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The Trumpet Judgments

The First Four Trumpets

Seven Angels with Seven Trumpets
Artwork Used By Permission © Pat Marvenko Smith

1WHEN HE [the Lamb] broke open the seventh seal, there was silence for about half an hour in heaven. 2Then I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and to them were given seven trumpets. 3And another angel came and stood over the altar. He had a golden censer, and he was given very much incense (fragrant spices and gums which exhale perfume when burned), that he might mingle it with the prayers of all the people of God (the saints) upon the golden altar before the throne. 4And the smoke of the incense (the perfume) arose in the presence of God, with the prayers of the people of God (the saints), from the hand of the angel. 5So the angel took the censer and filled it with fire from the altar and cast it upon the earth. Then there followed peals of thunder and loud rumblings and blasts and noises, and flashes of lightning and an earthquake. 6Then the seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared to sound them.
Revelation 8:1-6 Amplified Bible

So as we can see by the Scriptures the trumpet judgments cannot and do not take place before the opening of the seven seals, as some would have you to believe, but rather the seven angels that stand before God are given their seven trumpets at the opening of the seventh seal and then stand ready to sound them.

1 WHEN HE [the Lamb] broke open the seventh seal, there was silence for about half an hour in heaven. 2 Then I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and to them were given seven trumpets. 3 And another angel came and stood over the altar. He had a golden censer, and he was given very much incense (fragrant spices and gums which exhale perfume when burned), that he might mingle it with the prayers of all the people of God (the saints) upon the golden altar before the throne. 4 And the smoke of the incense (the perfume) arose in the presence of God, with the prayers of the people of God (the saints), from the hand of the angel. 5 So the angel took the censer and filled it with fire from the altar and cast it upon the earth. Then there followed peals of thunder and loud rumblings and blasts and noises, and flashes of lightning and an earthquake. 6 Then the seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared to sound them.

Revelation 8:1-6 Amplified Bible

So now let's take a look at what the Scriptures say takes place during the trumpet judgments, and to begin with we will look at the first four trumpets.


At the Sounding of the First Trumpet

Forest Fire
7 The first angel blew [his] trumpet, and there was a storm of hail and fire mingled with blood cast upon the earth. And a third part of the earth was burned up and a third of the trees was burned up and all the green grass was burned up.
Revelation 8:7 Amplified Bible


At the Sounding of the Second Trumpet

comet
8 The second angel blew [his] trumpet, and something resembling a great mountain, blazing with fire, was hurled into the sea. 9 And a third of the sea was turned to blood, a third of the living creatures in the sea perished, and a third of the ships were destroyed.
Revelation 8:8-9 Amplified Bible

At the Sounding of the Third Trumpet

Wormwood
10 The third angel blew [his] trumpet, and a huge star fell from heaven, burning like a torch, and it dropped on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water--11 And the name of the star is Wormwood. A third part of the waters was changed into wormwood, and many people died from using the water, because it had become bitter.
Revelation 8:10-11 Amplified Bible

At the Sounding of the Fourth Trumpet

A third of light smitten
12 Then the fourth angel blew [his] trumpet, and a third of the sun was smitten, and a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that [the light of] a third of them was darkened, and a third of the daylight [itself] was withdrawn, and likewise a third [of the light] of the night was kept from shining. 13 Then I [looked and I] saw a solitary eagle flying in midheaven, and as it flew I heard it crying with a loud voice, Woe, woe, woe to those who dwell on the earth, because of the rest of the trumpet blasts which the three angels are about to sound!
Revelation 8:12-13 Amplified Bible
eagle flying
"Woe, woe, woe to those who dwell on the earth,
because of the rest of the trumpet blasts
which the three angels are about to sound!"

Then John looks and sees a solitary eagle flying in midheaven, and as it flew it is crying out in a loud voice, "Woe woe, woe to those who dwell on the earth, because of the rest of the trumpet blasts which the three angels are about to sound!"

13 Then I [looked and I] saw a solitary eagle flying in midheaven, and as it flew I heard it crying with a loud voice, Woe, woe, woe to those who dwell on the earth, because of the rest of the trumpet blasts which the three angels are about to sound!

Revelation 8:13 Amplified Bible

Which brings us to the next three trumpet judgments, the fifth trumpet which is the first woe. The sixth trumpet which is the second woe and the seventh trumpet which is the third woe.