When the seventh trumpet sounds, the holy people are no longer broken, the holy city is no longer trampled by the nations, and the nations rage no longer. The saints possess the kingdom because the kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and his Christ. The Lord God Almighty has taken his great power and begun to reign. He judges the dead, rewarding his servants and destroying the destroyers who killed the saints and plundered the earth to satisfy their greed. More than that, the saints enter the presence of God and dwell there for the temple in heaven is opened revealing the ark of his covenant, which contains God's promises of redemption and salvation for his people.
The seven trumpet blasts assure the saints that God hears their prayers when they are hurting. Even now, he is pouring out plagues on the wicked. Because of these plagues, the wicked may heap greater afflictions upon the saints, but the stubborn rebellion of the wicked vindicates God's eventual punishment. God will deliver the saints, just as he did the Israelites.
Just as the vision of the seven seals ends with the judgment of the nations at the return of Christ, so also the vision of the seven trumpets ends with the judgment of the nations at the return of Christ.
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