What are the
7 seals, 7 trumpets and 7 angels with the 7 plagues and 7 bowls of wrath?
Day 26
B. Hodge, Biblical Authority Ministries, June 26, 2020
Revelation,
which is written with a high prophetic style of literature with images and
metaphors, uses the number 7 extensively. Hopefully, this “Chart of Sevens” with
biblical references helps clarify the meaning behind some of this imagery.
What?
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Clarifying
comments
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Reference
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1
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7
Churches
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Churches
to whom Revelation is written
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2
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7
Lampstands
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The
7 Churches
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3
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7
Stars
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Messengers/Angels
of the 7 Churches (Ministers of the Gospel)
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4
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7
Spirits of God
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The
Holy Spirit [Representative of the 7 characteristics attributed to the Holy
Spirit in Isaiah 11:2—Spirit of the Lord (1), wisdom (2), understanding (3),
counsel (4), might (5), knowledge (6), and fear of the Lord (7)]
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5
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7
Flames in the Lampstands
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7
Spirits of God
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6
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7
Seals
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Revealing
of information that John could see and hear
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7
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7
Horns
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7
Spirits of God
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8
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7
Eyes
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7
Spirits of God
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9
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7
Angels
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Angels
who are to enact the judgment of plagues and wrath
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10
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7
Trumpets
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Trumpets
often were sounded before battle/judgment
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11
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7
Thunders
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7
voices of an angel that were sealed up and not for us know
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12
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7
Heads
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The
beast of 7 Hills/Mountains that the Harlot controls by the power of the
Dragon/Satan
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13
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7
Diadems
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7
Crowns/Kings of the Beast that the Dragon/Satan controls
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14
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7
Last Plagues
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The
last of the plagues on the Harlot that finally yielded smoke from God in the
Temple and was in preparation of the bowls of wrath
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15
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7
Golden Bowls
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Different
forms of wrath against the Harlot and her land
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16
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7
Kings
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7
Caesars of Rome—the beast—where 5 have already died and the 6th
was currently in power (Nero), and a 7th will come only for a
short time
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[1] The
seals are being broken, thus we are revealed what is behind the seals. In some
cases, things were sealed up as in Daniel 8:26, 12:4, and Revelation 10:4 and
the seal means it was not to be opened or revealed to us.