What happens when the first angel sounds in Revelation 8:7?
At the sounding of the first angel, hail and fire mingled with blood are cast upon the earth. As a result, the third part of the trees is burned up, along with all the green grass. This judgment mirrors an Exodus plague and brings death, destruction, and psychological trauma.
Les explains that when the first angel sounds, hail and fire mingled with blood are cast upon the earth. The result is that the third part of the trees are burned up and all the green grass. He connects this to Exodus, where one of the plagues involved fire running along the ground and hail, and he imagines it was a traumatic thing. Beyond the death and destruction, Les also sees these events producing psychological warfare, affecting the mental part of people, because it will be beyond comprehension to see these things happening one right after the other.
The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.