“HE WILL REIGN FOR EVER AND EVER”
Revelation 8:6-11:19
Key Verse: 11:15
The seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven, which said: “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Messiah, and he will reign for ever and ever.”
1. In response to the prayers of all God’s people, what happened (8:2-6)? Observe and characterize the judgments that follow each of the first four trumpets (7-13). What do these judgments tell us about who God is?
2. How does the judgment that followed the fifth trumpet reveal the severity of God’s judgment (9:1-12)? To whom does this judgment come?
3. How is the judgment following the sixth trumpet described (9:13-19)? How did those who were not killed respond to God’s judgment (20-21)? Why did they not repent?
4. Who held the little scroll and what did he do (10:1-3)? What did the angel pronounce (5-7)? What was John told to do (4; 8-11)? What does it mean to “eat the scroll”?
5. What prophetic message was John given (11:1-2)? What is the role of the two witnesses and what happens to them (3-12)? What event followed (13-14)?
6. As the seventh trumpet sounds, what glorious vision is revealed (11:15-19)? What does this tell us about God and his kingdom? How does this hope inspire us?