Revelation 11:13

Earthquake] see on Revelation 6:12.

15-19. The seventh trumpet sounds. This will bring about the consummation (cp. Revelation 10:7), and therefore the rest of the book is developed out of it. Instead of a silence in heaven, such as that which followed the opening of the seventh seal, St. John hears a heavenly chorus anticipating and celebrating the victory of the Kingdom which the seventh trumpet is to bring, and which is related in Revelation 12-20 (Revelation 11:15). Now is opened the temple of God in heaven, and in it is seen the ark of the covenant of mercy, and from it proceed lightnings and thunderings of judgment (cp. Revelation 8:5; Revelation 16:18, 'seals' and 'bowls') (Revelation 11:15). Of this mercy and judgment the following Chapter s narrate the exercise.