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Particularly is it to be expected that the clergywill thunder against whatever Truth it contains.Thunder is caused by the flashing of lightningthrough the heavens, opening them up, as itwere. Immediately after the flash they cometogether with an angry roar. Thunder, of itself,never does anybody any harm.— Rev. 16:18.And voices.— "These voices have beencirculated here and there throughout the wholecivilized world, not by worldly agents, notthrough book-sellers, but by those who havethemselves been blessed by the light, and whodesire to render a service to the Lord and to theTruth, and to lay down their lives for thebrethren by taking to them the glorious andencouraging message now due to the Lord'speople." (Z.'02-118.) Voices also symbolizediscussion, contention.And lightnings.— See Rev. 4:5; 11:19; 16:18.And an earthquake.— "The term earthquake isused to symbolically represent revolution— it isin this sense ofFM146the word that it is used throughout the Book ofRevelation. What we are to look for then will bea great revolution, the great symbolicearthquake, the great shaking of the presentinstitutions which will overthrow everything thatis not of the Lord's establishment and approval.Perhaps the symbolical earthquake will beaccompanied by a literal one."— B. S. M.Revelation 8:6And the seven angels which had the seventrumpets.— "We, in common with almost allexpositors, recognize that the seven trumpets ofRevelation are symbolical and not literal."—Z.'02-116; Josh. 6:4.Prepared themselves to sound.— "Christianpeople in general understand that five of thesetrumpets have already ‘sounded' and are in thepast— we would say six. It is admitted that thosethat have already ‘sounded' have not been literalblasts of a bugle on the air. But literal things are