“The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.”
The first angel blew his trumpet, and there followed hail and fire, mixed with blood, and these were hurled to the earth; and a third of the earth was burned up, and a third of the trees were burned up, and all green grass was burned up — the first trumpet judgment echoes the seventh Egyptian plague (Exodus 9:23-25) and the prophet Joel's eschatological imagery. Hail, fire, and blood rain down; a third (triton, recurring fraction indicating comprehensive judgment) of earth and vegetation are consumed. The green grass (chloros), symbol of life, is destroyed.
Church Fathers on Revelation 8:7
“And when He had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour.” Whereby is signified the beginning of everlasting rest; but it is described as partial, because the silence being interrupted, he repeats it in order. For if the silence had continued, here would be an end of his narrative.
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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