Revelation: The Spirit Speaks to the Churches
- We need to understand the relationship between our prayers and God’s plan… Second, we often fail to make the connection between God’s wrath against sin and the ravages of nature… Third, these judgments shout the glory of God. The severity of the judgments in chapter 8 are in direct proportion to the glory of the God avenged by these demonstrations of his righteousness and power. And fourth, we need to hear that our question, “how long?” is being answered by this book of Revelation with the answer, “a little longer,” and we need to be encouraged to endure.
the trumpet blasts in chapter 8 depict God hallowing his name in response to the prayers of his people as the holiness of God is visited upon the created order.
James M. Hamilton Jr., Preaching the Word: Revelation—The Spirit Speaks to the Churches, ed. R. Kent Hughes (Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2012), 198.