Preface to the Seven Trumpets
Revelation
8:2
-
6
“And I saw the seven angels which stoodbefore God; and to them were given seven trumpets. Andanother angel
(Jesus)
came and stood at the altar,
(the
Cross)
having a golden censer; and there was given unto him muchincense
(Incense
is
figurative
for
prayer,
Jesus
continually prays
for
the
saints,
Heb
7:25)
, that he should offer
it
with theprayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was beforethe throne. And the smoke of the incense, which came withthe prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of theangel's hand. And the angel took the censer, and filled it withfire of the altar, and cast
it
into the earth
(a
figurative
pictureof
the
Crucifixion,
so
this
places
the
sounding
of
the
First Trumpet
at
the
beginning
of
the
Christian
era)
: and there werevoices, and thunderings, and lightnings, and an earthquake.And the seven angels which had the seven trumpets preparedthemselves to sound.”