Preterism: Invention of the Jesuits. Prophecy almost all in the past, completed in 1st-2nd century AD, Antichrist is Nero.

Futurism: Invention of the Jesuits. Most popular end times prophecy among Protestant churches in America today. Includes rapture, followed by 7 year tribulation and evil last days Antichrist who signs a covenant with Jewish people and sits in a rebuilt Jerusalem temple as Messiah. Second coming of Christ at the end of the 7 year period. Revelation prophesies mostly take place during the final 7 years.

Historicism: Protestant Reformers believed that the Antichrist was the papacy/pope. Final pope will be destroyed by Christ at his second coming. Revelation prophecies unfold over time, and mainly concern church history between the first and second advents of Christ.

For example, the 7 seals symbolically concern the rise and fall of the Roman Empire. There are other historical events concerning the trumpets and vials/bowls. Revelation tells about papal Rome, the rise of Islam, the Protestant Reformation, the Counter Reformation run by the Jesuits, French Revolution, Napoleon, and interestingly "the drying up of the Euphrates" which points to the end of the Ottoman Empire in WWI, which opened the way for the re-establishment of modern Israel.

We are apparently somewhere between the 6th and 7th vials. After that comes the judgment of Mystery Babylon, which is Rome. So we are in the end stages of history, looks like, Biblically speaking.