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VBVMI StaffI am going through your Revelation study, but was wondering when exactly do the 10 world kingdoms arise? Does it happen at the end of the Age of Gentiles, just before the rapture? Or during the 7th church age?
The 10 world leaders arise during the final Gentile kingdom and before the antichrist appears, who will subdue three of these kings after he gains power:
The book of Revelation says the antichrist (the “beast”) gains his power at the midpoint of Tribulation after dying and being resurrected by Satan:
Later in Revelation we read:
So the rise of the ten kings precedes the arrival of the antichrist at the start of Tribulation. However, during the midpoint of Tribulation, the death and resurrection of the antichrist leads to the killing of three of these kings. From that time, the world will be ruled by the antichrist alone, with the seven remaining kings giving their power to the antichrist.
The church will not be present on earth for these events. We are removed from the earth prior to the start of Tribulation. Though the church may be on earth for the arrival of the ten kings, we will not see the arrival of the antichrist or the start of the Tribulation.
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