'Rev 11:15-19

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Seventh trumpet (Rev 11:15-19)

Having had an interval to consider the triumph of God’s people, the revelation returns to the series of trumpet judgments. The climax of those judgments, announced by the blowing of the seventh trumpet, is the abolition of all human government and the establishment of God’s everlasting kingdom under the rule of Jesus Christ (Rev 11:15).

This brings with it the divinely appointed day of judgment for all people, when God rewards his servants and punishes sinners (Rev 11:16-18; cf. Acts 17:31; 2 Tim 4:1).

In a dramatic revelation, God then opens his heavenly temple and displays the ark, symbol of his covenant faithfulness. The significance of this is that through all his people’s sufferings and trials, God has never forgotten them. The symbol of his faithfulness to them has always been before him in his heavenly sanctuary (Rev 11:19).