Questions for Revelation Chapter Eight 

Silence in heaven – for about thirty minutes 

1. Who opened the seventh seal (Revelation 8:1; 6:1; 3; 5 etc.)? ________________
2. What happened when the seal was opened? ____________________________
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3. Who stood before God? ___________________________________________
4. What was given to them? ___________________________________________

Significant Old Testament accounts involving trumpets

The fall of Jericho (Joshua 6:4-16)

Gideon and the defeat of the Midianites (Judges 7:15-22)

The jubilee (Deuteronomy 25:9-10)

Feast of trumpets (Numbers 29:1-6; Leviticus 23:23-25)

1. What did the angel which stood at the altar have? _________________________

Old Testament references to the altar of incense (Exodus 30:1-3; 37:25-28; 40:5; 22:-33)

1. What was given to the angel? _______________________________________
2. What was the angel to offer along with the incense? ____________________
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3. Does Revelation 5:8; and Revelation 8:4 teach us how valuable God considers the prayers of the saints? _______________________________________

Read Jeremiah 50:25; Isaiah 13:5 and discuss in class

1. What did the angel fill the censer with? __________________________________
2. Where did the fire come from? ______________________________________
   1. In the Old Testament where did the priest get the fire from (Leviticus 16:12)? _____________________________________________
   2. What two men decided to do it some other way (Leviticus 10:1-2)? ______________________  _________________________
3. Where did the angel cast the fire? ___________________________________
   1. “…and there were ________________, and _____________________, and ________________________, and an ________________________”

 Thought questions for class discussion

What accompanied the fearful presence of God upon Mount Sinai (Exodus 19:14-18)? _____________________________________________________________
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What did God bring upon Gog - and for what purpose (Ezekiel 38:22-23)? ________________________________________________________________

 A measured punishment?

1. The seven angels with the seven trumpets prepared to do what? ______________________________________________________________
2. What followed when the first angel sounded? _________________________
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3. When the second angel sounded what was it as? ________________________
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4. When the third angel sounded – what fell from heaven? __________________
5. What was the star called? ____________________ Read Deuteronomy 29:18
6. When the fourth angel sounded what was smitten?  ________________________
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When God punished Babylon what was effected (Isaiah 13:9-10)? _____________
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When God punished Egypt what was effected (Ezekiel 32:7-8)? ________________
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When God punished the Jews what was effected (Matthew 24:29)? ______________
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1. What did the angel flying in the midst of heaven warn? __________________
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