Seven Angels Prepared to Sound Revelation 8:6

As John the apostle continued to share about the “tribulation” that was to come upon the earth, he shared concerning the six seals Jesus removed from the “scroll” in God's right hand. He continued to write about what happened when Jesus, “had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour. And I saw the seven angels which stood before God; and to them were given seven trumpets. And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne. And the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel's hand. And the angel took the censer, and filled it with fire of the altar, and cast it into the earth: and there were voices, and thunderings, and lightnings, and an earthquake”, and in chapter eight and verse six John saw how “the seven angels ... prepared themselves to sound” where we read:

And the seven angels which had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound.

The verse reads, “And the seven angels which had the seven trumpets ...” John began with the words, “and the seven angels” which means “the seven messengers, envoys or ones sent who stood before the throne of God” “which had” or “who held, owned and possessed” “the seven trumpets” which means “the seven quavering and reverberating instruments”. John refocused upon the “seven angels” with “seven trumpets”.

The verse goes on to say, “... prepared themselves to sound.” John added the word, “prepared” which means “made ready” “themselves” which means “the angels own selves” “to sound” or “to blast” their trumpets. John watched as the “seven angels with seven trumpets” made themselves ready to blast their horns.

When we think through John's words in this verse, we see how he refocused upon the “seven angels with seven trumpets” who stood before God's throne. At this moment the “angels” were preparing to “blast” their instruments and launch the second phase of the “tribulation” upon the earth. When the “seventh seal” upon the “scroll” is “unfastened” by Jesus, the “seven trumpets” began to sound, and the trumpets sounding signals another time of God's wrath being poured out upon the earth. Though God desires to “save” people through His Son Jesus from from this time, when the “trumpets sound” His judgment will fall and people shall know His wrath against their sin.

Next time John shares what happened when “the first angel sounded”, so read ahead, and we shall join together then.

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