The Trumpet Judgments (Revelation 8–11)
A structured overview of the seven trumpet judgments and the events surrounding them.
📯 1st Trumpet — Revelation 8:7
- Hail and fire mixed with blood thrown to the earth
- One-third of all trees burned
- All green grass burned
📯 2nd Trumpet — Revelation 8:8–9
- Something like a great burning mountain cast into the sea
- One-third of the sea becomes blood
- One-third of sea creatures die
- One-third of ships destroyed
📯 3rd Trumpet — Revelation 8:10–11
- A great star falls from heaven, burning like a lamp
- Falls on one-third of rivers
- Falls on earth’s springs/fountains
- The star’s name: Wormwood (“bitter”)
- Waters become bitter
- Many die from the poisoned waters
📯 4th Trumpet — Revelation 8:12–13
- One-third of the sun, moon, and stars darkened
- One-third of day and night without light
- An angel cries: “Woe, Woe, Woe”
- Warning of the final three trumpet judgments
📯 5th Trumpet — Revelation 9:1–12 (First Woe)
- A star falls from heaven with the key to the bottomless pit
- Pit opened → smoke darkens the sun and air
- Locust-like beings emerge
- They torment all without the seal of God for five months
- They do not harm plants
- They have a king:
- Abaddon (Hebrew) — “destruction,” “ruin,” “place of destruction”
- Apollyon (Greek) — “Destroyer”
- Locusts appear prepared for battle
📯 6th Trumpet — Revelation 9:13–21 (Second Woe)
- Four fallen angels bound at the Euphrates are released
- They lead an army of 200 million horsemen
- They kill one-third of mankind
- Their judgment comes through three plagues:
- Fire
- Smoke
- Brimstone
- Humanity still refuses to repent
Interlude: Revelation 10–11:14
The Mighty Angel & the Little Book (Revelation 10)
- A mighty angel gives John a little book
- (You note the possible connection to Daniel 12:9 — sealed until the end)
- John eats the book:
- Sweet in the mouth
- Bitter in the stomach
- Seven thunders speak, but John is told not to write their words
Measuring the Temple (Revelation 11:1–2)
- John measures the Temple of God
- The outer court is excluded
- Given to the Gentiles
- They will trample the holy city for 42 months
The Two Witnesses (Revelation 11:3–14)
I identify them as Enoch and Elijah, based on Hebrews 9:27 (“appointed unto men once to die”).
Their ministry:
- Prophesy for 42 months
- Powers:
- Fire from their mouths to destroy attackers
- Shut heaven so no rain falls
- Turn water to blood
- Strike the earth with plagues at will
Their death:
- The beast from the bottomless pit kills them
- Bodies lie in the street of the great city
- Spiritually called Sodom and Egypt
- The place where Jesus was crucified
- Bodies remain unburied for 3½ days
- Earth-dwellers rejoice
Their resurrection:
- After 3½ days, God’s Spirit enters them
- They stand; observers are terrified
- They ascend to heaven
📯 7th Trumpet — Revelation 11:15–19 (Third Woe)
- The kingdoms of this world become the kingdoms of our Lord and His Christ
- Christ shall reign forever
- Worship erupts in heaven
- The Ark of His Testament appears in the heavenly temple
- The time for the dead to be judged arrives
- Wrath comes; nations are angry
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