"Holy Smoke"
Sermon Notes
Part of LAST WORDS
March 13, 2025

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Sermon Series: LAST WORDS (A Study of the Book of Revelation)


Sermon Title: “Holy Smoke”

    Revelation 8:1-15 (NIV)

INTRO: As the Lamb opened the six seals the

of the world unfolds, one horrific revelation at a time: war, famine, disease, and persecution. These events represent human history written in , and they hint at things still to . Once the seal is opened we are clearly dealing with realities still in the , both for John the revelator, 2,000 years ago, and for us today. If you think life on planet earth has been for the past 2,000 years, just wait till you see what happens when the 7 start to blow!

THREE THOUGHTS ABOUT THIS PASSAGE

1. A HALF AN HOUR OF

Revelation is a

book

we have a multitude of people

God loudly

even 2 or 3 minutes of silence can feel like an



2. SEVEN ANGELS ARE GIVEN SEVEN

Trumpets in the Bible are used:

  a. to

the people

  b. to warn of

  c. to prepare for

  d. to announce the

of some great person

  e. to

in worship, coronations, and dedications

THE SEVEN TRUMPETS OF REVELATION SEEM TO SIGNAL ALL OF THE ABOVE!!!

3. ANOTHER ANGEL WITH A

During the silence…

  a. God is listening to the

of His people

  b. the smoke of prayer goes

  c. the fire of God’s judgment comes



CLOSE: Six trumpets are blown in rapid succession in chapters 8 and 9, doom and gloom, judgement and wrath, and great calamity comes upon the

. There is another in chapters 10 and 11, and when the 7th trumpet blows Rev.15:11 all breaks loose! The culmination of human is gloriously proclaimed:

“Then the seventh angel blew his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven saying, “The kingdom of the world has become the Kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he shall reign forever and ever.” (Revelation 11:15)

When we pray “Thy Kingdom Come…”, we are pleading with God to let the 7th angel blow his trumpet. But remember…before the 7th trumpet can sound, the first six must be .


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