NT Text: Revelation 8:7
OT Source(s):
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): Typology (Providential Type, Forward-Looking) + Longitudinal Theme
Significance: The first trumpet judgment — "hail and fire mixed with blood hurled down upon the earth" — directly recalls the seventh plague on Egypt, where "the LORD sent thunder and hail, and fire ran down to the earth" (Exod 9:23). The verbal parallels of hail (chalaza) and fire (pyr) are unmistakable. John adds "blood" (haima) to the combination, intensifying the Exodus imagery and perhaps evoking the first plague (water to blood). The partial scale — "a third" rather than total — indicates a warning judgment that calls for repentance rather than complete annihilation. The New Exodus typological framework is clear: just as God judged Egypt to liberate His people, the trumpet judgments are the eschatological plagues that will culminate in the final liberation of God's people from the "Egypt" of a rebellious world. The pattern of escalation from Egyptian plague to cosmic judgment reflects the movement from type to antitype.