Revelation 8:2 Revelation 8:2 And I saw the seven angels which stood before God; and to them were given seven trumpets. These seven Angels were the messengers of God, who are ready to declare or do his revealed will; and therefore are said to stand before God; by whom we may understand literally the holy angels, and mystically the faithful ministers of God, called angels. \ Seven is a complete or perfect number, as of churches, ministers, seals, angels; so here of trumpets, (and after of vials, Revelation 15:1; Revelation 15:6-7). With these seven trumpets those messengers of God were to sound seven alarms to the church, and also to the world; and they having received orders from Christ, prepared themselves to sound one after another. \