What does Revelation 8:2 say the seven angels were given—the trump of God or seven trumpets?
Revelation 8:2 states that the seven angels standing before God were given seven trumpets, plural, not the trump of God, singular. These are angelic trumpets that the angels will blow, and they are seven in number, distinguishing them from the one trumpet of God reserved for the calling out of the Body of Christ.
Les explains that in Revelation chapter 8, verse 2, the seven angels who stood before God were given seven trumpets, not the trump of God. He stresses that this is a big point: the trumpets are plural, angelic, and blown by angels, whereas the trump of God is singular and belongs to God Himself. Comparing Scripture with Scripture, Les teaches that the seven angelic trumpets cannot be part of the singular trump of God described in 1 Corinthians 15. That singular trumpet is reserved by God for the calling out of the Body of Christ. He also notes that the Roman army used trumpets to issue commands, much like the American cavalry.
And I saw the seven angels which stood before God; and to them were given seven trumpets.
More Questions
How many trumpets were given to the seven angels in Revelation 8:2?
In Revelation 8:2 the seven angels standing before God were given seven trumpets, plural — not the singular "trump of God."
Whose trumpet is sounded at the rapture — an angel's or God's?
The seven angelic trumpets of Revelation cannot possibly be the same as the singular trump of God, because the trumpet at the rapture belongs not to an angel but to God Himself.
Why do people connect the trump of God in the rapture with the trumpets in Revelation?
Many well-meaning people wrongly try to tie the 'trump of God' in Paul's rapture teaching to the trumpets of Revelation, even though those Revelation trumpets sound at about the midpoint.