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The Messianic Jewish perspective of Revelation Chapter 8 contain 66 PDF page
The Silence in Heaven and the Seven Shofarot
8:1 And when HE had opened the seventh Chotam (seal), there was silence in shamayim about the space of half an hour. (Zephaniah 1:7; Habakkuk 2:20; Zechariah 2:13)
8:2 And I saw the seven messengers which stood before Elohim (אלהים); and to them were given shivah Shofarot.
8:3 Then another messenger came and stood at the mitzbe'ach, having a golden mikteret; and much incense was given to him, so that he might add it to the prayers of all the saints on the golden altar which was before the throne. (Shemot 30:1-6)
8:4 And the smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before Elohim (אלהים) out of the messenger's hand.
8:5 Then the messenger took the Censer, and filled it with fire of the mitzbe'ach, and threw it to the earth; and there followed peals of thunder and sounds and flashes of lightning and an earthquake. (Leviticus 16:12,13)
8:6 And the seven malakim (messengers) which had the seven Shofarot prepared themselves to sound.
8:7
The first messenger sounded
the shofar, and there followed hail and fire
mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the
third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt
up.(YECHEZKEL 38:22)
8:8
And the second messenger sounded
the shofar, and as it were a great
mountain burning with fire was cast into the yam (sea): and the third
part of the yam (sea) became blood;
(YIRMEYAH 51:25)
8:9 And the third part of the creatures which were in the yam (sea), and had life, died; and the third part of the ships were destroyed.
8:10
And the third messenger sounded
the shofar, and there fell a great star
from shamayim, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the
third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters;
(YESHAYAH 14:12 )
8:11 And the name of the star is called לענה Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became לענה wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter.
8:12
And the fourth messenger sounded
the shofar, and the third part of the sun
was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part
of the stars; so as the third part of them was darkened, and
the day shone not for a third part of it, and the night
likewise.
(SHEMOT 10:21-23; YECHEZKEL 32:7
)
8:13
And I beheld, and heard an messenger flying through the midst
of shamayim, saying with a loud voice, Woe, woe, woe, to the
inhabiters of the earth by reason of the other voices of the
shofar of the three malakim (messengers), which are yet to sound!
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The seven messenger - Read PDF Notes
The seven messenger seem to be mention in the Sefer Yovelim Chapter two verse 2 For the first day He created the heavens which are above and the earth and the waters and all the ruachot which serve before Him
Devarim 29:18 so that there may not be among you man or woman or family or tribe, whose heart turns away today from YEHOVAH our God, to go and serve the gods of these nations, and that there may not be among you a root bearing bitterness or la'anah (wormwood);
Proverbs 5:4 But in the end she is bitter as la'anah (wormwood), Sharp as a two-edged sword. Tzva'ot
YirmeYahu 9:15 therefore thus says YEHOVAH Tzva'ot, Elohei Yisrael: "Behold, I will feed them, this people, with la'anah (wormwood), and give them water of gall to drink.
Yirmeyahu 23:15 "Therefore thus says YEHOVAH of hosts concerning the prophets: 'Behold, I will feed them with la'anah (wormwood), And make them drink the water of gall; For from the prophets of Jerusalem Profaneness has gone out into all the land.' "
Lam 3:15 He has filled me with bitterness, He has made me drink wormwood.
Lam 3:19 Remember my affliction and roaming, The wormwood and the gall.
Amos 5:7 You who turn justice to wormwood, And lay righteousness to rest in the earth!"
Amos 6:12 Do horses run on rocks? Does one plow there with oxen? Yet you have turned justice into gall, And the fruit of righteousness into wormwood,
Hisgalus 8:11 The name of the star is Wormwood. A third of the waters became wormwood, and many men died from the water, because it was made bitter.
Hebrew 12:15 See to it that no one falls short of the favour of Elohim, that no root of bitterness springing up causes trouble, by which many become defiled,