What are the seven trumpets in Revelation?A Scripture-grounded answer about seven trumpets of revelation explained

The trumpet judgments escalate from the seals, affecting first the natural world, then humanity directly. The first four trumpets strike the earth, sea, rivers, and sky — echoing the Egyptian plagues that demonstrated God's sovereignty over nature. The fifth trumpet (first 'woe') releases locusts from the bottomless pit, led by Abaddon/Apollyon, that torment but do not kill. The sixth trumpet (second 'woe') unleashes an army of 200 million that kills a third of humanity — yet the survivors 'did not repent of the works of their hands' (Revelation 9:20). Between the sixth and seventh trumpets, the interlude of the two witnesses (Revelation 11:1-14) provides a picture of faithful testimony amid persecution. The seventh trumpet announces that 'the kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he shall reign forever and ever' (Revelation 11:15). Whether these represent sequential future events, recapitulated views of the same period, or symbolic depictions of God's ongoing judgment throughout history depends on one's interpretive framework.