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Looking at the Seven Trumpets:
• Most likely these are a revisitation of God’s justice that is poured out on the earth, but from a different perspectives
• The trumpets and the bowls have echos of the plagues that God sent upon Egypt in the book of Exodus )
Trumpets are Split into sections, much like the seals:
• Four Trumpets, and interlude, and then 3 more trumpets
Trumpet 1
Earth
8:7
Hail, fire, and blood on land
Trumpet 2
Sea
8:8–9
Burning mountain thrown into the sea
Trumpet 3
Rivers and springs
8:10–11
Burning star falls on rivers and springs
Trumpet 4
Sky
8:12
Sun, moon, and stars darkened
Interlude
8:13
Trumpet 5
First woe
9:1–12
Demons from the abyss
Trumpet 6
Second woe
9:13–21
Demons from the east
Interlude
10:1–11:14
Trumpet 7
Third woe
11:15–19
Kingdom come
Interlude:
After the sixth trumped, we would expect the blowing of the seventh trumpet.
Rev. 10:1-11:14, serves as an interlude prior to the final trumpet (i.e. the end of History)
According to Schreiner, “In this interlude, John prepares readers for the seventh trumpet by emphasizing the prophetic ministry of the church—namely—the proclamation of God’s Word.
Rev 10:1
Mighty angel coming down from heaven.
Mighty (Greek) = Strong, Mighty, Powerful
Wrapped in a Cloud (Together with Legs Like Pillars of Fire)
What OT story do “a cloud and pillars of fire” echo?
Exodus 13:21 (ESV)
And the Lord went before them by day in a pillar of cloud to lead them along the way, and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, that they might travel by day and by night.
These terms like denote God’s presence.
This seems to be a “good angel,” who is clothed in the likeness of the glory of God.
Rainbow over his head:
The rainbow likely reinforces God’s presence; it could represent some kind of brilliant crown, which—according to Craig Keener—some Jewish traditions attribute to high angels.
The rainbow may, again, just represent divine glory as rainbow imagery has already been used to describe God’s throne room.
Revelation 4:3 (ESV)
And he who sat there had the appearance of jasper and carnelian, and around the throne was a rainbow that had the appearance of an emerald.
Face like the sun:
This, too, is a display of God’s glory.
Matthew 17:1–2 (ESV)
And after six days Jesus took with him Peter and James, and John his brother, and led them up a high mountain by themselves.
And he was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the sun, and his clothes became white as light.
Craig Keener points out that the angel described here is portrayed as mightier than most Greeks portrayed their gods; yet this angel is but a servant of the omnipotent, one true God.
Rev. 10:2
The Little Scroll
The angel has a small scroll in his hand
Some scholars see this scroll as the aforementioned seven sealed scroll.
Because it is open, the Lamb has broken the seal.
Schreiner, amongst others, believe it is a different scroll (the view that I find most compelling)
It is “another angel” that has this scroll, not the angel who cries out in chapter 5, “who can open the scroll.”
Many see this scroll as a prophetic commission, drawing from Ezekiel:
Ezekiel 3:1–4 (ESV)
And he said to me, “Son of man, eat whatever you find here.
Eat this scroll, and go, speak to the house of Israel.”
So I opened my mouth, and he gave me this scroll to eat.
And he said to me, “Son of man, feed your belly with this scroll that I give you and fill your stomach with it.”
Then I ate it, and it was in my mouth as sweet as honey.
And he said to me, “Son of man, go to the house of Israel and speak with my words to them.
Rev. 10:3-4
Revelation 10:3–4 (ESV)
and called out with a loud voice, like a lion roaring.
When he called out, the seven thunders sounded.
And when the seven thunders had sounded, I was about to write, but I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Seal up what the seven thunders have said, and do not write it down.”
The angels voice was like a roaring Lion; the image of seven thunders reminds readers of the thunderous voice of God.
John 12:27–29 (ESV)
“Now is my soul troubled.
And what shall I say?
‘Father, save me from this hour’?
But for this purpose I have come to this hour.
Father, glorify your name.”
Then a voice came from heaven: “I have glorified it, and I will glorify it again.”
The crowd that stood there and heard it said that it had thundered.
Others said, “An angel has spoken to him.”
The seven thunders could, then, be the voice of the Lord.
But John is NOT permitted to write down the message of the seven thunders, signifying that part of what is to come is hidden.
Revelation does not contain an entire scope of the last days and final judgement.
Rev. 10:5-7
John sees the angel lift his hand to heaven and swear by the God who created all things.
Lifting one’s hand was a common practice for swearing an oath in ancient Israel… and—in the modern courtroom— it is a practice that is required of all witnesses before they take the stand to offer testimony at trial.
This gesture testifies to the certainty of his claim that the end shall finally come.
Though the prayers of the martyrs and God’s final judgement have been delayed, the sounding of the seventh trumpet by the seventh angel will wrap up history as we know it and God’s Kingdom will be consummated.
In the end, even the mysteries of the seven thunders will be revealed.
All that God has spoken through the prophets will finally become a reality.
When the seventh trumpet is sounded, this present evil age will come to an end, and God will fulfill all of His divine prophesies and mysteries!
Rev. 10:8-10
The voice from heaven addresses John again, instructing him to take the scroll from the mighty angel.
When he takes the scroll, the angel tells him to eat it.
This echos Ezekiel, whom God commanded to eat the scroll given to him.
Ezekiel 2:8 (ESV)
“But you, son of man, hear what I say to you.
Be not rebellious like that rebellious house; open your mouth and eat what I give you.”
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