First Trumpet - Hail
The first trumpet blast unleashes forces that impact agriculture, as its plague is modeled on the seventh plague of Egypt – Revelation 8:7. Fire from the “ golden altar ” has been “ cast onto the earth ” in response to the “ prayers of the saints .” This is followed by “ claps of thunder, voices, flashes of lightning, and an earthquake , ” phenomena that conclude the series of “ seven seals ” and signal the commencement of the “ seven trumpets .” Thus, we find the seven angels poised to sound their trumpets and unleash their “ plagues. ”