Revelation

THE BOOK OF REVELATION: M. M. NINAN
Futurist view
The “silence” is the hush of expectancy for the verdict about to be pronounced on the guilty. The prayers
are from the Christians who will be martyred by the 666 Antichrist in the Great Tribulation, the last three
and a half years of the “end-time” tribulation. Both the trumpet and bowl judgments will be unleashed on
the wicked during the second half of the tribulation, each judgment intensifying to the next.
Idealist view
This silence quiets heaven so that it can focus on what is about to be revealed. It is the lull before the storm.
The ensuing judgments vindicate Christian martyrs throughout the centuries. The trumpet judgments repeat
themselves, again and again, throughout history, just as the seal judgments do, until the second coming of
Christ.
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