the end-time. They concentrate on the time of the sixth trumpet, the final phase of the Christian age, before probation ends with the seventh trumpet. The forecast of the end-time events in Rev. 10–11 stands in marked contrast with the dark picture of the trumpet visions (Rev. 8–9), of which it forms a dramatic counterpart. The visions of Rev. 10–11 correspond with the vision of Rev. 7, which also portray the end-time events within the series of the seals. Both spotlights (Rev. 7 and 10–11) are visions