Silence Before the Storm

Revelation 8:1-5

Recap

In the book of Revelation, three sets of objects represent three distinct series of future judgments: seven seals, seven trumpets, and seven bowls.

The seals generally refer to conditions during the early part of the Tribulation. The trumpets portray judgments near the middle of the Tribulation, and the bowls refer to the most severe judgments at the conclusion of the Tribulation.

First Seal – False Peace / Bloodless Conquest (Revelation 6:1-2)

Second Seal – War (Revelation 6:3-4)

Third Seal – Famine (Revelation 6:5-6)

Fourth Seal – Death (Revelation 6:7-8)

Fifth Seal – Cry of the Martyrs (6:9–11)

The Sixth Seal – Cosmic Wrath of the Lamb / Cosmic

Catastrophe (6:12–17)

7th Seal - The Coming Trumpet Judgments

1. Picture 1: A shattering silence (v.1).

2. Picture 2: The instruments of judgment (vv.2–4).

Seven Angels with Seven Trumpets Supplications/Prayers of the Saints

3. Picture 3: The Storm of the coming judgment (v.5).

Thunder

Lightning

Earthquake

Applications for Today

Gospel

The World Rejected Jesus when He came.

The World Rejects the Gospel now.

The World will reject the truth even during the future wrath.

God cares about those He will judge. (Revelation 6:15-17, Matthew 24:14)

You Can Be Saved from the Wrath to come.

Prayer

“Prayer is not getting man’s will done in heaven, but getting God’s will done on earth. It is not overcoming God’s reluctance but laying hold of God’s willingness.”—Richard Trench

1. Our battle is fierce!—There are demons who are fighting you and want to destroy you.

2. Our prayers are effective!—Our cries go up and His kingdom comes down.

3. Our God is faithful!—He will demonstrate His power, vindicate His people, extend His mercy, and uphold His justice. (“Life of the Christian”) – Akin