SEVEN TRUMPETS
Overview of the Seven Trumpets – (Revelation 8:7-11:19 – An overview of the Seven Trumpets and the several intervening events)
The First Trumpet – (Revelation 8:7 – The first trumpet unleashes a plague based on the seventh plague of Egypt, but with modifications)
The Second Trumpet – (Revelation 8:8-9 – – The second trumpet harms much of the commerce on which Babylon and the “inhabitants of the earth” depend)
The Third Trumpet – (Revelation 8:10-11 – The third trumpet produces a “great star” that falls onto the sources of freshwater, embittering them)
The Fourth Trumpet – (Revelation 8:12 – The fourth trumpet causes a partial darkening of the sun, moon, and the stars)
The Fifth Trumpet – (Revelation 8:13-9:12 – The fifth trumpet unleashes the first of the “three woes” against the “inhabitants of the earth”)
The Sixth Trumpet – (Revelation 9:13-21 – The sixth trumpet unleashes a demonic horde from beyond the “Euphrates” to afflict the unrepentant “inhabitants of the earth”)
The Little Scroll – (Revelation 10:1-11 – The sixth trumpet did not produce repentance from the “inhabitants of the earth – Something else is needed”)
The Measuring of the Sanctuary – (Revelation 11:1-2 – The sanctuary is “measured” in preparation for the prophetic ministry of the Two Witnesses)
The Two Witnesses – (Revelation 11:3-14 – Having been prepared in the “measuring” of the sanctuary, the Two Witnesses carry out their prophetic witness to the “inhabitants of the earth”)
The Seventh Trumpet – The Third Woe – (Revelation 11:15-19 – The seventh trumpet blast or “third woe” ushers in the end of the age with the victory of the kingdom of the God and the final judgment)
RELATED TOPICS
The Apocalyptic People of God – (Final victory is achieved by the redemption of men and women from every nation. Identification with the Lamb is what determines membership in the People of God)
The Wrath of God in the Book of Revelation – (In the book of Revelation, “Wrath” refers to the final judicial sentence of God on His enemies at the final judgment)
