1. The Seventh Seal
and the First Trumpet
Revelation 8:1-7

2. • (1) When the Lamb broke the seventh seal, there
was silence in heaven for about half an hour.

3. • (1) When the Lamb broke the seventh seal, there
was silence in heaven for about half an hour.
• Zephaniah 1:7a Be silent before the Lord GOD! For
the day of the LORD is near,

4. • (2) And I saw the seven angels who stand before
God, and seven trumpets were given to them.

5. • (2) And I saw the seven angels who stand before
God, and seven trumpets were given to them.
• Matthew 13:49-50 "So it will be at the end of the
age; the angels will come forth and take out the
wicked from among the righteous, (50) and will
throw them into the furnace of fire; in that place
there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

6. • Luke 1:19 The angel answered and said to him, "I
am Gabriel, who stands in the presence of God,
and I have been sent to speak to you and to bring
you this good news.

7. • Luke 1:19 The angel answered and said to him, "I
am Gabriel, who stands in the presence of God,
and I have been sent to speak to you and to bring
you this good news.
• Joel 2:1 Blow a trumpet in Zion, And sound an
alarm on My holy mountain! Let all the inhabitants
of the land tremble, For the day of the LORD is
coming; Surely it is near,

8. • (3) Another angel came and stood at the altar,
holding a golden censer; and much incense was
given to him, so that he might add it to the prayers
of all the saints on the golden altar which was
before the throne. (4) And the smoke of the
incense, with the prayers of the saints, went up
before God out of the angel's hand.

11. • Isaiah 6:6 Then one of the seraphim flew to me
with a burning coal in his hand, which he had
taken from the altar with tongs.

12. • Isaiah 6:6 Then one of the seraphim flew to me
with a burning coal in his hand, which he had
taken from the altar with tongs.
• Ephesians 5:2 and walk in love, just as Christ also
loved you and gave Himself up for us, an offering
and a sacrifice to God as a fragrant aroma.

13. • Exodus 30:37 "The incense which you shall make,
you shall not make in the same proportions for
yourselves; it shall be holy to you for the LORD.

14. • Exodus 30:37 "The incense which you shall make,
you shall not make in the same proportions for
yourselves; it shall be holy to you for the LORD.
• Revelation 6:10 and they cried out with a loud
voice, saying, "How long, O Lord, holy and true,
will You refrain from judging and avenging our
blood on those who dwell on the earth?"

15. • (5) Then the angel took the censer and filled it
with the fire of the altar, and threw it to the earth;
and there followed peals of thunder and sounds
and flashes of lightning and an earthquake. (6)
And the seven angels who had the seven trumpets
prepared themselves to sound them.

16. • (5) Then the angel took the censer and filled it
with the fire of the altar, and threw it to the earth;
and there followed peals of thunder and sounds
and flashes of lightning and an earthquake. (6)
And the seven angels who had the seven trumpets
prepared themselves to sound them.
• John 3:36 He who believes in the Son has eternal
life; but he who does not obey the Son shall not
see life, but the wrath of God abides on him.

18. • (7) The first sounded, and there came hail and fire,
mixed with blood, and they were thrown to the
earth; and a third of the earth was burned up, and
a third of the trees were burned up, and all the
green grass was burned up.

19. • Colossians 1:16-17 For by Him all things were
created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible
and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or
rulers or authorities--all things have been created
through Him and for Him. (17) He is before all
things, and in Him all things hold together.

20. • 2 Peter 3:10 But the day of the Lord will come like
a thief, in which the heavens will pass away with a
roar and the elements will be destroyed with
intense heat, and the earth and its works will be
burned up.

21. • 2 Peter 3:10 But the day of the Lord will come like
a thief, in which the heavens will pass away with a
roar and the elements will be destroyed with
intense heat, and the earth and its works will be
burned up.
• Revelation 21:1 Then I saw a new heaven and a
new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth
passed away, and there is no longer any sea.

22. • Exodus 9:22-25 Now the LORD said to
Moses, "Stretch out your hand toward the
sky, that hail may fall on all the land of Egypt, on
man and on beast and on every plant of the
field, throughout the land of Egypt." (23) Moses
stretched out his staff toward the sky, and the
LORD sent thunder and hail, and fire ran down to
the earth. And the LORD rained hail on the land of
Egypt.

23. • (24) So there was hail, and fire flashing continually
in the midst of the hail, very severe, such as had
not been in all the land of Egypt since it became a
nation. (25) The hail struck all that was in the
field through all the land of Egypt, both man and
beast; the hail also struck every plant of the field
and shattered every tree of the field.

24. • Isaiah 28:2 Behold, the Lord has a strong and
mighty agent; As a storm of hail, a tempest of
destruction, Like a storm of mighty overflowing
waters, He has cast it down to the earth with His
hand.

25. • Isaiah 28:2 Behold, the Lord has a strong and
mighty agent; As a storm of hail, a tempest of
destruction, Like a storm of mighty overflowing
waters, He has cast it down to the earth with His
hand.
• Genesis 19:24 Then the LORD rained on Sodom
and Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD
out of heaven,

26. • Joel 2:30 "I will display wonders in the sky and on
the earth, Blood, fire and columns of smoke.