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Day 78

"Then the seventh angel sounded"

Text: Revelation 11:15

THE SEVENTH TRUMPET

Six trumpets had already been sounded by the angels of God. The sounding of their trumpets brought woe to the earth (Revelation 8-9). The Seventh Trumpet brought a different message.

“Then the seventh angel sounded:
And there were loud voices in heaven, saying,
‘The kingdoms of this world have become
the kingdoms of our Lord and of His Christ,
and He shall reign forever and ever!’
And the twenty-four elders who sat before God
on their thrones fell on their faces and worshiped God.”
Revelation 11:15-16

1. Great rejoicing in heaven.

a) The angelic inhabitants in heaven rejoiced greatly and strongly (“loudly”).

b) They made this grand declaration.

c) The kingdoms of the world had become the kingdom of God:

i) Gentile kingdoms

ii) Hostile nations

iii) Israel

d) The Kingdom of God would be entrusted to the Lord Jesus Christ.

i) This was prophetically foretold.

ii) They may have opposed the Lord initially.

iii) They now learned how to honour the Lord.

e) His reign over God’s kingdom would last “forever and ever”.

2. The twenty-four elders.

a) They were sitting down in the presence of God.

b) They sat on thrones that God had given them.

c) They fell on their faces:

i) In awe.

ii) In reverence.

iii) In humility.

iv) In humble worship.