The Lamb Opens the Seventh Seal
8 When he opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour.
Seven Angels with Seven Trumpets
2 Then I saw the seven angels who stand in God’s presence, and they were given seven trumpets. 3 Another angel came with a gold incense burner and stood at the altar. He was given a lot of incense to offer on the gold altar in front of the throne. He offered it with the prayers of all of God’s people. 4 The smoke from the incense went up from the angel’s hand to God along with the prayers of God’s people. 5 The angel took the incense burner, filled it with fire from the altar, and threw it on the earth. Then there was thunder, noise, lightning, and an earthquake.
6 The seven angels who had the seven trumpets got ready to blow them.
The First Four Angels Blow Their Trumpets
7 When the first angel blew his trumpet, hail and fire were mixed with blood and were thrown on the earth. One-third of the earth was burned up, one-third of the trees was burned up, and all the green grass was burned up.
8 When the second angel blew his trumpet, something like a huge mountain burning with fire was thrown into the sea. One-third of the sea turned into blood, 9 one-third of the creatures that were living in the sea died, and one-third of the ships were destroyed.
10 When the third angel blew his trumpet, a huge star flaming like a torch fell from the sky. It fell on one-third of the rivers and on the springs. 11 That star was named Wormwood. One-third of the water turned into wormwood, and many people died from this water because it had turned bitter.
12 When the fourth angel blew his trumpet, one-third of the sun, one-third of the moon, and one-third of the stars were struck so that one-third of them turned dark. There was no light for one-third of the day and one-third of the night.
13 I saw an eagle flying overhead, and I heard it say in a loud voice, “Catastrophe, catastrophe, a catastrophe for those living on earth, because of the remaining trumpet blasts which the three angels are about to blow.”
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I think I am in love with learning the more of God; it is truly been an awesome time since I have started back at school here in PRU. In my research of theses scriptures, I found this;
“The opening of the last seal. This was to introduce a new set of prophetical iconisms and events; there is a continued chain of providence, one part linked to another (where one ends another begins), and, though they may differ in nature and in time, they all make up one wise, well-connected, uniform design in the hand of God. “A profound silence in heaven for the space of half an hour, which may be understood either, 1. Of the silence of peace, that for this time no complaints were sent up to the ear of the Lord God of Sabaoth; all was quiet and well in the church, and therefore all silent in heaven, for whenever the church on earth cries, through oppression, that cry comes up to heaven and resounds there; or, 2. A silence of expectation; great things were upon the wheel of providence, and the church of God, both in heaven and earth, stood silent, as became them, to see what God was doing, according to that of Zech. 2:13; Be silent, O all flesh, before the Lord, for he has risen up out of his holy habitation. And elsewhere, Be still, and know that I am God. This is so awesome; Thank you Lord for your insight you have given to your people.
This reminds me of these scriptures:
Ephesians 5: 15 Pay careful attention, then, to how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, 16 redeeming the time, because the days are evil. 17 Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is.
John 9: I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night comes, when no man can work.
The church collectively must come together and lay aside her differences the corporate anointing is more powerful and we will be able to cover much more ground and saving souls and the world. Individually we have to always stay on the wall and have our armor on watching and praying and winning souls time is winding down and we must pray over our current generation and future generation as well.
I agree Apostle Trina; there is a lacking of unity in the church and in individuals lives, due to all sorts of reason. But it's it time to put away childish things and walk as mature Spirit filled people of God, and come together to do as God has called us to. Ne'EMAN...
We must keep our prayer life active and be prepared at all times for final days
Stay prayerful for the final hour.
Revelation 8(NOG)
Amen, this is very helpful. I must confess that the book of Revelation is not my strong area of study. this his been a great class because it pushes me to study in area that Im not comfortable in. Praise God for the push.
Thank you Jesus help us to be prepared and prayerful and to do what you have signed for us to do in this final hour
Wow my Lord
The prayers for all saints the repeated mentioning of The prayers of the saints indicates that the intercessory prayers of believers are extremely important in the destruction of evil and the establishment of righteousness on the earth( See 5:8 note). 1 John mentions the prayers of all the saints. This, the prayers of tribulation saints on earth are joined by the intercession of all Saints in heaven. The Saints in heaven are vitally concerned about the events on earth. Note that through the Lord may not answer all our prayers immediately, He does not throw them aside, but keeps them fir the proper time of fulfillment. Just wanted to share what I read on