Seven trumpets - wikipedia Seven trumpets The seven angels with seven trumpets, and the angel with a censer, from the Bamberg Apocalypse. In the Book of Revelation, Seven trumpets are sounded, one at a time, to cue apocalyptic events received in the Revelation of Christ Jesus, by John of Patmos. The seven trumpets are sounded by seven angels and the events that follow are described in detail from Revelation Chapters 8 to 11. According to Revelation 8 : 1 - 2, the angels sound these trumpets after the breaking of the seventh seal. These seals secured the apocalyptic document, that was in the right hand of Him who sits on the main throne. The trumpets are referred to in Koine Greek as σάλπιγγος ( salpingos, salpinx ) ; this was a straight, narrow bronze tube with a mouthpiece of bone and a bell ; they do not resemble modern trumpets. Contents 1 Significance 1.1 First trumpet 1.2 Second trumpet 1.3 Third trumpet 1.4 Fourth trumpet 1.5 Fifth trumpet 1.6 Sixth trumpet 1.7 Seventh trumpet 2 Interpretations 3 See also 4 References Significance Before the invention of the brass trumpet, God had Moses make two silver Trumpets ( Numbers 10 : 2 ), but the traditional sacred horn of the ancient Hebrews was the shofar made from a ram 's horn. It has been used since Moses ' day ( Exodus 19 : 13 ) to get the attention of the Israelites, signal, or to prelude an announcement and / or warning from God. Joshua had 7 priests carry 7 horns for 7 days and circle Jericho 7 times, then the priest sounded the horns, the people shouted and the walls came down. ( Joshua 6 : 4 ). In St. Paul 's letter of I Thessalonians 4 : 16, `` the trumpet of God '' heralds the Second Coming of Christ. First trumpet Second trumpet : a great burning mountain plunges into the sea. Beatus de Facundus, 1047. The Fourth Angel sounds his trumpet, Apocalypse 8. Beatus Escorial. Upon the first trumpet sound, hail and fire, mixed with blood, is thrown to the Earth burning up a third of the trees on the planet, and all green grass. Second trumpet By the second trumpet sounding, it cues something like a great burning mountain that plunges into the sea and wipes out a third of all sea life and ships. A third of the oceans will become blood. Third trumpet By the sound of the third trumpet, a great star called Wormwood falls to the Earth poisoning a third of the planet 's freshwater sources, such as rivers and springs. Men will die from drinking its bitter taste. Fourth trumpet Following the sounding of the fourth trumpet, a third of the light that shines from the Sun, moon and stars became dark from these celestial bodies being `` struck ''. This catastrophe caused complete darkness for a third of a day, during the day, even through night hours. Fifth trumpet The fifth trumpet sound is the `` first Woe '' of three. Before this trumpet sounds, an angel ( translated eagle in some versions ) appears, flying in mid-heaven, and warns, `` Woe, woe, woe, to those who dwell on the earth, because of the remaining blasts of the trumpet of the three angels who are about to sound ! '' The fifth trumpet prompts a personified star to fall from heaven. The star is given the key to the bottomless pit. After opening it, the smoke that rises out, darkens the air and blocks the sunlight. Then from out of the smoke, the Locusts were unleashed. They were scorpion tailed warhorses, having a man 's face with lion 's teeth. Their hair was long like that of a woman 's and flew with locust - like wings. They were crowned with golden crowns and protected with iron - like breastplates. They were commanded by their king, Abaddon, to torment any man who does not have the seal of God on their forehead, by using their scorpion - like tails. It was also made clear to them that they must not kill anyone during their five - month mission of torment. Preterist views Robert Witham, a Catholic commentator, issued his two - volume Annotations on the New Testament, in 1733. Commenting on Chapter 9, he offers two preterist views for identifying the locusts with scorpion tails. The locusts may have represented the incursion of the Goths and `` those barbarous People '' that interrupted the Roman Empire during the time of Decius. The locusts may have represented the Jewish heretics who denied Christ. Most notably, Theodotus, Praxeas, Noetus, Paul of Samosata, Sabellius, and Arius. Sixth trumpet Seventh Trumpet, Bamberg Apocalypse, circa 1010. After the fifth trumpet blast, the sixth one sounds. This is the `` Second woe '', where four angels are released from their binds to the `` great river Euphrates ''. They command a brute force of 200 million mounted troops whose horses dissipate plague from out of their mouths, most notably : fire, smoke, and brimstone. The mounted horsemen wore breastplates with the color of fire, hyacinth, and brimstone. The horses had a lion 's head and their tails were like a serpent, even with a snake head. They are responsible for the deaths of a third of mankind who are stricken by the plague that emanated from these armies. Seventh trumpet The sound of the seventh trumpet signals the `` Third woe ''. This is the final trumpet sound and the final woe. Loud voices in heaven which said ; `` The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Messiah, and he will reign for ever and ever. '' Thanks is given to God, the Almighty and praise for the wrath that came, the dead who were judged, and the bond - servants rewarded. `` Then God 's temple in heaven was opened, and within his temple was seen the ark of his covenant. And there came flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder, an earthquake and a severe hailstorm. '' Christian eschatology Eschatological views Contrasting beliefs Historicism ( Interpretations of Revelation ) Futurism Preterism Idealism Dispensationalism The Millennium Amillennialism Postmillennialism Premillennialism Prewrath Rapture Posttribulation Rapture Dispensationalism Biblical texts Daniel Seventy Weeks Synoptic Gospels Olivet Discourse Mark 13 Matthew 24 Sheep and Goats Pauline Epistles 2 Thessalonians Johannine literature Revelation ( Events ) Pseudepigrapha 1 Enoch 2 Esdras Key terms Abomination of desolation Antichrist Armageddon The Beast False prophet Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse Gog and Magog Great Apostasy Great Tribulation Katechon Kingdom of God Lake of fire Last Judgment Man of sin New Heaven and New Earth New Jerusalem Number of the Beast Rapture Resurrection of the dead Second Coming Seven bowls Seven seals Son of perdition Two witnesses War in Heaven Whore of Babylon World to come Christianity portal Interpretations In Christian Eschatology, the first six trumpets are used to serve as a wake up call to the sinners on Earth and a call to repentance. Each trumpet blast brings with it a plague of a more disastrous nature than the one before it. The trumpet is used to build anticipation and tells the reader that an alert, announcement, or warning is about to take place. The seventh trumpet does not bring a plague with it. Rather, it is sounded so that glory is given to God and His kingdom is announced. The Preterist understanding is that these blasts are like war trumpets against apostate Israel of the time period and that they correspond to events in the Jewish Wars. For example, the second trumpet is the nation of Rome depicted as a mountain, symbolic for great nations in the Old Testament, and its destruction of Galilee and the Sea of Galilee becoming full of blood and dead bodies. Concerning the second trumpet blast, Futurist Christian apologists speculate that the `` great mountain burning with fire '' that plunges into the sea, in Revelation 8 : 8, is an impact event by a possible Near - Earth object. Christians who follow the Posttribulation rapture doctrine, argue that the seventh trumpet is the last trumpet mentioned in I Corinthians 15 : 52, and that there is a strong correlation between the events mentioned in Isaiah 27 : 13, Matthew 24 : 29 - 31, and I Thessalonians 4 : 16. These parallels are used to support the doctrine of the rapture occurring after the tribulation. Therefore, Posttribulationists see the rapture happening during the seventh trumpet. The nature of the 7th trumpet shows that `` time is no more, and that the mystery of God is finished, Rev. 10 : 6, 7. At the 7th trumpet, Jesus rules and reigns forevermore, He has taken His great power and reigned, and He rewards the righteous, and judges the wicked. Both Jesus and Paul declare that when Jesus comes, His reward is with Him, and He rewards everyone according to their works, Rev. 22 : 12, 2 Tim 4 : 1. There are some scholars who describe a part from the finale from the second symphony by Gustav Mahler, as the seven trumpets, actually played by 4 trumpets, bass drum, cymbals and triangle, which are offstage. See also Christianity portal Events of Revelation ( Chapter 8 ) Seven seals References Jump up ^ Revelation 1 : 1 Jump up ^ Revelation 1 : 9 Jump up ^ Revelation 8 : 1 - 2 Jump up ^ Revelation 5 : 1 ^ Jump up to : The Jewish Study Bible, Jewish Publication Society, 2004 Jump up ^ Revelation 8 : 7 Jump up ^ Revelation 8 : 8 - 9 Jump up ^ Revelation 8 : 10 - 11 Jump up ^ Revelation 8 : 12 Jump up ^ Revelation 8 : 13 Jump up ^ Revelation 9 : 1 - 12 Jump up ^ Kenneth G.C. Newport. Apocalypse and millennium : studies in biblical eisegesis, ( ISBN 0521773342, ISBN 978 - 0 - 521 - 77334 - 8 ), 2000, p. 85 ^ Jump up to : Witham. Annotations, vol. II, p. 463 Jump up ^ Revelation 9 : 10 - 12 Jump up ^ Revelation 9 : 13 - 21 Jump up ^ Revelation 11 : 15 - 19 Jump up ^ Koester Craig R ( 2001 ). Revelation and the End of All Things. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. Jump up ^ Revelation 8 : 8 Jump up ^ LaHaye, T. ( 1999 ). Revelation Unveiled ( p. 167 ). Grand Rapids, MI : Zonervan. ISBN 0 - 310 - 23005 - 5 ( pbk. ) Jump up ^ Chapman, G.W. ( 1996, August ). Comets and Asteroids and Future Cosmological Catastrophes. Compiled from Apocalypse When by Dr. Frank Close. Jump up ^ 1Corinthians 15 : 52 Jump up ^ Isaiah 27 : 13 Jump up ^ Matthew 24 : 29 - 31 Jump up ^ 1Thessalonians 4 : 16 Jump up ^ Revelation 11 : 15 Jump up ^ Revelation 11 : 17 Jump up ^ Revelation 11 : 18 Jump up ^ Floros, C. ( 1993 ). Gustav Mahler. The Symphonies ( p. 69 ). Amadeus Press. 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Question: what is the seventh trumpet in the bible
Answer: the final trumpet sound and the final woe