LECTURE VIII THE SEVEN TRUMPET JUDGMENTS 8:2-9: 21 : 11 :15-18
In our former studies we have observed that between the sixth and seventh trumpets, as well as between the sixth and seventh seals and between the sixth and seventh bowls of wrath, there is a parenthetical vision. Now let us read prayer-. fully chapters eight, nine, ten and eleven, which record both the trumpet judgments and the parenthetical vision. This read ing of the entire passage will give us a bird's-eye-view of the seven trumpets, which we can get in no other way, and which v.,e need to have in mind before we consider each trumpet judg .n1ent separately. Having read these chapters, let us study today the seven trumpets; and in our next lesson, the parenthetical vision of 10:1-11:14. When we considered the seven seals, we noted that the opening of the seventh seal (8: 1 ) ushers in the seven trumpet judgments. Let us read again this significant passage: "And when he bad opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour." The seven-sealed book is now completely opened. With ~he breaking of the seventh seal, there comes a strange, por t:entous hush, foreshadowing the solemn things which are in store for the earth. It is the breathless silence that precedes t:he storm. All heaven seems to be waiting to see what the Son of God will do next. The "silence in heaven" speaks to us of the hush which will precede the sounding of the trumpets of judgment. · CJ-JRIST, THE HIGH PRIEST "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" (8:2, 3). John sees the seven angels standing before God; he sees them receiving the trumpets. But before they step forward, one by one, to sound the trumpets, John beholds "another angel," vvho bolds in his hand a golden censer.
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