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Seventh Seal: Prelude to the Seven Trumpets

1 Whena He opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour.  
2 aAnd I saw the seven angels who stand before God, band to them were given seven trumpets.  
3 Then another angel, having a golden censer, came and stood at the altar. He was given much incense, that he should offer it with athe prayers of all the saints upon bthe golden altar which was before the throne.  
4 And athe smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the saints, ascended before God from the angel’s hand.  
5 Then the angel took the censer, filled it with fire from the altar, and threw it to the earth. And athere were noises, thunderings, blightnings, cand an earthquake.  
6 So the seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound.

First Trumpet: Vegetation Struck

7 The first angel sounded: aAnd hail and fire followed, mingled with blood, and they were thrown bto the earth. And a third cof the trees were burned up, and all green grass was burned up.  

Second Trumpet: The Seas Struck

8 Then the second angel sounded: aAnd something like a great mountain burning with fire was thrown into the sea, band a third of the sea cbecame blood.  
Commentaries:
Adam Clarke
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Revelation 8:1

The seventh seal - This is ushered in and opened only by the Lamb.

Silence in heaven - This must be a mere metaphor, silence being put here for the deep and solemn expectation of the stupendous things about to take place, which the opening of this seal had produced. When any thing prodigious or surprising is expected, all is silence, and even the breath is scarcely heard to be drawn.

Half an hour - As heaven may signify the place in which all these representations were made to St. John, the half hour may be considered as the time during which no representation was made to him, the time in which God was preparing the august exhibition which follows.

There is here, and in the following verses, a strong allusion to different parts of the temple worship; a presumption that the temple was still standing, and the regular service of God carried on. The silence here refers to this fact - while the priest went in to burn incense in the holy place, all the people continued in silent mental prayer without till the priest returned. See Luke 1:10. The angel mentioned here appears to execute the office of priest, as we shall by and by see.




Other Adam Clarke entries containing Revelation 8:1:

Luke 1:10
Luke 1:21

 

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