Let's read this book in context and not spiritualize it nor stretch it out of proportion ...
First we see the 6 Seals opened and what occurs with each seal.
We have Yet to see All that occurs with the 6 Seals.
After the first 6 of the Seals occur, we see the 7th Seal brings us the angels that are given the 7 Trumpets -
8:1 And when he had opened the seventh seal,
there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour.
And I saw the seven angels which stood before God;
and to them were given seven trumpets.
And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne.
And the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel's hand.
And the angel took the censer, and filled it with fire of the altar, and cast it into the earth: and there were voices, and thunderings, and lightnings, and an earthquake.
And the seven angels which had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound.
The First Trumpet -
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.
The Second Trumpet -
Rev 8:8-11 And the second angel sounded, and as it were a great mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea:
and the third part of the sea became blood;
And the third part of the creatures which were in the sea, and had life, died;
and the third part of the ships were destroyed.
Third Trumpet -
And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters;
And the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter.
Can we see how much happens with this Second Trumpet? "A Third Part" World Wide.
So if we read the events that follow the 7 Seals First and then the 7 Trumpets, we've yet to see all that occurs with even just the Seals to take place, nonetheless the Trumpets begin.
I only say this because we need to go back to the Seals and see which if any of those have occured.
I only see the possibility of only the first Seal having been opened. The white global conquest horse. As in NWO.
*The Red and then Black and then Pale/Green horses have not been experienced in most of the free world.
That's an indicator that they have not yet been loosed.
When the red horse is loosed - we will see war in this country as well.
When the black horse is loosed - we will see Inflation like we've never thought possible.
When the pale/green horse is loosed - we will see death in this country like we never ever have seen before.
And the 4 horsemen only cover the First 4 Seals.
It's Very Important to notice how John starts almost Every Sentence in the Revelation with the conjunction "AND" and from Chapter to Chapter - most continue on with "AND", which makes his sentences chronological. Few chronological skips in that book. Written for a ten year old to read as literally as a child would - except for any Obvious Symbology.
The other most important thing to note from the Revelation is that All of these events will be World Wide.
I'm not trying to be critical - but if we think we're already to the 3rd Trumpet, when we haven't even seen the 2nd Seal --- we'll surely be SHOCKED (to say the least) when we have to live through the actual descriptions of each event (7 Seals first and then the Trumps) after we had thought we lived through That Much already through Japan or whatever else that has happened anywhere else on earth, on only a local scale.
In other words All Heck is going to break-out World Wide with each Seal and Trumpet and I just pray to GOD that we're not shocked because we thought we'd already lived through all of the Seals & now 2 Trumps, when the Beginning of Sorrows has Only Just Begun.
We'll likely see persecution just around the corner if you follow Jesus' chronological statements in Mattew 24:7-9.
With much Love in Christ Jesus our LORD!
