Seventh Seal: Prelude to the Seven Trumpets
1 WhenRev. 6:1 He opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour. 2 (Matt. 18:10); Luke 1:19And I saw the seven angels who stand before God, 2 Chr. 29:25–28and to them were given seven trumpets. 3 Then another angel, having a golden censer, came and stood at the altar. He was given much incense, that he should offer it with Rev. 5:8the prayers of all the saints upon Ex. 30:1; Rev. 8:3the golden altar which was before the throne. 4 And Ps. 141:2; Luke 1:10the smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the saints, ascended before God from the angel’s hand. 5 Then the angel took the censer, filled it with fire from the altar, and threw it to the earth. And Ex. 19:16; Rev. 11:19; 16:18there were noises, thunderings, Rev. 4:5lightnings, 2 Sam. 22:8; 1 Kin. 19:11; Acts 4:31and an earthquake.
6 So the seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound.
First Trumpet: Vegetation Struck
7 The first angel sounded: Ex. 9:23; Is. 28:2; Ezek. 38:22; Joel 2:30And hail and fire followed, mingled with blood, and they were thrown Rev. 16:2to the earth. And a third Is. 2:13; Rev. 9:4, 15–18of the trees were burned up, and all green grass was burned up.
Second Trumpet: The Seas Struck
8 Then the second angel sounded: Jer. 51:25; Amos 7:4And something like a great mountain burning with fire was thrown into the sea, Ex. 7:17; Rev. 11:6; 16:3and a third of the sea Ezek. 14:19became blood. 9 Rev. 16:3And a third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed.
Third Trumpet: The Waters Struck
10 Then the third angel sounded: Is. 14:12; Rev. 6:13; 9:1And a great star fell from heaven, burning like a torch, Rev. 14:7; 16:4and it fell on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water. 11 Ruth 1:20The name of the star is Wormwood. Ex. 15:23A third of the waters became wormwood, and many men died from the water, because it was made bitter.
Fourth Trumpet: The Heavens Struck
12 Is. 13:10; Joel 2:31; Amos 8:9; Matt. 24:29; Rev. 6:12Then the fourth angel sounded: And a third of the sun was struck, a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third of them were darkened. A third of the day did not shine, and likewise the night.
13 And I looked, Rev. 14:6; 19:17and I heard an angel flying through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, Rev. 9:12; 11:14; 12:12"Woe, woe, woe to the inhabitants of the earth, because of the remaining blasts of the trumpet of the three angels who are about to sound!"
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