Question: As recorded in Revelation 8, when was there one-half hour of silence in heaven?
Answer: Immediately after the seventh seal was opened. (Revelation 8:1)
Comments: Richard Bauckham (b. 1946), Professor of New Testament at the University of St. Andrews, suggests that the silence is a response by the angels in order to allow God to hear the prayers of the saints. He supports his argument by referencing Joshua 10. In this passage, Joshua commands the sun and moon, understood as angelic beings, to be still or silent. He then prays to God for assistance in the coming battle. Bauckham uses this example to show that the silence is to allow God to hear the prayers of the martyrs found in the fifth seal. [Bauckham, The Climax of Prophecy (London, England: T&T Clark Ltd., 1993), 74-75.]
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