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Revelation 8 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: Silence and Trumpets

Answers here are a guide. Welcome any answer that shows a child is thinking about the story, and celebrate their effort. Talk About It questions are open, so they have no set answers.

PreschoolPrayers Go Up

incenseAngelaltarpraying and hands

Coloring and finding page: any careful coloring is a win. Help your child point to and name each picture above.

KindergartenPrayers

PRAYERS → picture 2ANGEL → picture 4ALTAR → picture 1PRAY → picture 3

Grade 1Silence in Heaven

The seventh seal → picture 2Seven angels → picture 4Prayers like incense → picture 5A golden altar → picture 1God hears. → picture 3

Grade 2Quiet in Heaven

  1. How long was heaven quiet? About half an hour (circle)
  2. What did seven angels get? Trumpets (circle)
  3. Where did the other angel stand? At a gold altar (circle)
  4. What went up to God with the smoke? The prayers of God’s people
  5. Who heard their prayers? God (circle)
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Grade 3The Prayers of the Saints

  1. How long was heaven silent? About half an hour
  2. What was given to the seven angels? Seven trumpets
  3. What went up before God? The smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the saints
  4. What did the angel throw on the earth? Fire from the altar
  5. What did the eagle cry? Woe, woe, woe
1: When he opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour.2: I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and seven trumpets were given to them.3: Another angel came and stood over the altar, having a golden censer.4: The seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound.

Grade 4Seven Trumpets

  1. What happens right after the seventh seal opens? Silence in heaven for about half an hour
  2. What do trumpets often announce in the Bible? That God is acting
  3. What happens after the fire is thrown to the earth? Thunders, lightnings, and an earthquake follow
  4. Why does the chapter say a third rather than everything? These judgments are warnings that call people to turn to God

Word bank: 1. God; 2. angel; 3. prayers; 4. altar

Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

Grade 5Prayers and Warnings

  1. What two ideas might the silence picture? Awe before God acts, or a hush so that the prayers of the saints can be heard
  2. What do trumpets do in Scripture? Call people to attention, sound alarms, and announce the Lord’s coming
  3. Which earlier events do the first four trumpets echo? The plagues on Egypt in Exodus
  4. What does the limit to a third show? These are partial judgments meant to warn, not to end everything

Word bank: 1. prayers; 2. God; 3. angel; 4. altar

Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

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