Very, very soon.
The Fuse
What is the one thing that will set off the Seal, Trumpet and Vial Judgments.
Revelation chapter 8 describes TWO hits. One a meteor and one a comet. Even the hail mixed with fire and blood would accompany these objects and probably come a few days before them. Movies have even shown this. The best one is Deep Impact .
By process of elimination we can even deduce where they will hit. The Middle East is later still found intact as is China, Japan and Korea and Russia.
If they hit the Atlantic it will cause giant tsunamis which will wipe out the coastal areas of Canada, US, Central and South America. It will also wipe out a great deal of Europe and Spain the lands ruled in the beginning by the Antichrist.
People always wonder why the Americas esp. the U.S. is not mentioned in prophecy. This is why.
It is easy to see how these events would trigger the later Seal, Trumpet and Vial judgments.
Daniel chapter 11 talks of the beast fighting and conquering the king of the north and king of the south. Revelation chapter 16:12 speaks of the kings of the East. The West is missing. Not mentioned.
Isaiah chapter 24 verses 17-24 tells what happens to the earth because of these events. It also shows why the earth gets so hot that men are burned and gnaw their tongues in pain. The planet is knocked off its orbit and gets a little closer to the sun. Since a third of the stars, sun and moon don’t give their light, it sounds like a description of the speeding up of the earth’s rotation to 16 hour days instead of 24. I will show the Message Bible version as the language is clearer.
Isa 24:17 Terror and pits and booby traps are everywhere, whoever you are.
Isa 24:18 If you run from the terror, you'll fall into the pit. If you climb out of the pit, you'll get caught in the trap. Chaos pours out of the skies. The foundations of earth are crumbling.
Isa 24:19 Earth is smashed to pieces, earth is ripped to shreds, earth is wobbling out of control,
Isa 24:20 Earth staggers like a drunk, sways like a shack in a high wind. Its piled-up sins are too much for it. It collapses and won't get up again.
Isa 24:21 That's when GOD will call on the carpet rebel powers in the skies and Rebel kings on earth.
God has said He has saved His believers from the wrath to come. We are caught away before these events transpire. Don’t put off salvation. These things will happen soon and fast.