The Angel Hurls The Censer With Fire                                     -The 7 trumpets (4 disasters)

Revelation 8

Key vs. 8:5  "Then the angel took the censer, filled it with fire from the altar, and hurled it on the earth; and there came peals of thunder, rumblings, flashes of lightning and an earthquake."

1. Read vs. 1-6. When the Christ opens the seventh seal, there is silence in heaven.  (1)  What does it signify?  What does another angel offer to God at the altar? (3,4)  How does he signal the wrath of God to be poured upon the earth? (5)  Think about the role of the prayers of the believers (5:8) 

2. Read vs. 7.  At the first trumpet sound, what is hurled down upon the earth? (Ex9:16-18;16:21)  What happens to the earth?  How would the people suffer?  What does “a third” signify about the trumpet judgments? (Zec13:8-9,Eze5:12)  What is the purpose of the trumpet judgments? (20)

3. Read vs. 8-9.  At the second trumpet sound, what is hurled down into the sea? (Jer51:25) What happens to the sea and the things in it? (9)  How would this disaster affect the lives of the people? (18:17-19)

4. Read vs. 10-11.  At the third trumpet sound, a great star falls from the sky on the rivers. What does the name of the star signify? What happens to the river and the springs of water? (11,Ex15:22-25). How does this disaster affect the lives of the people? 

5. Read vs. 12-13.  At the fourth trumpet sound, what happens to the sun, the moon and the stars? (12, Ex 10:21)  What happens to the day and the night?  How do the people suffer without light?  What are the three “woes” that an eagle announces? (9:12,11:14)