📖 Biblical Definition
The seven trumpets of Revelation 8-11 are the second great cycle of judgments unsealed by the Lamb. After the seventh seal opens, seven angels are given seven trumpets, and at each blast a judgment falls — hail and fire on a third of the earth (8:7), a mountain of fire on a third of the sea (8:8), the star Wormwood on a third of the rivers (8:10-11), darkening of a third of the luminaries (8:12). The last three trumpets are "woes": demonic locusts from the abyss (ch. 9), demonic horsemen (9:13-21), and the final trumpet of consummation announcing "the kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ" (Revelation 11:15). Judgments escalate; the Lamb reigns.
📜 Webster 1828 Definition
Revelation's seven middle judgments via trumpet.
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The seven trumpet-judgments of Revelation 8-11, intermediate between the seals and the bowls, falling on a third of earth, sea, rivers, and heavenly bodies, then the demonic locusts, the army from the Euphrates, and the proclamation of the kingdom at the seventh trumpet.
📖 Key Scripture
Revelation 8:6 — "And the seven angels which had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound."
Revelation 9:1 — "And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit."
Revelation 11:15 — "And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ."
⚠️ Modern Corruption
Read as alarming spectacle rather than as God's structured warnings before the final wrath.
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The seven trumpets are warnings calling to repentance — partial judgments (a third, not all) with space yet to repent. The seventh trumpet is the kingdom announcement. Read the trumpets as escalating call before the bowls.
🔗 Greek & Hebrew Roots
Greek salpinx — trumpet.
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['Greek', 'G4536', 'salpinx', 'trumpet']
['Greek', 'G32', 'angelos', 'angel, messenger']
Usage
"The trumpets warn before the bowls."
"The seventh trumpet announces the kingdom."