This scripture ties into my belief that the tribulation lasts 7 DAYS, not 7 years, and that the bowls are poured out over those last days. I believe we are ALL here but Christ comes on the 7th day and we meet him in the clouds and return with him after he has destroyed the earth and it’s elements.
I believe the end mirrors the beginning. Genesis and Revelation mirror each other.
Remember also the Israel time clock as spoken of in Jeremiah and Daniel (70 weeks: one week = seven years. Beginning from the exact time of Cyrus' pronouncement to Christ's death is 483 years (69 weeks) and then the seven years of the final 70th week.) If you count the time elements in Revelation, you also get seven years.
See you in the Heavenly mezzanine.
Don't you think that you are a thousand years too soon with the end? The real end doesn't happen until the end of the millennium when once again many of the world, under the inspiration of a released Satan, go marching against Israel, are annihilated and then the brand new earth and heavens replace the old. Now that war just might last only six or seven days.