Seven angels have appeared. They are given trumpets, but before they start there is an “interlude” as an eighth angel offers incense and then throws coals from the altar to earth (Revelation 8:3-5). When he does, the phenomena of the throne (Revelation 4:5) are replicated on earth.
At the end of the trumpet sequence, as the seventh trumpet blows, loud voices announce that the kingdoms of the earth have become the kingdoms of the Lord and His Christ (11:15).
The trumpet section is surrounded by the promise of God’s throne descending from heaven to earth. The work of the incense angel foreshadows the results of the seven trumpets. By the trumpets, the throne comes to earth, as the trumpets unfold the process by which the kingdoms of this world become the kingdoms of Christ.
The process is: burning; sea water turned to blood; fresh water turned to poison; darkness; the unleashing of scorpions to torment; the martyrdom and vindication of two witnesses.
But of course. How else would you expect God to become king?
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