And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour.
 

8:1 seventh seal. The seventh seal judgment comprises all the judgments of the seven trumpets. Similarly the seventh trumpet comprises all the seven vial (or bowl) judgments (Revelation 11:15; 15:7). Thus, except for parenthetical sections (e.g., Revelation 7, 10–15), the events described in the book of Revelation should be understood as sequential.

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