Thematic Bible
Revelation 8:1 (show verse)
As soon as the Lamb had broken the seventh seal, there was silence in Heaven for, it might be, half-an-hour.
Revelation 8:2 (show verse)
Then I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and seven trumpets were given to them.
Revelation 8:3 (show verse)
Next, another angel came and stood at the altar with a golden censer in his hand; and a great quantity of incense was given to him, to mingle with the prayers of all Christ's People upon the golden altar before the throne.
Altar » Of incense » Seen in john's vision
Altar of incense » A type of Christ
Censer » Used for offering incense
Censer » Symbolical
Censers » Typical of Christ's intercession
Incense » Illustrative of » The merits of Christ
Incense » Symbolical » Of the prayers of saints
Meteorology and celestial phenomena » Symbolical » Used in the revelation of john
Prayer » General references to » Ascends as incense before God
Seals » The seven seals
Altar of incense » A type of Christ
Censer » Used for offering incense
Censer » Symbolical
Censers » Typical of Christ's intercession
Incense » Illustrative of » The merits of Christ
Incense » Symbolical » Of the prayers of saints
Meteorology and celestial phenomena » Symbolical » Used in the revelation of john
Prayer » General references to » Ascends as incense before God
Seals » The seven seals
Revelation 8:4 (show verse)
The smoke of the incense ascended, with the prayers of Christ's People, from the hand of the angel before God.
Revelation 8:5 (show verse)
Then the angel took the censer, and filled it with fire from the altar, and threw it down upon the earth; and there followed 'peals of thunder, cries, flashes of lightning,' and an earthquake.
Revelation 8:6 (show verse)
Then the seven angels holding the seven trumpets prepared to blow their blasts.
Revelation 8:7 (show verse)
The first blew; and there came hail and fire mixed with blood, and it fell upon the earth. A third part of the earth was burnt up, and a third of the trees, and every blade of grass.
Revelation 8:8 (show verse)
Then the second angel blew; and what appeared to be a great mountain, burning, was hurled into the sea. A third of the sea became blood,
Revelation 8:9 (show verse)
and a third part of all created things that are in the sea--that is, of all living things--died, and a third of the ships was destroyed.
Revelation 8:10 (show verse)
Then the third angel blew; and there fell from the heavens a great star, burning like a torch. It fell upon a third of the rivers and upon the springs.
Revelation 8:11 (show verse)
(The star is called 'Wormwood.') A third of the water became bitter as wormwood, and so bitter was the water that many died from drinking it.
Meteorology and celestial phenomena » Symbolical » Used in the revelation of john
Seals » The seven seals
Stars » Darkening of
Vision » Of john on the island of patmos » The falling star
Vision » Of john on the island of patmos » The seventh seal and the seven angels
Water » Symbolical
Wormwood » Symbolical
Seals » The seven seals
Stars » Darkening of
Vision » Of john on the island of patmos » The falling star
Vision » Of john on the island of patmos » The seventh seal and the seven angels
Water » Symbolical
Wormwood » Symbolical
Revelation 8:12 (show verse)
Then the fourth angel blew; and a third of the sun and a third of the moon and a third of the stars were blasted, so that a third of them was eclipsed, and for a third part of the day there was no light, and at night it was the same.
Eclipse » Of the sun and moon
Meteorology and celestial phenomena » Symbolical » Used in the revelation of john
Moon » Darkening of
Seals » The seven seals
Stars » Darkening of
Stars » Illustrative » Of princes and subordinate governors
Vision » Of john on the island of patmos » One-third of the sun, the moon, and the stars were darkened
Meteorology and celestial phenomena » Symbolical » Used in the revelation of john
Moon » Darkening of
Seals » The seven seals
Stars » Darkening of
Stars » Illustrative » Of princes and subordinate governors
Vision » Of john on the island of patmos » One-third of the sun, the moon, and the stars were darkened
Revelation 8:13 (show verse)
And, in my vision, I heard an eagle flying in mid-heaven and crying in a loud voice--'Woe, woe, woe for all who live on the earth, at the other trumpet-blasts of the three angels who have yet to blow.'