1 And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour.
And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see.
Be silent, O all flesh, before the LORD: for he is raised up out of his holy habitation.
It stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof: an image was before mine eyes, there was silence, and I heard a voice, saying,
But the LORD is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him.
And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second beast say, Come and see.
And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand.
And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held:
Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my salvation.
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Commentary on Revelation 8 Matthew Henry Commentary
Chapter 8
We have already seen what occurred upon opening six of the seals; we now come to the opening of the seventh, which introduced the sounding of the seven trumpets; and a direful scene now opens. Most expositors agree that the seven seals represent the interval between the apostle's time and the reign of Constantine, but that the seven trumpets are designed to represent the rise of antichrist, some time after the empire became Christian. In this chapter we have,
Rev 8:1-6
In these verses we have the prelude to the sounding of the trumpets in several parts.
Rev 8:7-13
Observe,