Revelation 8:3

Revelation 8:3

Seventh Seal: Prelude to the Seven Trumpets

1 When^a 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.

Commentaries:

People's Commentary (NT)

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Revelation 8:2 And I saw. Thus John introduces the vision of each seal. The vision is not the silence in heaven, but what John "saw". On this point some commentators make a mistake here. What he saw was the seven angels which stand before God; that is, the angels who act as his immediate ministering servants, to whom were given seven trumpets. The seventh seal, therefore, embraces these angels and their trumpets, and all they do in the following verses belongs to this seal. The seventh and last seal will not be exhausted until the seven trumpet angels have discharged their mission (Revelation 11:15).

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