Revelation Day 26

What are the 7 seals, 7 trumpets and 7 angels with the 7 plagues and 7 bowls of wrath?

Day 26

B. Hodge, M.Sc., B.Sc., PEI

 Biblical Authority Ministries, June 26, 2020 (Donate)

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?	Clarifying comments	Reference
1	7 Churches	Churches to whom Revelation is written	Revelation 1:11
2	7 Lampstands	The 7 Churches	Revelation 1:12-13, 1:20, 2:1
3	7 Stars	Messengers/Angels of the 7 Churches (Ministers of the Gospel)	Revelation 1:16, 20, 2:1, 3:1
4	7 Spirits of God	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)]	Isaiah 11:2, Revelation 1:4, 3:1, 4:5, 5:6
5	7 Flames in the Lampstands	7 Spirits of God	Revelation 4:5
6	7 Seals	Revealing of information that John could see and hear	Revelation 5:1, 5:5[1]; see also the individual seals as they were opened: 6:1-17, 8:1-2
7	7 Horns	7 Spirits of God	Revelation 5:6
8	7 Eyes	7 Spirits of God	Revelation 5:6
9	7 Angels	Angels who are to enact the judgment of plagues and wrath	Revelation 8:2, 8:6, 15:1, 15:6-8, 16:1, 17:1, 21:9
10	7 Trumpets	Trumpets often were sounded before battle/judgment	Numbers 10:9, Joshua 6:4-20, Judges 7:18-22, Revelation 8:2, 8:6
11	7 Thunders	7 voices of an angel that were sealed up and not for us know	Revelation 10:3-4
12	7 Heads	The beast of 7 Hills/Mountains that the Harlot controls by the power of the Dragon/Satan	Revelation 12:3, 13:1, 17:3, 17:7, 17:9
13	7 Diadems	7 Crowns/Kings of the Beast that the Dragon/Satan controls	Revelation 12:3
14	7 Last Plagues	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	Revelation 15:1, 15:6, 15:8, 16:9, 18:4, 18:8, 21:9, 22:18
15	7 Golden Bowls	Different forms of wrath against the Harlot and her land	Revelation 15:7, 16:1, 17:1, 21:9 see also the individual bowls: Revelation 16:2-17
16	7 Kings	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	Revelation 17:10

Read Revelation 8:6-19:3 with these clarifiers in mind.  

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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.