Interpreting the seven trumpets of Revelation

Robert H. Mounce

1st trumpet

a blood red storm causes devastation of fruit trees and vegetation

2nd trumpet

 fiery mass causes death and destruction in the sea

3rd trumpet

a meteorite contaminates a  third of the fresh water supply turning the waters bitter

4th trumpet

luminaries darkened, decreasing the intenisty of light

5th trumpet

demonic locusts which are "of considerable size. Otherwise the description of hair, face, teeth, and the like would tend toward the comic"

6th trumpet

"demonic cavalry, two hundred million strong, come charging across the scene of history;" "an eschatological event of fantastic proportions;" "demonic cavalry" kills a third of the human race

7th trumpet

The reign of God is established by a great demonstration of divine wrath against the defiant anger of the world, a time for judgment