The Seven Trumpets Begin to Sound | Revelation 8
A suggested visual for the first four Trumpets as revealed in Revelation 8. Please note that this is only a visual summary, and some aspects of these trumpets have been omitted due to lack of production time.
PDF documentation walks through these details briefly and talks about my workflow for designing this image.
The Trumpets Begin to Sound: my study notes
Intent. This was originally created as an image for a book cover for a friend who wanted to reference the opening Trumpets of Revelation (Trumpets 1–4).
- A “flavor” of Revelation 8. The image does reference the opening trumpets; however, creating a single image with ALL of the visuals John describes was not possible in this version. This image gives a “flavor” of Revelation 8 that might be suitable for a class or presentation, but please note that KEY features have been omitted!
- Artistic license. I took a lot of artistic license with this piece. Not everything listed in the chapter is here, so please be sure to clarify that if you are giving a presentation! With more time, I may redo this painting to better realize this portion of the vision as described.
“Again, much of this is my own assumption and should not be taken as absolute! As usual, I strongly encourage Bible students to consider my underlying questions and assumptions for themselves and determine if the concept I’ve presented works.”
The trumpets follow the seventh seal of the Seven-Sealed Scroll, after the First and Second Horsemen. The fifth trumpet brings the Locusts of Revelation 9. See where it all fits in my Timelines of Revelation chart.