Seals, Trumpets, Bowls

Seven Seals	Seven Trumpets	Seven Bowls
6:2 1st rider on white horse went out to conquer	8:7 hail, fire, blood; earth/trees + al grass burned	16:2 terrible sores on those who had mark of beast
6:4 2nd rider on red horse took peace from the earth	8:8 burning mountain into sea; sea becomes blood; sea life died; ships destroyed	16:3 sea becomes blood; all sea life dies
6:5-6 3rd rider on black horse with pair of scales	8:10 burning star (Wormwood) makes rivers bitter	16:4 rivers and springs become blood as judgment for killing saints
6:8	8:12	16:8
6:9	9:1-11 1st Woe:	16:10
6:12	9:13-21 2nd Woe:	16:12
7:1-17 Interlude	10:1-11:14 Interlude	16:15 Blessing
8:1-5? half-hour silence; prayer and incense ascend to God	11:15-19 3rd Woe:	16:17

• Chp. 16 - Does it make sense to read the third series as reiteration of many of the cosmic crises of the first two, but with greater intensity?
• 16:5-7 What is the point(s) of this explanation of the blood?
• 16:15 Why the intrusion? Does "like a thief" language elsewhere in the NT help? (Rev.3:3; 1 Thess.5:2, 4; 2 Pet.3:10) What challenge does this verse issue to believers?
• 16:16 Is Harmagedon the site of a final earthly battle? Does John envision here (and elsewhere) a global military conflict at the end of history? See Rev.19:11-21.
• 16:17 What events correspond to the 7th bowl? How much of the rest of the book fits here?