DEFINITION
: reiterate - to repeat the same scenario or story a
second time with more detail for clarity.
The
prophecy of the seven angels with seven trumpet
judgments in the Book of Revelation is written as a
reiteration , ie. the prophecy is TOLD TWICE ,
the second time it is told with additional details for
clarity. The first time it is told as AN OUTLINE
of the events of the seven angels trumpet judgments, but
the second time it is told it includes many more details
which gives much more clarity to the
prophecy.
The FIRST
time the prophecy is told BEGINS with
Revelation 8:1 and ENDS with Revelation 11:19
which ends with this statement, ".......and an earthquake
and great hail."
The SECOND
time the prophecy is told BEGINS
with Revelation 16:1 and ENDS with Revelation
16:21 which ends with this statement, ".....and there
was a GREAT EARTHQUAKE such as was not
since men were upon the earth, so mighty an
earthquake and so great. And the great city was divided
into three parts, and the cities of the nations
fell........And every island fled away and the mountains
were not found. And there fell upon men GREAT HAIL
out of heaven, every one about the weight of a talent (
100 pounds ) , and men blasphemed God because of the
plague of the hail......".
You can
readily see that the reiteration of the prophecy, told the
second time, has far more details added to give clarity to
the prophecy. Therefore each of the seven
angels appears in his assigned sequence ONLY ONCE
to sound his trumpet and pour out his vial, or bowl,
judgment BEFORE the next angel in chronological
order appears to perform his complete
assignment.