Gary Hampton Commentaries
Revelation 8:2
Seven angels stand ready to sound the seven trumpets which bring down judgments from God upon the wicked.
Seven angels stand ready to sound the seven trumpets which bring down judgments from God upon the wicked.
Verse Revelation 8:2. _THE SEVEN ANGELS WHICH STOOD BEFORE GOD_] Probably the same as those called the _seven Spirits which are before his_ _throne_, Revelation 1:4, where see the note. There is still...
AND I SAW THE SEVEN ANGELS WHICH STOOD BEFORE GOD - Prof. Stuart supposes that by these angels are meant the “presence-angels” which he understands to be referred to, in Revelation 1:4, by the “seven...
CHAPTER 8 Revelation 8:1 . The silence in heaven when the seventh seal is opened is indicative of the solemn things which are now to come. The scroll is now fully opened and there is an ominous hush...
REVELATION 8:1. SILENCE IN HEAVEN: the explanation of this silence has always puzzled commentators. The usual interpretation is in the words of C. A. Scott (Cent.B, p. 198): It suggests the wistful or...
We now pass down the records of the world's history to the beginning of. new period. In the seventh chapter the prophet has portrayed the four winds as held back from the work of destruction until the...
THE SILENCE AND THE THUNDER OF PRAYER (Revelation 8:1-5)...
When he opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour. And I saw the seven angels who stand in the presence of God, and seven trumpets were given to them. Another angel c...
SAW. App-133. STOOD. stand. GOD. App-98. TRUMPETS. Compare Numbers 10:9, &c....
The Seven Trumpets. Chap. Revelation 8:2 to Revelation 11:19 2. _the seven angels which stood_ Should be, WHICH STAND. It is probably a designation of seven Angels (commonly, perhaps correctly, called...
ΟἽ ἘΝΏΠΙΟΝ ΤΟΥ͂ ΘΕΟΥ͂ ἙΣΤΉΚΑΣΙΝ. ἑστήκασιν is in its natural place in ordinary Greek; in this Book we should expect to find it, if at all, before ἐνώπιον τοῦ θεοῦ: οἱ ἐνώπιον τοῦ θεοῦ without construc...
Revelation 8:2; Revelation 8:6 to Revelation 11:19. THE SEVEN TRUMPETS...
_THE OPENING OF THE SEVENTH SEAL REVELATION 8:1-3:_ At the opening of the seventh seal "there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour." This silence in heaven demonstrated a sober, awest...
ΕΊΔΟΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΌΡΆΩ (G3708) видеть, ΈΣΤΉΚΑΣΙΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΪΣΤΗΜΙ (G2476) стоять. Енох перечисляет имена архангелов: Шуриил (Уриил), Рафаил, Рагуил, Михаил, Шаракаил и Гавриил (1 En...
AND I SAW THE SEVEN ANGELS WHICH STOOD BEFORE GOD, &C.— "And I saw the seven angels which I have before mentioned, and which then stood before the throne of God; and seven trumpets were given to them,...
Strauss-' Comments SECTION 24 Text Revelation 8:1-6 And when he opened the seventh seal, there followed a silence in heaven about the space of half an hour. 2 And I saw the seven angels that stand be...
_TOMLINSON'S COMMENTS_ CHAPTER VIII THE SEVENTH SEAL OPENED _Text (Revelation 8:1-13)_ 1 And when he opened the seventh seal, there followed a silence in heaven about the space of half an hour. 2 An...
And I saw the seven angels which stood before God; and to them were given seven trumpets. THE SEVEN ANGELS. Compare the apocryphal Tobit 12: 15 , 'I am Raphael, one of the seven holy angels which...
__ Throne Section-The Trumpets 15 The fact that they perform priestly functions shows that they are of the priest nation. No other nation will have access to the temple (Exo_19:6; 1Pe_2:9; Rev_1:6)....
THE SEVENTH SEAL. THE FOUR TRUMPETS 1. The seventh seal is opened. Heaven waits in hushed awe for a brief period. REVELATION 8:2 TO REVELATION 11:19. The Seven Trumpets....
The seven angels, regarded in later Jewish belief as having a special position in God's presence (cp. Tob 12:15; Luke 1:19), are given seven trumpets, symbols of judgment: cp. Matthew 24:31; 1 Corinth...
FROM NOW TO THE END OF TIME REVELATION _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 8 THE SEVENTH (7TH) *SEAL - REVELATION 8:1 V1 When the *Lamb opened the seventh (7th) *seal, there was silence in heaven for about h...
THE VISIONS INTRODUCED BY THE SOUNDING OF SEVEN TRUMPETS. — The series of visions which is now introduced extend to the close of the eleventh chapter. There are some features which may be noticed here...
CHAPTER VI. THE FIRST SIX TRUMPETS. Revelation 8:1; Revelation 9:1. THE two consolatory visions of chap. 7 have closed, and the Seer returns to that opening of the seven Seals which had been interr...
“The seven angels who stand before God” are introduced as familiar figures (_cf._ Lueken 36 f., _R.J._ 319 f.); they belonged to pre-Christian Judaism (Tob 12:15, “I am Raphael, one of the seven holy...
The seventh seal includes the seven trumpets. What a contrast that pause must have been to the jubilant songs of the great multitude! In the Jewish temple, we are told, the musical instruments and cha...
The seventh and last seal on the scroll is broken. On earth uproar and strife follow as at Babel, but in heaven silence for half an hour. Then follows the sounding of trumpets initiating activities le...
(2) And I saw the seven angels which (a) stood before God; and to them were given seven trumpets. (2) Now follows the third branch of the common history, as even now I said: which is the execution of...
(1) And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour. (2) And I saw the seven angels which stood before God; and to them were given seven trumpets....
We have already seen the bearing of the seven churches to which the Lord was pleased to send the letters contained in the second and third Chapter s. We have found, I trust, substantial reason and amp...
The Seventh Seal I. INTRODUCTION A. During our study of chapter 6, (during the 5th seal), we caught a glimpse "of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the testimony which they held....
This at once distinguishes them from the heavenly worshipers; there is no temple there; the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple. He that sits on the throne tabernacles over these, as once ov...
AND I SAW THE SEVEN ANGELS,.... Not the seven spirits of God, Revelation 1:4; their names, as well as their office, differ; nor the ministers of the word, though these are often called angels in this...
And I saw the seven angels which stood before God; and to them were given seven trumpets. Ver. 2. _Which stood before God_] In a waiting posture, ready pressed to do his pleasure. _ Seven trumpets_]...
_And I saw the seven angels_ I beheld further in my vision seven chief angels, instruments especially designed of God for a very important service, now to be declared; _which stood_ Or were standing;...
SEVEN ANGELS; messengers prepared to do the will of God. SEVEN TRUMPETS; instruments of alarm, and indications of approaching wars and desolations....
THE THIRD VISION AND THE OPENING OF THE SEVENTH SEAL. The preparation for the sounding of the trumpets:...
AND I SAW THE SEVEN, ANGELS WHICH STOOD BEFORE GOD; AND TO THEM WERE GIVEN SEVEN TRUMPETS....
THE SEVENTH SEAL OPENED: Introduction to the Trumpets The last of the seven seals is now opened (v. 1) and there is silence in heaven for about half an hour before John sees seven trumpets given to...
_ 2 And I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and to them were given seven trumpets._ A. After the half hour of silence, there appear seven angels. B. Each angel has a trumpet. Out of the 7 t...
1-6 The seventh seal is opened. There was profound silence in heaven for a space; all was quiet in the church, for whenever the church on earth cries through oppression, that cry reaches up to heaven...
THE SEVEN ANGELS WHICH STOOD BEFORE GOD; the seven mentioned hereafter, which blew with the trumpets; for we presently read, that SEVEN TRUMPETS were given to them. Trumpets were used to call the peop...
Revelation 8:2 And G2532 saw G1492 (G5627) seven G2033 angels G32 who G3739 stand G2476 (G5758) before...
‘And I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and seven trumpets were given to them.' The seven angels are the ones mentioned in Revelation 1:4 and Revelation 4:5. They have been waiting for this...
Revelation 8:2. The SEVEN ANGELS SPOKEN OF STAND BEFORE GOD ready to execute His will. It is implied that this is their usual position, and not merely that they are there for the moment. AND THERE WE...
STAND (εστηκασιν). Perfect active of ιστημ (intransitive). Another "hebdomad" so frequent in the Apocalypse. The article (the seven angels) seems to point to seven well-known angels. In Enoch 20:7 t...
ANGELS (_ See Scofield) - (Hebrews 1:4). _ TRUMPETS These are trumpets of angels; contrast "the trump of God" (1 Thessalonians 4:16); (1 Corinthians 15:52
CONTENTS: Opening of the seventh seal from which seven trumpets come. Four of the trumpet judgments announced. CHARACTERS: John, seven angels, angel with censor. CONCLUSION: Woe to those who, by thei...
Revelation 8:1. _When he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour._ The holy prophets in receiving revelations sought to be silent, calm, and abstracted...
SILENCE IN HEAVEN. The hush of silence is to emphasize the things which are about to happen. THEN I SAW. John did not _see_ the silence, but he _sees_ the seven angels. They are given seven Trumpets _...
REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 8:2 A brief vision of God’s heavenly temple, focusing on a golden incense altar, opens a new cycle of seven visions, each of which is introduced by an angelic trumpet bla...
John saw seven angels to whom were given seven trumpets. The trumpet was a signal of battle in Israel. They were told to blow the trumpet for alarm when faced with foes. When Jereboam attacked Judah t...
FOUR TRUMPET VOICES _CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ Revelation 8:1. SEVENTH SEAL.—“The main visions give us more external aspects; the interposed visions show the inner and more spiritual aspects. Th...
EXPOSITION REVELATION 8:1 AND WHEN. Καὶ ὅταν, instead of καὶ ὅτε (as in the other seals), is read in A, C, and gives a certain indefiniteness which does not belong to any of the rest (Alford)....
_2 AND I SAW THE SEVEN ANGELS WHICH STOOD BEFORE GOD; AND TO THEM WERE GIVEN SEVEN TRUMPETS._ _ 3 AND ANOTHER ANGEL CAME AND STOOD AT THE ALTAR, HAVING A GOLDEN CENSER; AND THERE WAS GIVEN UNTO HIM M...
And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour (Revelation 8:1). Silence can sometimes be an awesome thing, especially in a tremendous crowd of pe...
2 Chronicles 29:25; Amos 3:6; Luke 1:19; Matthew 18:10; Numbers 10:1
Stood [ε σ τ η κ α σ ι ν]. Rev., correctly, stand. Trumpets [σ α λ π ι γ γ ε ς]. See on chapter Revelation 1:10....
THE SEVEN TRUMPETS Revelation 8:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. The seventh seal. The sixth seal was opened in the closing statements of Revelation 6:1. The seventh chapter, which was studied in our last tw...
And I saw — The seven trumpets belong to the seventh seal, as do the seven phials to the seventh trumpet. This should be carefully remembered, that we may not confound together the times which follow...
Observe here, 1. The readiness of the holy angels to execute the will of God at all times: THEY STAND BEFORE God, namely, to minister at his pleasure, and to execute judgments at his command; whether...