a stated purpose: the nations are no longer kept under the former universal deception. It does not mean that Satan ceases every activity.↓
The Gospel ageThe light goes to the GentilesIsaiah 49:6⌄King James Version“I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.”Read the full chapter →Tap the reference again to close.Acts 13:47⌄King James Version“I have set thee to be a light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for salvation unto the ends of the earth.”Read the full chapter →Tap the reference again to close.1 Corinthians 15:25⌄King James Version“For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet.”Read the full chapter →Tap the reference again to close.The mission to the Gentiles belongs inside Christ’s present reign, not after a future earthly reign begins.↓
Restoration to the landIsrael returns, possesses the land, and it blossomsEzekiel 36:8⌄King James Version“But ye, O mountains of Israel, ye shall shoot forth your branches, and yield your fruit to my people of Israel; for they are at hand to come.”Read the full chapter →Tap the reference again to close.Ezekiel 36:10–12⌄King James Version“And I will multiply men upon you, all the house of Israel… and ye shall be inhabited… Yea, I will cause men to walk upon you, even my people Israel; and they shall possess thee.”Read the full chapter →Tap the reference again to close.Isaiah 27:6⌄King James Version“Israel shall blossom and bud, and fill the face of the world with fruit.”Read the full chapter →Tap the reference again to close.Order matters: Ezekiel first describes return, habitation, possession, rebuilding, and fruitfulness; only afterward does he speak of clean water, a new heart, and a new spirit.↓
The final crisisApostasy, release, and the man of sin2 Thessalonians 2:1–3⌄King James Version“Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him… for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed.”Read the full chapter →Tap the reference again to close.Revelation 20:7–8⌄King James Version“And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, And shall go out to deceive the nations.”Read the full chapter →Tap the reference again to close.Paul’s subject remains one joined event: Christ’s coming and our gathering to him. The apostasy and man of sin precede that day.↓
The appearing of ChristJesus returns, gathers his people, and destroys the rebelMatthew 24:29–31⌄King James Version“Immediately after the tribulation of those days… they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. And he shall send his angels… and they shall gather together his elect.”Read the full chapter →Tap the reference again to close.2 Thessalonians 2:8⌄King James Version“And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming.”Read the full chapter →Tap the reference again to close.1 Thessalonians 4:16⌄King James Version“For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout… and the dead in Christ shall rise first.”Read the full chapter →Tap the reference again to close.There is no earlier gathering inserted into these passages. Resurrection, gathering, destruction of the rebel, and Christ’s appearing meet at the same climactic coming.↓
The last enemy destroyedMortality puts on immortality1 Corinthians 15:26⌄King James Version“The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.”Read the full chapter →Tap the reference again to close.1 Corinthians 15:52–54⌄King James Version“The dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed… then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.”Read the full chapter →Tap the reference again to close.Isaiah 25:8–9⌄King James Version“He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from off all faces… Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us.”Read the full chapter →Tap the reference again to close.Paul’s “then” is the interpretive hinge. Isaiah 25 reaches its appointed fulfillment at the resurrection, when death is swallowed up in victory.↓
The covenant promise completedCleansed people, renewed creation, and New JerusalemEzekiel 36:25–28⌄King James Version“Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean… A new heart also will I give you… and ye shall be my people, and I will be your God.”Read the full chapter →Tap the reference again to close.2 Peter 3:13⌄King James Version“Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.”Read the full chapter →Tap the reference again to close.Revelation 21:2–4⌄King James Version“And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven… God himself shall be with them… and there shall be no more death.”Read the full chapter →Tap the reference again to close.The return to the land is not the same moment as this finished condition. Here the covenant hope reaches its fullness: God with his people, righteousness dwelling, tears removed, and death gone forever.
The Scripture behind the chart
Follow each stage in context
Christ’s first-coming victory
Jesus binds the strong man
Jesus announces that the kingdom of God has come upon his hearers. His casting out of devils demonstrates the stronger King entering Satan’s house. Revelation later shows the same dragon restrained so that he cannot continue deceiving the nations as before.
Matthew 12:28–29⌄King James Version“But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God is come unto you. Or else how can one enter into a strong man's house, and spoil his goods, except he first bind the strong man?”Read the full chapter →Tap the reference again to close.
Revelation 20:2–3⌄King James Version“And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years… that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled.”Read the full chapter →Tap the reference again to close.
Why it belongs hereThe binding is a restraint for a stated purpose: the nations are no longer kept under the former universal deception. It does not mean that Satan ceases every activity.
The Gospel age
The light goes to the Gentiles
Because Christ has triumphed, the Gospel is carried beyond Israel to the nations. Christ reigns now while his enemies are progressively put beneath his feet.
Isaiah 49:6⌄King James Version“I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.”Read the full chapter →Tap the reference again to close.
Acts 13:47⌄King James Version“I have set thee to be a light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for salvation unto the ends of the earth.”Read the full chapter →Tap the reference again to close.
1 Corinthians 15:25⌄King James Version“For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet.”Read the full chapter →Tap the reference again to close.
Why it belongs hereThe mission to the Gentiles belongs inside Christ’s present reign, not after a future earthly reign begins.
Restoration to the land
Israel returns, possesses the land, and it blossoms
The prophets place a real return to the land and renewed fruitfulness within the covenant story. This physical restoration must not be confused with the completed spiritual cleansing promised in the verses that follow.
Ezekiel 36:8⌄King James Version“But ye, O mountains of Israel, ye shall shoot forth your branches, and yield your fruit to my people of Israel; for they are at hand to come.”Read the full chapter →Tap the reference again to close.
Ezekiel 36:10–12⌄King James Version“And I will multiply men upon you, all the house of Israel… and ye shall be inhabited… Yea, I will cause men to walk upon you, even my people Israel; and they shall possess thee.”Read the full chapter →Tap the reference again to close.
Isaiah 27:6⌄King James Version“Israel shall blossom and bud, and fill the face of the world with fruit.”Read the full chapter →Tap the reference again to close.
Why it belongs hereOrder matters: Ezekiel first describes return, habitation, possession, rebuilding, and fruitfulness; only afterward does he speak of clean water, a new heart, and a new spirit.
The final crisis
Apostasy, release, and the man of sin
Near the end, deception intensifies. Paul places the falling away and the revealing of the man of sin before the day of Christ, while Revelation portrays Satan’s final release and gathering of the nations.
2 Thessalonians 2:1–3⌄King James Version“Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him… for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed.”Read the full chapter →Tap the reference again to close.
Revelation 20:7–8⌄King James Version“And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, And shall go out to deceive the nations.”Read the full chapter →Tap the reference again to close.
Why it belongs herePaul’s subject remains one joined event: Christ’s coming and our gathering to him. The apostasy and man of sin precede that day.
The appearing of Christ
Jesus returns, gathers his people, and destroys the rebel
The same coming that gathers the saints destroys the man of sin. Jesus places the gathering after the tribulation and joins it to his visible appearing.
Matthew 24:29–31⌄King James Version“Immediately after the tribulation of those days… they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. And he shall send his angels… and they shall gather together his elect.”Read the full chapter →Tap the reference again to close.
2 Thessalonians 2:8⌄King James Version“And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming.”Read the full chapter →Tap the reference again to close.
1 Thessalonians 4:16⌄King James Version“For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout… and the dead in Christ shall rise first.”Read the full chapter →Tap the reference again to close.
Why it belongs hereThere is no earlier gathering inserted into these passages. Resurrection, gathering, destruction of the rebel, and Christ’s appearing meet at the same climactic coming.
The last enemy destroyed
Mortality puts on immortality
Paul tells us exactly when Isaiah’s promise is brought to pass: when the dead are raised incorruptible and mortality puts on immortality. Death is not preserved for another age after this victory.
1 Corinthians 15:26⌄King James Version“The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.”Read the full chapter →Tap the reference again to close.
1 Corinthians 15:52–54⌄King James Version“The dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed… then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.”Read the full chapter →Tap the reference again to close.
Isaiah 25:8–9⌄King James Version“He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from off all faces… Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us.”Read the full chapter →Tap the reference again to close.
Why it belongs herePaul’s “then” is the interpretive hinge. Isaiah 25 reaches its appointed fulfillment at the resurrection, when death is swallowed up in victory.
The covenant promise completed
Cleansed people, renewed creation, and New Jerusalem
The promised cleansing reaches its complete horizon when God dwells with his people, every tear is wiped away, and death is no more. New Jerusalem comes down from God; Scripture does not divide the redeemed into competing heavenly and earthly peoples.
Ezekiel 36:25–28⌄King James Version“Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean… A new heart also will I give you… and ye shall be my people, and I will be your God.”Read the full chapter →Tap the reference again to close.
2 Peter 3:13⌄King James Version“Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.”Read the full chapter →Tap the reference again to close.
Revelation 21:2–4⌄King James Version“And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven… God himself shall be with them… and there shall be no more death.”Read the full chapter →Tap the reference again to close.
Why it belongs hereThe return to the land is not the same moment as this finished condition. Here the covenant hope reaches its fullness: God with his people, righteousness dwelling, tears removed, and death gone forever.
The end Scripture describes
Christ reigns now. At his coming, the last enemy is destroyed.
The chart does not end with another age in which death continues. Paul says that when mortality puts on immortality, then Isaiah’s promise is fulfilled. Isaiah sees death swallowed up and tears wiped away; John sees New Jerusalem descend and declares that there is no more death. These are not three unrelated endings. They are the prophets, the apostle, and Revelation bearing witness to the same completed victory.
Jesus gives the same ending
The times of the Gentiles lead to his coming—and his coming brings judgment
Jerusalem’s desolation
Scattered among the nations
Luke 21:20, 24⌄King James Version“And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh… And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations.”Read the full chapter →Tap the reference again to close.
Jesus begins with Jerusalem’s approaching desolation, slaughter, and dispersion. This is a historical judgment upon the city, followed by an extended period among the nations.
→The appointed interval
The times of the Gentiles
Luke 21:24⌄King James Version“And Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.”Read the full chapter →Tap the reference again to close.
The word until gives the dispersion a boundary. Gentile dominion over Jerusalem continues through an appointed period; it is not presented as the final condition of the covenant story.
→The Son of man appears
Redemption draws nigh
Luke 21:25–28⌄King James Version“And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory… then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.”Read the full chapter →Tap the reference again to close.
Luke’s discourse moves from Jerusalem and the times of the Gentiles to the visible coming of the Son of man. The return is the approaching redemption of Christ’s people.
Not the opening of another ordinary age
Jesus repeatedly joins his appearing to the final separation
In different parables and discourses, Jesus gives the same pattern. Life continues until the decisive day; the Son of man is revealed; the dead are raised; the righteous and wicked are separated; and each receives the appointed end. His warnings leave no hidden age of ordinary death between his appearing and Judgment Day.
As in Noah and Lot
The day the Son of man is revealed
Luke 17:26–30⌄King James Version“As it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man… the flood came, and destroyed them all… Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed.”Read the full chapter →Tap the reference again to close.
Eating, drinking, buying, selling, planting, and building continue until one day brings deliverance and destruction.
The harvest
The end of the world
Matthew 13:39–43⌄King James Version“The harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels… Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father.”Read the full chapter →Tap the reference again to close.
The angels gather out the wicked while the righteous shine. Jesus identifies the harvest plainly as the end.
The throne
All nations separated
Matthew 25:31–34, 46⌄King James Version“When the Son of man shall come in his glory… then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory: And before him shall be gathered all nations… And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.”Read the full chapter →Tap the reference again to close.
When the Son of man comes in glory, he sits in judgment and separates the nations into everlasting punishment and eternal life.
The resurrection hour
Life and damnation
John 5:28–29⌄King James Version“The hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, And shall come forth… unto the resurrection of life… and… unto the resurrection of damnation.”Read the full chapter →Tap the reference again to close.
Jesus speaks of one coming hour in which all who are in the graves come forth to their respective judgments.
The last day
His word judges
John 12:48⌄King James Version“The word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.”Read the full chapter →Tap the reference again to close.
Jesus does not place this judgment centuries after the last day. His own word judges the one who rejects him in that day.
The united witnessLuke’s times of the Gentiles, the appearing of the Son of man, the Noah-and-Lot judgment, the harvest at the end of the world, the gathering of all nations, the resurrection of life and damnation, and judgment on the last day all converge upon one climactic return.
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