7 is the number of completions, the end of the 7-seal judgments- and the introduction of the next phase, the 7 trumpet judgments. Silence in heaven should make everyone nervous and in the midst of the quiet comes 7 angels who hold 7 trumpets. An angel takes a hot coal from the altar of incense in the tabernacle of God and flings it to earth. This unleashes thunder, lightning, and an earthquake. This begins the supernatural invasion of the natural realms.
We are given a composite of images that are linked. They start with the great apostasy spoken about by Jesus where the hearts of a third of mankind have grown cold, agapelove is depleted, and the spiritual life of mankind is pulverized, burned up, deadened to the things of God, marked for death by blood. Things are burned up, turned to blood, made bitter, rotted out, and they become darkened; it is a synonymity and an intricate composition that communicates the time when the kingdom of the Beast is ushered into this world.
