(chs. 2–3); the rapture of the true church from the earth and out of history (4:1); the church in heaven (beginning with chs. 4–5); the seven-year tribulation on earth (chs. 6–18); the second coming of Christ, his literal thousand-year reign, and the last judgment (chs. 19–20); and eternity, the new heaven and earth (chs. 21–22). But prophecy, in the biblical tradition, is not exclusively or even primarily about making pronouncements and predictions concerning the future. Rather, prophecy is speaking