Revelation 8
Proof scriptures · 2
Habakkuk 2:20
…the LORD is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him.
Zephaniah 1:7
Hold thy peace at the presence of the Lord GOD: for the day of the LORD is at hand…
Revelation 8:1
And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour.
Proof scriptures · 9
Proverbs 25:2
It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.
Habakkuk 2:20
But the LORD is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him.
Zephaniah 1:7
Hold thy peace at the presence of the Lord GOD: for the day of the LORD is at hand.
Matthew 27:45
Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour.
Luke 23:44-46
And it was about the sixth hour, and there was a darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour… And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit.
Isaiah 53:7
He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth.
Joel 2:31
The sun shall be turned into darkness… before the great and the terrible day of the Lord come.
Hebrews 9:26
But now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.
Lamentations 3:26-28
It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord...
Revelation 8:2
And I saw the seven angels which stood before God; and to them were given seven trumpets.
Proof scriptures · 13
Proverbs 25:2
It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.
Revelation 1:4
Grace be unto you… from the seven Spirits which are before his throne.
Zechariah 4:10
The eyes of the LORD, which run to and fro through the whole earth.
Numbers 10:2-10
Trumpets used for calling assemblies and announcing God’s movement.
Joshua 6:4-5
Seven priests with seven trumpets before the fall of Jericho.
John 16:7
If I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you.
Revelation 19:7
Let us be glad and rejoice… for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.
John 7:39
…for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.
Isaiah 58:1
Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet…
1 Thessalonians 4:16
…with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first.
Psalm 141:2
Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense…
Exodus 30:7-8
Aaron burns incense morning and evening.
Malachi 1:11
…in every place incense shall be offered unto my name…
Revelation 8:3
And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne.
Proof scriptures · 16
Proverbs 25:2
It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.
Psalm 141:2
Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense.
Exodus 30:7-8
Incense offered morning and evening on the golden altar.
Hebrews 7:25
He ever liveth to make intercession for them.
Ephesians 5:2
Christ… hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling savour.
Revelation 5:8
The golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints.
Exodus 30:1-10
The altar of incense stands before the Holy of Holies; incense offered daily.
Leviticus 16:12-13
The high priest enters with incense on the Day of Atonement.
Ephesians 5:25-27
Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it… that he might present it to himself a glorious church.
Hebrews 9:24
For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands... but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us.
Revelation 5:6
a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes…
Hebrews 13:10-12
We have an altar… Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without the gate.
John 3:29
John calls Jesus the "Bridegroom" — covenant is initiated during His ministry
John 14:2-3
I go to prepare a place for you…
Ephesians 5:27
...that he might present it to himself a glorious church…
Revelation 19:9
Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb." Jesus is the supper feast.
Revelation 8:4
And the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel's hand.
Proof scriptures · 13
Proverbs 25:2
It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.
Psalm 141:2
Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense.
Exodus 30:7-8
Incense offered morning and evening on the golden altar.
Ephesians 5:2
Christ… hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling savour.
Hebrews 7:25
He ever liveth to make intercession for them.
Revelation 5:8
The golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints.
Exodus 40:34-35
Then a cloud covered the tent… and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle.
2 Chronicles 5:13-14
…the house was filled with a cloud… for the glory of the Lord had filled the house of God.
Hebrews 10:19-22
Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus… let us draw near.
Romans 5:10-11
We were reconciled to God by the death of his Son…
Ezekiel 10:2
…fill thine hand with coals of fire from between the cherubims, and scatter them over the city.
Exodus 19:16
…thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount…
Haggai 2:6
…I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land.
Revelation 8:5
And the angel took the censer, and filled it with fire of the altar, and cast it into the earth: and there were voices, and thunderings, and lightnings, and an earthquake.
Proof scriptures · 10
Proverbs 25:2
It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.
Matthew 27:51-54
The veil torn, the earth quaked, and the centurion declared “Truly this was the Son of God.
Exodus 19:16-18
Thunder, lightning, and earthquake at Sinai.
Hebrews 12:26-29
Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven.
Ezekiel 10:2
Coals of fire scattered as judgment and purification.
Hebrews 10:12
But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God.
Leviticus 16:12-13
Coals from the altar used to offer incense before the Lord.
Isaiah 53:5-6
He was wounded for our transgressions… the chastisement of our peace was upon him…
Romans 3:25-26
Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood… that he might be just, and the justifier…
Matthew 3:16
And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him.
Revelation 8:6
And the seven angels which had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound.
Proof scriptures · 14
Proverbs 25:2
It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.
Joel 2:1
Blow ye the trumpet in Zion… for the day of the LORD cometh.
Isaiah 58:1
Cry aloud… lift up thy voice like a trumpet.
Numbers 10:2-10
Trumpets for calling assemblies and announcing God’s movement.
John 16:13-14
He shall not speak of himself… He shall glorify me…
Revelation 1:4
Grace from the seven Spirits before His throne.
Numbers 10:9-10
Trumpets are sounded for alarm, assembly, and festival, signaling God’s movement among His people.
Zechariah 4:10
…the eyes of the Lord, which run to and fro through the whole earth.
Exodus 19:16-18
Sinai had thunder, lightning, and smoke the presence of God in covenant/judgment.
Revelation 4:5
Lightning and thunder proceed from God’s throne divine authority and justice.
Hebrews 12:26-29
Once more I will shake not only the earth but also the heavens.” (judgment with purpose)
Exodus 9:23-25
plague of hail and fire in Egypt.
Ezekiel 38:22
…I will rain upon him… an overflowing rain, and great hailstones, fire, and brimstone.
Joel 1:19-20
fire devours the pastures, flame burns the trees.
Revelation 8:7
The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.
Proof scriptures · 18
Proverbs 25:2
It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.
Exodus 9:23-25
Hail and fire upon Egypt.
Isaiah 40:6-8
All flesh is grass… the grass withereth.
Hebrews 12:29
Our God is a consuming fire.
1 Peter 1:24
All flesh is as grass.
Isaiah 53:5-6
He was wounded for our transgressions.
Exodus 9:23-26
Seventh plague: hail and fire upon Egypt.
Ezekiel 38:22
I will plead against him with pestilence and with blood… and great hailstones, fire, and brimstone…
Exodus 9:23-24
And the LORD sent thunder and hail, and the fire ran along upon the ground…
Hebrews 9:22
Without shedding of blood is no remission.
Romans 5:9
Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.
Isaiah 40:6-7
All flesh is grass… the grass withereth, the flower fadeth…
Psalm 1:3
…he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water…
Jeremiah 17:8
Righteous = green tree; so when “green” is burnt, it symbolizes widespread moral/spiritual upheaval.
Luke 23:31
If they do this in a green tree, what shall be done in the dry?” (Jesus as the green tree, bearing judgment)
Jeremiah 51:25
…I am against thee, O destroying mountain, saith the LORD, which destroyest all the earth: and I will roll thee down from the rocks, and will make thee a burnt mountain.
Exodus 7:20-21
waters of Egypt turned to blood, fish died.
Psalm 46:2-3
…though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea.
Revelation 8:8
And the second angel sounded, and as it were a great mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea: and the third part of the sea became blood;
Proof scriptures · 11
Proverbs 25:2
It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.
Daniel 2:35, 44
…the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth… the God of heaven shall set up a kingdom…
Isaiah 2:2
The mountain of the LORD’s house shall be established in the top of the mountains.
Revelation 17:15
The waters… are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.
Matthew 3:11
He shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire.
Revelation 1:5
Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood.
Exodus 7:20-21
First plague: the Nile turned to blood, fish die.
Jeremiah 51:25
Behold, I am against thee, O destroying mountain… and will make thee a burnt mountain.
Psalm 46:2-3
Mountains be carried into the midst of the sea… waters roar and are troubled…
Isaiah 57:20
But the wicked are like the troubled sea…
Leviticus 17:11
The life of the flesh is in the blood… it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul.
Revelation 8:9
And the third part of the creatures which were in the sea, and had life, died; and the third part of the ships were destroyed.
Proof scriptures · 16
Proverbs 25:2
It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.
Romans 6:6
Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed.
Galatians 2:20
I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me.
2 Corinthians 5:17
If any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away.
Zechariah 13:8-9
And it shall come to pass… that two parts therein shall be cut off… but the third shall be left… I will bring the third part through the fire…
Psalm 107:23-24
Ships as human endeavors that God can break.
Romans 11:5
Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.
Luke 12:56
Ye can discern the face of the sky… how is it that ye do not discern this time?
Isaiah 6:13
A Holy Seed Remains
Romans 9:27
The Remnant by Grace
Colossians 3:3-4
For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.
Isaiah 2:16
…upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all pleasant pictures.” (judgment on pride and economy)
Revelation 18:19
Ships weep over Babylon = economic judgment.
Jeremiah 9:15
…I will feed them, even this people, with wormwood, and give them water of gall to drink.
Jeremiah 23:15
…I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink the water of gall…
Proverbs 5:4
bitterness of wormwood linked with judgment.
Revelation 8:10
And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters;
Proof scriptures · 11
Proverbs 25:2
It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.
Revelation 22:16
I am the bright and morning star.
John 8:12
I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness.
John 1:9
That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.
Luke 1:78-79
The dayspring from on high hath visited us, to give light to them that sit in darkness.
Philippians 2:6-8
Jesus made Himself of no reputation and humbled Himself to death on the cross.
Exodus 15:23-25
Waters of Marah were bitter; God makes them sweet.
Revelation 17:15
Waters = peoples and nations
Jeremiah 2:13
They have forsaken me the fountain of living waters…
Isaiah 14:12
A “fallen star” imagery also used (though contextually about Babylon, it has poetic parallel).
2 Corinthians 5:21
He made Him to be sin for us, who knew no sin…
Revelation 8:11
And the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter.
Proof scriptures · 13
Proverbs 25:2
It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.
John 1:1, 4
In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
Hebrews 4:12
The word of God is quick… a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
John 3:19-20
Men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
Revelation 10:9-10
It was in my mouth sweet as honey: and as soon as I had eaten it, my belly was bitter.
Jeremiah 9:15
I will feed them… with wormwood.
John 3:19
Men loved darkness… because their deeds were evil.
Deuteronomy 29:18
A root that beareth gall and wormwood.
Romans 12:2
Be transformed by the renewing of your mind…
2 Corinthians 2:15-16
To the one we are the savior of death unto death; and to the other the savior of life unto life.
Exodus 10:21-23
plague of thick darkness in Egypt.
Isaiah 13:10
…the stars of heaven… shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.
Ezekiel 32:7
…when I shall put thee out, I will cover the heaven, and make the stars thereof dark…
Revelation 8:12
And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars; so as the third part of them was darkened, and the day shone not for a third part of it, and the night likewise.
Proof scriptures · 11
Proverbs 25:2
It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.
Matthew 27:45
Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour.
Luke 23:44-45
The sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was rent.
Malachi 4:2
The Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings.
Isaiah 13:10
The sun shall be darkened… and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.
John 8:12
I am the light of the world.
Exodus 10:21-23
Ninth plague: darkness over Egypt for three days.
Ezekiel 32:7-8
Darkening of heavenly bodies as judgment on nations.
Ezekiel 2:10
…therein was written lamentations, and mourning, and woe.
Hosea 9:12
…woe also to them when I depart from them!
Amos 5:16
…there shall be wailing in all streets… for I will pass through thee, saith the LORD.
Revelation 8:13
And I beheld, and heard an angel flying through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, Woe, woe, woe, to the inhabiters of the earth by reason of the other voices of the trumpet of the three angels, which are yet to sound!
Proof scriptures · 14
Proverbs 25:2
It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.
Ezekiel 2:10
Therein was written lamentations, and mourning, and woe.
Hosea 9:12
Woe also to them when I depart from them!
Revelation 11:15
The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ.
1 Thessalonians 5:3
Sudden destruction comes upon those who say “Peace and safety.
Habakkuk 2:20
The Lord is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him.
Zephaniah 1:7
Hold thy peace at the presence of the Lord God:for the day of the Lord is at hand.
Hosea 8:1
Set the trumpet to thy mouth. He shall come as an eagle against the house of the Lord…
Ezekiel 33:3-6
The watchman’s trumpet sounds warning.
Habakkuk 1:8
Chaldeans’ horses “fly as an eagle that hasteth to eat.
Matthew 27:45
There was darkness over all the land…
Joel 2:10, 31
The sun shall be turned into darkness…” (prophecy about the day of the Lord)
Amos 8:9
I will cause the sun to go down at noon…
Luke 23:44-45
The sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was rent…