Jun. 19, 2024

“REVELATION”

8:1-13 

Rev. 8:1 

There is silence in heaven for about half an hour. The significance of the silence is twofold: 1. It is entirely opposite the usual sound pattern in heaven, and 2. It is the result of the revelation by Jesus Christ to the angelic hosts concerning what is about to fall on the earth.

The Opening of the Seventh Seal:

These judgments are so terrible that the angels stand breathless in wonder.

The Seven Angels: 

Rev. 8:2

As the seventh seal is broken, the seven angels receive trumpets.

The opening of the seventh seal does not cause the seven angels to stand before God. Apparently they are always there, awaiting a special assignment from the Creator.

One of these seven angels could be the angel Gabriel.

Luke 1:19 “And the angel answered and said to him, I am Gabriel, who stands in the presence of God, and was sent to speak to you and bring you these glad tidings.” 

We find this same angel bring a message to the prophet Daniel. 

Dan. 9:21. 

Worship in Heaven: 

Rev. 8:3-5

Rev. 8:6  “So the seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound.”

The First Trumpet: 

Rev. 8:7

The hail and fire are literal judgments that fall on the one-third of the earth’s surface, burning up all the vegetation they light on. 

Joel 2:30-31

The Second Trumpet: 

Rev. 8:8-9

A biblical allusion to the “sea” usually refers to the sea that was prominent to the land of Palestine, the Mediterranean Sea.

The Third Trumpet: 

Rev. 8:10-11

The third trumpet judgment introduces us to a burning “torch” that visibly falls from heaven, indicating it is another meteorite, it must bury itself so deep at just the right spot that it pollutes the water supply of a third of the world’s rivers.

Deuteronomy 29:18

Jeremiah 9:15

Jeremiah 23:15

Lamentation 3:15,19

Amos 5:7

The Fourth Trumpet: 

Rev. 8:12-13

The fourth trumpet deals with the luminous bodies as they affect this earth. 

Gen. 1:3 

Luke 21:25-26

The Warning Angel: 

Rev. 8:13

The angel warns that worse things are yet to come. Hell let loose on earth.