Charles Cooper explicates the doctrine of the final eschatological judgments. Amillennialists wrongly ignore specific aspects of the final judgment and end up focusing on generalities. This presentation was given last October in O’Fallon Missouri at an eschatology forum.
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A proper understanding of the temporal and sequential framework of Revelation pivots around a proper understanding of Revelation chapters 10-11. In the Summer 2000 issue of Parousia you will find a substantive discussion on the temporal and sequential nature of key eschatological events found in Revelation 10-11. Here is the article: “The Prophetic Pillars of the Prewrath Position, Part 4: God Almighty Takes Back His Rule of Earth After the Seventieth Week of Daniel, But Before Armageddon.”
In addition, here is an overview of the structure of Revelation.
“The placement of the three woes establishes a very important fact: the first six seals do not correspond equally to the first six trumpets nor to the first six bowls. The fact that the completion of woes one and two follows trumpets five and six, respectively, clearly and unmistakably demands a chronological sequence to the seals, trumpets, and bowls. The seventh seal inaugurates the seven trumpets. The seventh trumpet inaugurates the seven bowls. The intensity of God’s wrath demonstrated in the fifth, sixth and seventh trumpets is unparalleled in the first six seals and the first four trumpets. Therefore, the clear dissimilarity between the seals, trumpets, and bowls demonstrates that they are not coincidental and in fact proves them to be chronological in sequence” (emphasis mine).
Parousia Newsletter, p. 4, Summer 2000
Richard Mayhue is Professor of Theology and Pastoral Ministries at The Master’s Seminary. Even though we disagree with his pretribulationalism, he has written a beneficial article that refutes preterism. In this article, he responds to four garden-variety preterist arguments that you are likely to come across. You can download the article here.