The resurrected Jesus Christ in the Book of Revelation explains, according to the revelations he had received from God, how the series of events are linked, leading up to the terrible time of wrath of God. In the light of these explanations, it is apparent that first comes sin, which God does not ignore. Then while God is angered by the spiritual blindness behind these sins, comes wars and other such excess-death-causing disasters. The excess deaths, and many further deaths involving persecutions, include the deaths of many true believers. These saintly believers in turn implore God to avenge them. The clock is then ticking. The counter of the deaths of saintly believers is incrementing. Then a limit will be reached. This in turn marks the start of the major outpouring of the wrath of God, in catastrophes we most associate with Apocalyptic times. We are, I do believe, only decades away from the outpouring of wrath.