Revelation 8:6

And the seven angels which had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound. SOUND - blow the trumpets....

1-6 The seventh seal is opened. There was profound silence in heaven for a space; all was quiet in the church, for whenever the church on earth cries through oppression, that cry reaches up to heaven; or it is a silence of expectation. Trumpets were given to the angels, who were to sound them. The Lord Jesus is the High Priest of the church, having a golden censer, and much incense, fulness of merit in his own glorious person. Would that men studied to know the fulness that is in Christ, and endeavoured to be acquainted with his excellency. Would that they were truly persuaded that Christ has such an office as that of Intercessor, which he now performs with deep sympathy. No prayers, thus recommended, was ever denied hearing and acceptance. These prayers, thus accepted in heaven, produced great changes upon earth. The Christian worship and religion, pure and heavenly in its origin and n...

Verse Revelation 8:6. _PREPARED THEMSELVES TO SOUND._] Each took up his trumpet, and stood prepared to blow his blast. _Wars_ are here indicated; the _trumpet_ was the emblem of _war_....

AND THE SEVEN ANGELS WHICH HAD THE SEVEN TRUMPETS PREPARED THEMSELVES TO SOUND - Revelation 8:7. Evidently in succession, perhaps by arranging themselves in the order in which they were to sound. The way is now prepared for the sounding of the trumpets, and for the fearful commotions and changes which would be indicated by that. The last seal is opened; heaven stands in suspense to know what is to be disclosed; the saints, filled with solicitude, have offered their prayers; the censer of coals has been cast to the earth, as if these judgments could be no longer stayed by prayer; and the angels prepare to sound the trumpets indicative of what is to occur....

EXPOSITION REVELATION 8:1 AND WHEN. Καὶ ὅταν, instead of καὶ ὅτε (as in the other seals), is read in A, C, and gives a certain indefiniteness which does not belong to any of the rest (Alford). Ὅτε is, however, found in א, B, P, Andreas. HE HAD OPENED THE SEVENTH SEAL; _he opened. _As in the case of the other seals, the silence accompanies the opening (see on Revelation 6:1, Revelation 6:3, Revelation 6:5, etc.). This completes the number, and sets the roll free ...

AND THE SEVEN ANGELS WHICH HAD THE SEVEN TRUMPETS,.... Given them, Revelation 8:2; PREPARED THEMSELVES TO SOUND; they stood up, took their trumpets in their hands, and put them to their mouths; this was giving notice of what was coming upon the earth, and a kind of warning to men, and a call upon them to repentance, and to prepare to meet God in the way of his judgments. The time when these trumpets began to blow was after the opening of the seventh seal, and so after the destruction of the empire as Pagan, which was under the sixth seal; and after that peace and rest from persecution in Constantine's time, signified by the half hour's silence in heaven; and after the prayers of the saints for vengeance, because of their blood shed in the time of Rome Pagan, were offered up, heard, taken notice of, and accepted; and therefore cannot regard, nor have any concern with the

ANGELS (_ See Scofield) - (Hebrews 1:4). _...

CHAPTER S 8:6-11:18 The Sounding of the Seven Trumpets _ 1. The first trumpet (Revelation 8:6)_ 2. The second trumpet (Revelation 8:8) 3. The third trumpet (Revelation 8:10) 4. The fourth trumpet (Revelation 8:12) 5. The fifth trumpet (Revelation 9:1) 6. The sixth trumpet (Revelation 9:13) 7. Parenthesis: The angel and the little book ...

THE FIRST FOUR TRUMPETS. The first four trumpets, like the first four seals, form a connected group, and differ in character from the last three. They affect chiefly the natural world, which they overwhelm with disaster. Many of the features are borrowed from the plagues of Egypt. [The description seems to be based also on volcanic phenomena, as often in OT prophecy. The whole district was subject to volcanic disturbances, and in particular the island of Santorin (about 80 miles S.W. of Patmos) may have suggested several features. See J. T. Bent's article, What St. John saw in Patmos (_Nineteenth Century,_ 1888). On this island there is a work by F, Fouqué, _Santorin et ses é ruptions._ A. S. P.] REVELATION 8:7. The first trumpet (_cf._ Exodus 9:24), fire flashing continually amid

We now pass down the records of the world's history to the beginning of. new period. In the seventh chapter the prophet has portrayed the four winds as held back from the work of destruction until the servants of God are sealed. That work has now been accomplished. They can be held back no longer, but will now burst upon the world in fury. Their movement and the consequences that follow when they are let forth, are presented in the opening of THE SEVENTH SEAL. I quote from the beginning of the eighth chapter: And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour. And. saw the seven angels which stood before God; and to them were given seven trumpets. And another angel came and stood at the altar, having. golden censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar wh...