Revelation 8:6–11:19 (The Seven Trumpets) with Ian Boxall

Dr. Ian Boxall (St. Stephen’s House, University of Oxford) guides us through Revelation 8:6–11:19 (the Seven Trumpets). We discuss:

• The angels blowing trumpets (8:6)
• The significance of the great burning mountain and the star being thrown into the waters (8:8-11).
• The striking and darkening of the sun, moon, and stars (8:12)
• The eagle that cries woes upon the earth (8:13)
• The bottomless pit, the smoke, and the bizarre locusts that come up out of the pit (9:1-6)
• The significance of the locusts as hybrid creatures with features of animals, humans, and demons; their ruler, Abaddon, Apolyon (9:7­–11)
• The significance of the mighty angel who comes from heaven and who holds a “little scroll open”  (10:2)
• The voice from heaven that instructs John to not write down what the seven thunders said (v. 4), but instead, to eat the scroll in the angel’s hand (vv. 8–10).
• The identity of “the beast that comes up from the bottomless pit” (11:7) and “the great city” (v. 8)
• The “two witnesses” (11:3)

Works by Ian Boxall

• Christ in the Book of Revelation. Paulist Press, 2021 
• The Book of Revelation and Its Interpreters. Rowman and Littlefield, 2016
• Patmos in the Reception History of the Apocalypse. Oxford University Press, 2013 
• Revelation: Vision and Insight: An Introduction of the Apocalypse. SPCK, 2002 
• The Revelation of Saint John. Black’s New Testament Commentary. Baker Academic, 2009

Ian Boxall Recommends

• How to Write a Lot: A Practical Guide to Productive Academic Writing by Paul Silvia
• The Clockwork Muse: A Practical Guide to Writing Theses, Dissertations, and Books by Eviatar Zerubavel

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