From The Alter of God 5/25/2005
Rev 8:1-7 (NIV)
1 When he opened the seventh seal, there was
silence in heaven for about half an hour. (Isa. 6:1-4, Ezek 1:15-24)
2 And I saw the seven angels who stand
before God, and to them were given seven trumpets. (Mat.
3 Another angel, who had a golden censer,
came and stood at the altar. He was given much incense to offer, with the
prayers of all the saints, on the golden altar before the throne. (Exo.
30:6-8, Rev 5:6-9, Rom. 8:34, 1John 2:1-2, Psa. 141:1-2, Luke 1:5-13)
4 The smoke of the incense, together with
the prayers of the saints, went up before God from the angel's hand.
5 Then the angel took the censer, filled it
with fire from the altar, and hurled it on the earth; and there came peals
of thunder, rumblings, flashes of lightning and an earthquake. (Isaiah
6:5-7, Isa. 66:14-16, Psalms 18:6-18)
6 Then the seven angels who had the seven
trumpets prepared to sound them.
The First Trumpet:
7 The first angel sounded his trumpet, and
there came hail and fire mixed with blood, and it was hurled down upon
the earth. A third of the
earth was burned up, a third of the trees were burned up, and all the green
grass was burned up. (Ex