启示录 8:6-7 CUNPSS

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 8:3-6

Prayer. The vision of the opening of the seven seals is completed. We are not told what took place when the seventh seal was opened, only that then there was a solemn pause—" silence in heaven for half an hour." Alter the opening of the sixth seal the progress of events was interrupted, that the mark and impress of God might be put upon the Israel of God—those out of the Jewish nation who were to be delivered out of the impending judgments. Then was shown, also, the beatific vision of the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 8:6

And the seven angels which had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound. This verse takes up and continues the narrative of Revelation 8:2 ; the intervening passage serves to indicate the immediate cause of the judgments now about to descend, viz. the "prayers of the saints" ( Revelation 8:4 ). (On the number seven, as signifying a complete number, see Revelation 1:4 ; Revelation 5:1 , etc.) Cf. the sounding of the trumpets at Jericho, and the other passages quoted in the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 8:6-13

Restricted judgment. In wrath the Lord ever remembers mercy. In the sounding of four of the seven angels this idea is most prominent. Afflictions of various kinds are seen to rest upon the earth, but they are confined in each case to one third. It is not a final overthrow, nor is it a vision of destruction. In the disturbance of the material world is portrayed the upheaving in the spiritual, and the gentle threat of the Divine displeasure. The avenging his own elect is a call to men to... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 8:7

The first angel sounded ; and the first sounded (Revised Version). The word "angel" should be omitted here, though found in the other trumpets. The first four are marked off from the last three (as in the case of the seals) by distinctive features. The first four refer to the natural life, while the last three are connected more closely with the spiritual life of man. The first four are connected and interdependent; the last three are distinct and more detached. The last three are... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Revelation 8:6

And the seven angels which had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound - Revelation 8:7. Evidently in succession, perhaps by arranging themselves in the order in which they were to sound. The way is now prepared for the sounding of the trumpets, and for the fearful commotions and changes which would be indicated by that. The last seal is opened; heaven stands in suspense to know what is to be disclosed; the saints, filled with solicitude, have offered their prayers; the censer of coals... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Revelation 8:7

The first angel sounded - The first in order, and indicating the first in the series of events that were to follow.And there followed hail - Hail is usually a symbol of the divine vengeance, as it has often been employed to accomplish the divine purposes of punishment. Thus, in Exodus 9:23, “And the Lord sent thunder and hail, and the fire ran along the ground; and the Lord rained hail upon the land of Egypt.” So in Psalms 105:32, referring to the plagues upon Egypt, it is said, “He gave them... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Revelation 8:4-6

Revelation 8:4-6. And the smoke of the incense ascended before God In an odoriferous cloud, with the prayers of the saints A testimony of God’s gracious acceptance, both of the intercession of the great High-Priest, and of the prayers of his believing people, proceeding from devout hearts; and consequently of the continuance of his protection and blessing to his faithful worshippers. And when the angel had performed this office, in order to show the awful manner in which God would... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Revelation 8:7

Revelation 8:7. The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood A proper representation of great commotions and disorders, attended with much bloodshed, and the destruction of many of the several ranks and conditions of men. “A thunder-storm or tempest, that throws down all before it, is a fit metaphor to express the calamities of war, whether from civil disturbances or foreign invasion, which often, like a hurricane, lay all things waste as far as they reach.... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Revelation 8:6-13

8:6-11:19 THE SEVEN TRUMPETSFirst four trumpets (8:6-13)In the visions revealed by the breaking of the seals, the judgments arose largely from human sin. But in the judgments announced by the blowing of the trumpets, the judgments seem to come direct from God without the use of a human agency. The trumpet visions reveal another way of looking at God’s judgment, but like the seal visions they build towards a climax.The first trumpet announces widespread devastation on the land (6-7); the second,... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Revelation 8:6

to sound = in order that (Greek. hina) they might sound (Greek. salpizo. First of ten occurences). read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 8:3-6

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 8:6

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 8:6-13

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 8:7

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Revelation 8:6

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Revelation 8:7

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Revelation 8:4-6

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Revelation 8:7

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Revelation 8:6-13

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Revelation 8:6

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