Revelation 8:1-5

The Voice

8 When the Lamb cracked open the seventh and final seal, a great silence filled all heaven penetrating everything for about half an hour. ² Then I saw seven heavenly messengers, the ones who stand before God, receive seven trumpets.

³ An eighth messenger came and stood before the altar carrying a golden censer. He received a large portion of incense to complement the prayers of all the saints on the golden altar that sits in front of the throne. ⁴ From the hand of the eighth messenger, the smoke of the incense mixed with the prayers of God’s people and billowed up before God. ⁵ The messenger filled the censer with fiery coals from the altar and cast it upon the earth, causing a great commotion of thunder, rumblings, flashes of lightning, and an earthquake.