Revelation Chapter Eight Breakdown

1 When He opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour.

Yeshua opens the seventh seal, and all of heaven falls silent for thirty minutes.

2 And I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and to them were given seven trumpets.

It was at this time the seven angels before YHWH are given seven trumpets. Now, I believe these things are not happening in chronological order, meaning I do believe there are some overlaps between the seals and the trumpets. I make this claim because there are things that happen twice if we are to believe it is chronological, such as the mountains being moved out of their place.  

3 Then another angel, having a golden censer, came and stood at the altar. He was given much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all the saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne.

An eighth angel offered incense with the prayers of the believers to YHWH.

4 And the smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the saints, ascended before God from the angel’s hand.

There was smoke from the altar that is the incense and prayers. Smoke rose up from the hand of the angel to the throne of YHWH.

5 Then the angel took the censer, filled it with fire from the altar, and threw it to the earth. And there were noises, thunderings, lightnings, and an earthquake.

Once the burner was empty, the angel put fire within it and threw it down to earth. At that time on earth there was lightning, thunder, and an earthquake.

6 So the seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound.

The seven angels took preparations to blow their trumps.

7 The first angel sounded: And hail and fire followed, mingled with blood, and they were thrown to the earth. And a third of the trees were burned up, and all green grass was burned up.

At the first trumpet on earth hail and fire fell. These were mixed with blood. One third of all the trees were burned up and all the grass is destroyed.

8 Then the second angel sounded: And something like a great mountain burning with fire was thrown into the sea, and a third of the sea became blood.

A “great fiery mountain” is thrown into the sea. We are not sure what this mountain is but it causes a third of all the sea to become blood. We are not sure which sea this is specifically speaking about, but I would suggest the Red Sea.

9 And a third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed.

This also caused a third of the fish and water animals to die, as well as a third of the ships in this sea are destroyed.

10 Then the third angel sounded: And a great star fell from heaven, burning like a torch, and it fell on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water.

A star, or great angel falls from the sky. The angel is on fire. It lands on a third of the rivers and the springs.

11 The name of the star is Wormwood. A third of the waters became wormwood, and many men died from the water, because it was made bitter.

The name of the angel is Wormwood. The angels fall causes the water to be bitter and many men die from the water.

12 Then the fourth angel sounded: And a third of the sun was struck, a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third of them were darkened. A third of the day did not shine, and likewise the night.

The sun, moon, and stars are hit with something, causing a third of them to be darkened.

13 And I looked, and I heard an angel flying through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, “Woe, woe, woe to the inhabitants of the earth, because of the remaining blasts of the trumpet of the three angels who are about to sound!”

An angel goes through heaven makes a proclamation. The next three trumpets will be worse than the first three.

We see lightning, thunder, and a big earthquake takes place. Then fire, hail, and blood falls from the sky resulting in a third of all the trees are destroyed as well as all the grass. After this, something on fire, large, and shaped similar to a pyramid lands in the sea, turning a third of it into blood. The blood is likely from the people and animals who die in the water when the “mountain” is thrown. The angel named Wormwood falls to the earth causing the rivers and springs to become bitter which results in many men dying. A third of all the light from the sun, moon, and stars no longer shine making the earth much darker. The worst has yet to come.