Chapter 11, like chapter 7, ends with this beautiful picture of all the resurrected saints gathered together in the throne room of God for the first day of life eternal. Chapters 12–14, however, do not immediately go into the third and final “take” of the end times, but instead dig a little more deeply into the second “take” and the spiritual battle that is raging right now.

Pastor Bill Crowe shares a message from Revelation 8:2-11:19.

The seven seals vision of the end times concludes with the opening of the seventh seal and a Sabbath rest to soak in the glory of God’s salvation (Rev. 8:1). Immediately following this, John sees a second vision, “take,”  of the end times consisting of seven angels with seven trumpets.

“….It was obvious that she had not been in the US long because her accent was thick. She told me this was her very first time. I mistakenly thought at first that she meant it was the first time helping with VBS. She corrected me, saying it was her first time at Trinity. I was touched that she wanted to help. Mrs. Lin went on to explain to me that she and her family attended a local Chinese Christian church, but that she wanted her children to learn the Bible stories in English…