“ And I saw the seven angels which stood before God; and to them were given seven trumpets."--8:2. The angels were the announcers; the trumpets the signals for what had been announced to begin. It followed the vision of “ the day of wrath” in the sixth seal, and was a further vision of judgments, of things “ shortly” to come to pass, which had been set forth in the six preceding seals. The trumpets of the seventh seal were the signals to proceed to the accomplishment of that which the seals signified.