Let us now consider highlights of Revelation 1:1–12:17, covering the first seven visions received by John.

5. Who is the “third” of the world that is adversely judged first, and why?

⁵ At Revelation 8:6-12, the first four trumpets sound.

The “signs,” or visions, depict him also as a “Lion,” as a “Lamb,” as “Michael,” and several times as a mighty angel.​—Revelation 5:5, 13; 9:1, 11; 10:1; 12:7; 18:1.

12, 13. (a) What do Re chapters 8 through 19 contain? (b) Why should honesthearted people not be disturbed by such prophecies?

¹² Re Chapters 8 to 19 are largely responsible for the reputation that the book Apocalypse, or Revelation, has of being a book foretelling terrifying catastrophes.

In Revelation chapters 8, 9, and Re 11, we read of seven angels who blew seven trumpets, heralding plagues of great intensity on portions of mankind.

Both to Christendom and to radical elements the preaching of God’s vengeance has been devastating and painful like the effects produced by heavenly angels sounding loud trumpets, as described in Revelation, chapters eight through eleven.

8. Whom do the locusts described at Revelation 9:1-11 represent? (See cover picture.)

⁸ Read Revelation 9:1-11.