Last week we finished chapter #7, which was the parenthetical chapter giving us a deeper look behind Chapter #6. However if we wanted to read straight thru without the additional insight we would go from (Rev. 6) right into (Rev. 8). Now in (Rev. 8:1-13) we enter the second 3½ years of the tribulation. These judgments ARE literal & NOT symbolic! The seals, trumpets, & bowels are NOT running parallel, but following one behind the other. These judgements are NOT because of global warming and they’re NOT because of a nuclear war!