THE SECOND VISION CONTINUED. The Seventh Seal is Opened. The First Six Trumpets (Revelation 8:1 - Revelation 9:21). ‘And when he opened the seventh seal there followed a silence in Heaven about the space of half an hour.' The seventh seal is chronologically parallel to the occurrences in the firs... [ Continue Reading ]
‘And I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and seven trumpets were given to them.' The seven angels are the ones mentioned in Revelation 1:4 and Revelation 4:5. They have been waiting for this very moment. The blowing of the seven trumpets, like the opening of the seven seals of which they ar... [ Continue Reading ]
‘And another angel came and stood over the altar, having a golden censer, and much incense was given to him in order that he should offer it with the prayers of all God's people (‘all the set apart ones' or ‘all the saints') on the golden altar which is before the throne. And the smoke of the incens... [ Continue Reading ]
‘And the seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound.' It is possible that the silence in Heaven has been utilised for the purpose of putting into action the prayers of God's people. All Heaven has waited in awed silence while this task has been performed. The Lord in His ho... [ Continue Reading ]
‘And the first sounded and there followed hail and fire, mingled with blood, and they were cast on the land (or earth), and the third part of the land (or earth) was burnt up, and the third part of the trees were burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.' The first wind of earth has been released,... [ Continue Reading ]
‘And the second angel sounded and as it were a great mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea, and the third part of the sea became blood, and the third part of creatures which were in the sea died, those that had life, and the third part of the ships were destroyed.' The second wind of hea... [ Continue Reading ]
‘And the third angel sounded and there fell from heaven a great star, burning like a torch, and it fell on the third part of the rivers, and on the fountains of the waters, and the name of the star is called Wormwood, and many men died of the waters because they were made bitter.' The third wind of... [ Continue Reading ]
‘And the fourth angel sounded and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars, that the third part of them should be darkened, and the day should not shine for the third part of it, and the night in the same way.' This directly connects wit... [ Continue Reading ]
‘And I saw and I heard an eagle, flying in mid heaven, saying with a great voice, ‘Woe, woe, woe for those who dwell on the earth, by reason of the other blasts (Gk: voices) of the trumpets which are yet to sound.' The eagle flying in Heaven presumably refers to the living creature who was in the fo... [ Continue Reading ]