Revelation 8:6

6 So the seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound.

A. The angels are ready to sound their trumpets one at a time.

B. The trumpets were used to announce great events and warn of danger. I believe the trumpets about to be sounded are sending a signal of danger and warning.

SpeSpecial note:

Before we begin to discuss the sounding of the seven trumpets, we must understand the term “third part of man” that is used throughout this section of Revelation.

Allow me to quote here from Woodruff. “The key to interpreting this series of seven trumpets lies in understanding the symbolic meaning of the “third part of man.” Therefore, we must determine the descriptive meaning of the fraction “1/3.” In order to do this, we must consider a few passages which have a bearing on its meaning.” (1, 137)

Stay with me for few minutes. In Revelation 9:4 the locusts are instructed not to hurt “any green thing,” but only those men who do not have the seal of God on their foreheads (non-Christians). Therefore, “any green thing,” must mean Christians. The locusts were commanded not to hurt Christians.

Any plant, which is alive and growing, must be colored green. However, if we apply this meaning to Revelation 8:7, Christians would be destroyed.

Here is my conclusion: “Any green thing” represents the spiritual part of man’s being. Man has two parts - physical and spiritual. One part is physical - represented by the number four - of the earth and material. The other part is spiritual - represented by the number three - of the divine, deity and trinity.

Therefore, the fractions are symbolic. Fractions mean a part of the whole, as opposed to the entire. The fraction “one-fourth” means a part of the material and physical. The fraction “one-third” means a part of the spiritual.

Quoting Woodruff again, “The “third part of man” is used throughout the trumpet series. Therefore, the warnings, which are sounded by these trumpets, are to prepare man so he will not lose his spiritual part. This would condemn his soul to hell. In other words, they describe events taking place during the Christian dispensation which affect the spiritual part of man.” (1, 137-138)