Now the seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared to blow them.
The seventh seal opens a new chain of events, each part linked to the next in God's wise design. That silence in heaven, half an hour of it, speaks either of peace when no cry of oppression rises to God's ear, or of expectation, the church holding its breath to see what Providence is doing. The angels stand ready as instruments of divine will, each furnished with his part.
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Commenting on Revelation 8:1-6
And the seven angels which had the seven trumpets,.... Given them, Rev 8:2; prepared themselves to sound; they stood up, took their trumpets in their hands, and put them to their mouths; this was giving notice of what was coming upon the earth, and a kind of warning to men, and a call upon them to repentance, and to prepare to meet God in the way of his judgments.
Verse 6. And the seven angels which had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound. See also . Evidently in succession, perhaps by arranging themselves in the order in which they were to sound. The way is now prepared for the sounding of the trumpets, and for the fearful commotions and changes which would be indicated by that.