Steve,

You wrote:

 Since war, famine, pestilence and the rest are explicitly identified as God's wrath against sinners who refuse to repent, and NOT some form of corrective tribulation for the purpose of developing patience, longsuffering, or some other desirable spiritual virtue, I think it's safe to say that Rev. 3:10 must be fulfilled first.

That is such a powerful statement!

That the wrath of God could be thought of, by some, as for spiritual character-building, is a terrifying thought.

Wrath is not grace, wrath is not mercy, and wrath is not love.

Isaiah 13:9 Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it.

Nahum 1:2 God is jealous, and the LORD revengeth; the LORD revengeth, and is furious; the LORD will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth wrath for his enemies.

Romans 1:18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;

Romans 2:5 But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;

Ephesians 5:6 Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.

I Thessalonians 5:9 For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,