Now the seven angels are prepared to sound their trumpets. It is interesting to find these three items listed together. God often returns punishment in kind for sin. Many saints have been stoned to death for their witness. Many saints have been burned at the stake.
Fire is returned to the persecutors.
Many had their blood shed. Into this time period falls the four major barbarian invasions of the crumbling seat of Imperial Rome, the first being the Goths. These events are recorded in The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire and also in other histories. A scene of horror ensued which is scarcely paralleled in the history of war. The Goths, incidentally, were famous for their trumpets as they moved in conquest.