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• Seven Trumpets

  The seven trumpets are the trumpets blown in succession by seven angels in Revelation 8–11, together with the plagues and events that follow each one. They form the second set of seven judgments, placed between the seven seals and the seven bowls.

• Seven Bowls

  The seven golden bowls full of the wrath of God that seven angels pour out in succession upon the earth, the sea, the rivers, the sun, the throne of the beast, the river Euphrates, and the air in Revelation 15–16, together with the plagues they bring.

• Revelation 16

  Revelation 16 is the chapter in which seven angels pour out, one after another, the seven bowls of God's wrath. The plagues follow in succession, kings gather at Armageddon, and the great city Babylon comes under judgment.

• Revelation 15

  Revelation 15 is the chapter in which seven angels appear holding the seven last plagues. Beside the sea of glass, those who have overcome the beast sing the song of Moses and the song of the Lamb, and the seven angels receive golden bowls filled with the wrath of God.

• Revelation 8

  Revelation 8 is the chapter in which the Lamb opens the seventh seal and heaven falls silent. Seven angels receive trumpets, and four of them sound in turn, bringing plagues upon a third of the earth, the sea, the rivers, and the heavens.

• Revelation 17

  Revelation 17 is the chapter in which one of the angels with the seven bowls shows John the "great whore" riding a scarlet beast and explains the meaning of the woman, the beast, the seven heads, and the ten horns.

• Revelation 9

  Revelation 9 records the fifth and sixth trumpet judgments. Locusts from the bottomless pit torment people, and four angels released from the Euphrates, together with an army of horsemen, kill a third of humanity, yet the survivors do not repent.

• Revelation 14

  Revelation 14 is the chapter of Revelation that presents the Lamb standing on Mount Zion with the 144,000, the proclamations of the three angels, the blessing on those who die in the Lord, and two harvest visions: the reaping of grain and the gathering of grapes.

• Revelation 21:12–14

  A vision in which the names of the twelve tribes of Israel are written on the twelve gates of the New Jerusalem and the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb on its twelve foundations. The passage is frequently discussed for what it reveals about the relationship between the Old Testament people of God and the New Testament church.

• Revelation 7

  Revelation 7 is the chapter that stands between the sixth and seventh seals. It contains the scene in which the servants of God are sealed on their foreheads (the 144,000 from the tribes of Israel) and the scene in which a great multitude clothed in white, which no one can number, praises God before the throne.

• Revelation 12:9

  In the vision of war in heaven in Revelation 12, the great dragon is cast down to the earth and identified as "that old serpent," the Devil, and Satan. The verse is frequently cited in discussions of the Devil's identity and origin and of when Satan was cast out.

• Seven Churches of Asia

  The seven churches of Asia are the seven churches in the Roman province of Asia to which Christ sent letters in Revelation 2–3. They are the churches of Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.

• Revelation 10

  Revelation 10 is the chapter set between the sixth and seventh trumpets. A mighty angel comes down holding an open little book, and John, after taking and eating the book, is commanded to prophesy again.

• Ethiopian Eunuch

  The Ethiopian eunuch is the treasury official of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who appears in Acts 8. After hearing Philip the evangelist explain a passage from Isaiah and proclaim the gospel of Jesus, he was baptized.

• Acts 8:32–35

  In this passage Philip explains to an Ethiopian eunuch, who was reading the passage in Isaiah 53 about the "sheep led to the slaughter," that the words refer to Jesus. Because it identifies the "Suffering Servant" of Isaiah 53 with Jesus, it is frequently cited and discussed.

• Angel

  In the Bible, an angel is a spiritual being who serves God and conveys His will. The Hebrew mal'akh and the Greek angelos both mean "one who is sent," that is, a messenger.

• Judges 6:12

  In this verse the angel of the LORD appears to Gideon, who is hiding from the Midianites, addresses him as "thou mighty man of valour," and declares that the LORD is with him. It is frequently cited as a text on divine calling and God's presence.

• Jehovah-shalom

  Jehovah-shalom is the name the judge Gideon gave to the altar he built at Ophrah. It means "The LORD is peace." The name appears in Judges 6:24.

• Judges 6

  Judges 6 tells how, while Israel lay under Midianite oppression, the angel of the LORD appeared and called Gideon as a deliverer, and how Gideon tore down his father's altar of Baal and twice sought a sign with a fleece.

• Zechariah 3

  Zechariah 3 records one of Zechariah's visions, in which Joshua the high priest, accused by Satan, has his filthy garments removed and receives clean garments and a mitre. The chapter then presents promises concerning "my servant the BRANCH" and a stone with seven eyes.