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# Revelation 8 General Notes
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### Special concepts in this chapter
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#### Seven seals and seven trumpets
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This chapter begins to show what happens when the Lamb opens the seventh seal. God uses the prayers of all believers to cause dramatic things to happen on earth. John then describes what happens when angels sound the first four of seven trumpets. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/writing-apocalypticwriting]])
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### Important figures of speech in this chapter
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#### Similes
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In verses 8 and 10, John uses similes to try to describe the images he sees in the vision. He compares the images to everyday things. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-simile]])
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## Links:
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* __[Revelation 8:1 Notes](./01.md)__
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__[<<](../07/intro.md) | [>>](../09/intro.md)__
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