chosen to describe the plagues unleashed by the sounding of the trumpets. Thus, the trumpet blasts of the seven angels can be understood as the signals for God’s judgment activity against His enemies. This association between trumpets and judgment places the author firmly in the stream of theological development that we have traced in the Intertestamental and New Testament eras. With the possible exception of chap. 10 and the seventh trumpet in 11:15–18, Rev