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- When the Lamb opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour.
- I noticed that the seven angels who stood before God were each given a trumpet.
- Another angel, who had a gold container for incense, came and stood at the altar. This one was given a lot of incense to offer with the prayers of God's people on the gold altar in front of the throne.
- Then the smoke of the incense, together with the prayers of God's people, went up to God from the hand of the angel.
- After this, the angel filled the incense container with fire from the altar and threw it on the earth. Thunder roared, lightning flashed, and the earth shook.
- The seven angels now got ready to blow their trumpets.
- When the first angel blew his trumpet, hail and fire mixed with blood were thrown down on the earth. A third of the earth, a third of the trees, and a third of all green plants were burned.
- When the second angel blew his trumpet, something like a great fiery mountain was thrown into the sea. A third of the sea turned to blood,
- a third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed.
- When the third angel blew his trumpet, a great star fell from heaven. It was burning like a torch, and it fell on a third of the rivers and on a third of the springs of water.
- The name of the star was Bitter, and a third of the water turned bitter. Many people died because the water was so bitter.
- When the fourth angel blew his trumpet, a third of the sun, a third of the moon, and a third of the stars were struck. They each lost a third of their light. So during a third of the day there was no light, and a third of the night was also without light.
- Then I looked and saw a lone eagle flying across the sky. It was shouting, "Trouble, trouble, trouble to everyone who lives on earth! The other three angels are now going to blow their trumpets."
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Revelation - Chapter 08 (Contemporary English Version)
Revelation - Chapter 08
Entered: June 12, 2005
In chapter 8 & 9 the harm to the earth and to mankind begins. The opening of the seventh and last seal initiates a new stage of events. Next to come is the blowing of the seven trumpets by the seven angels. This is initiated by the offering of incense with the prayers of the saints. With the blowing of each trumpet a catastrophe occurs. With the first, a third of the earth is burned up. The second destroys a third of the sea life and of ships on the sea. A third of the springs and rivers on earth are made bitter with the blowing of the third trumpet, killing many people. A third of the sun, moon, and stars were darkened when the fourth trumpet was blown so that a third of the day was without light. Following the fourth trumpet an interlude comes in which a warning is given of the woe that is to come. The fifth trumpet opens a shaft to the abyss releasing a tremendous smoke, and in the smoke great locusts. The suffering on mankind is so great many wish to die but cannot. Then the sixth trumpet is blown and a third of the human race was killed by plagues of fire, smoke, and sulfur. There is a note following this that the remaining people who were not killed still do not repent of their sins.
Entered: May 31, 2010
- The first trumpet: "hail and fire, mixed with blood, were hurled to the earth," resulting in the burning up of a third of the earth, a third of the trees, and a third of the green grass.
- The second trumpet: A huge object, "like a great mountain," that was ablaze with fire was hurled into the sea. A third of the sea became blood from a third of the sea creatures being killed and a third of the ships being destroyed.
- The third trumpet: The judgment coming from the third trumpet is similar to that of the second trumpet. In this instance, though, the object falling to earth is a star and the waters into which it falls are the waters of earth other than the oceans - the rivers and springs of water. It is not the falling of the star into these waters that causes destruction but the poisoning of the waters from the star so that people who drink from the water are killed.
- The fourth trumpet: A darkening of the heavenly lights is the result of this seventh judgment. We are told a third of the sun, moon, and stars was struck causing a third of them to be darkened. The effect is not a third less light, but a third less time of the day and night that have light. This would seem that the damage to the heavenly bodies changed their rotational course.