Revelation 8-11

By David Maas
{SEVEN TRUMPETS SOUND}
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  1. Sounding the Seven Trumpets - {PDF Copy} - (Revelation 8:7-11:19 - An overview of the Seven Trumpets and the several intervening events)
  2. First Trumpet - Hail - {PDF Copy} - (Revelation 8:7 - The first trumpet unleashes a plague based on the seventh plague of Egypt but with modifications)
  3. Second Trumpet - Burning Mountain - {PDF Copy} - (Revelation 8:8-9 - The second trumpet harms much of the commerce on which Babylon and the “inhabitants of the earth” depend)
  4. Third Trumpet - Bitter Waters - {PDF Copy} - (Revelation 8:10-11 - The third trumpet produces a “great star” that falls onto the sources of freshwater, embittering them)
  5. Fourth Trumpet - Darkness - {PDF Copy} - (Revelation 8:12 - The fourth trumpet causes a partial darkening of the sun, moon, and the stars)
  6. Fifth Trumpet, First Woe - {PDF Copy} - (Revelation 8:13-9:12 - The fifth trumpet unleashes the first of the “three woes” against the “inhabitants of the earth”)
  7. Sixth Trumpet - Second Woe - {PDF Copy} - (Revelation 9:13-21 - The sixth trumpet unleashes a demonic horde from beyond the “Euphrates” to afflict the unrepentant “inhabitants of the earth”)
  8. The Little Scroll - {PDF Copy} - (Revelation 10:1-11 - The sixth trumpet did not produce repentance from the “inhabitants of the earth - Something else is needed")
  9. Sanctuary Measured - {PDF Copy} - (Revelation 11:1-2 - The sanctuary must be “measured” before the city can be inhabited, but first, it must be “trampled underfoot”)
  10. Two Witnesses Testify - {PDF Copy} - (Revelation 11:3-7 - The "two witnesses" carry out their prophetic witness to the “inhabitants of the earth")
  11. The Beast from the Abyss - {PDF Copy} - (Revelation 11:7 - The first appearance of the “beast” is at its ascent from the “Abyss” to wage “war” against the “two witnesses”)
  12. The Two Witnesses Slain - {PDF Copy} - (Revelation 11:8-14 - Hated by the impenitent, the “inhabitants of the earth” rejoice over the deaths of the two witnesses)
  13. Seventh Trumpet - Third Woe - {PDF Copy} - (Revelation 11:15-19 - The seventh trumpet blast or “third woe” ushers in the end of the age with the victory of the kingdom of God and the final judgment)
{RELATED TOPICS}
  1. The Wrath of God in the book of Revelation - {PDF Copy} - (In the book of Revelation, “Wrath” refers to the final judicial sentence of God on His enemies at the final judgment)
  2. The Abyss - {PDF Copy} - (Revelation 11:7 - The Abyss is the source of satanic attacks against the people of God, yet it is under the authority of the Lamb)
San Diego Photo by frank mckenna on Unsplash - Sunset
San Diego Photo by frank mckenna on Unsplash

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