Revelation 8:1, At the opening of the seventh seal, Revelation 8:2, Seven angels have seven trumpets given them; Revelation 8:6, Four of them sound their trumpets and great plagues follow; Revelation 8:9, Another angel puts incense to the prayers of the saints on the golden altar.
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Revelation 8
Revelation 8 — Overview
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Revelation 8 — OverviewRevelation 8 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleWe have already seen what occurred upon opening six of the seals; we
now come to the opening of the seventh, which introduced the sounding
of the seven trumpets; and a direful scene now opens. Most expositors…Revelation 8 — OverviewRevelation 8 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleThis chapter contains the opening of the seventh seal, and the things that followed on it, and particularly the sounding of the first four trumpets. Upon the opening of the seventh seal there was silence in heaven for…Revelation 8:1-6Revelation 8:1-6 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleIn these verses we have the prelude to the sounding of the trumpets in
several parts.
I. The opening of the last seal. This was to introduce a new set of
prophetical iconisms and events; there is a continued…Revelation 8:1Revelation 8:1 · Treasury of Scripture KnowledgeAnd: Revelation 5:1, Revelation 5:9, Revelation 6:1, Revelation 6:3, Revelation 6:5, Revelation 6:7, Revelation 6:9, Revelation 6:12
silence: Job 4:16; Psalms 37:7, Psalms 62:1 *marg. Habakkuk 2:20; Zechariah 2:13Revelation 8:2Revelation 8:2 · Treasury of Scripture Knowledgeseven angels: Revelation 15:1, Revelation 16:1; Matthew 18:10; Luke 1:19
trumpets: Revelation 8:6-12, Revelation 9:1, Revelation 9:13-14, Revelation 11:15; Numbers 10:1-10; 2 Chronicles 29:25-28; Amos 3:6-8Revelation 8:2Revelation 8:2 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleAnd I saw the seven angels,.... Not the seven spirits of God, Re 1:4; their names, as well as their office, differ; nor the ministers of the word, though these are often called angels in this book, and blow the trumpet…