The Fourth Trumpet

FOURTH TRUMPET – The fourth angel sounded his trumpet, and a third of the sun was struck, a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third of them turned dark. A third of the day was without light, and also a third of the night. As I watched, I heard an eagle that was flying in midair call out in a loud voice: “Woe! Woe! Woe to the inhabitants of the earth, because of the trumpet blasts about to be sounded by the other three angels!” (Revelation 8:12-18)

Third of Sun, Moon and Stars Turn Dark – At the sound of the fourth trumpet the light of the sky was reduced by 1/3rd. Again, the best interpretation may be a literal one,(1) as it is not too big of a leap to see how the judgments of the first three trumpets could