Revelation Chapter 8

God will wipe every tear out of their eyes.”                                           Rev 7:13-17

Breaking the Seventh Seal

            ¹ When the Lamb broke the seventh seal, heaven was silent for about a half hour. ² I saw seven angels standing in front of God, receiving seven trumpets.

³ Another angel came and stood by the altar, holding a gold censer. He received a large amount incense to add to the prayers of the saints on the gold altar in front of the throne. ⁴ The smoke from the incense rose up from the angel’s hand with the saints’ prayers. ⁵ The angel filled the censer with fire from the altar and threw it onto the earth. There came peals of thunder, lightning flashes, and an earthquake.   

Rev 8:1-5

Blowing the 7 Trumpets

            ⁶ The seven angels with the seven trumpets raised them to blow.

            ⁷ The first blew his trumpet. Hail and fire mixed with blood were thrown onto the earth. A third of the earth, a third of the trees, and all the green grass burned up.

⁸ The second angel blew his trumpet. Something like a burning mountain was thrown into the ocean and turned a third of it to blood, ⁹ killed a third of marine life, and destroyed a third of the ships that were on it.                          

Rev 8:6-9

¹⁰ The third angel blew his trumpet. A big star, burning like a torch, fell on a third of the springs and rivers. ¹¹ It’s name was Wormwood. A third of the water turned bitter, and many people died from the brackish water.            

Rev 8:10-11

            ¹² The fourth angel blew his trumpet. A third of the sun, moon, and stars was struck. A third of the stars went out; the sun didn’t shine for a third of the day, and the moon didn’t shine for a third of the night. 

¹³ I saw and heard an eagle flying in the sky, shouting, “Woe, woe, woe to people on earth because of the last three trumpet blasts!”      

Rev 8:12-13