Revelation 8:1 meaning and explanation

When the Lamb opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour.

Revelation 8:1, Berean Standard Bible

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Revelation 8 opens with the Lamb, the crucified and risen Christ, opening the seventh and final seal of the scroll he received in chapter 5. Heaven has been full of worship and loud praise up to this point, so the sudden silence is striking and deliberate.

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