Contradictions and Paradoxes in Revelation 8:1

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Revelation 8:1 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Revelation 8:1. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to John, when the seventh seal was opened, everything in heaven became very quiet for about half an hour, like when you sit silently waiting for something special to happen. It's a moment of stillness before something important from God is revealed.

Revelation 8:1: And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour.

Contradiction with 1 Thessalonians 4:16

This verse describes the Lord descending with a shout, which contrasts with the silence depicted in Revelation 8:1.

1 Thessalonians 4:16: For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:

Contradiction with 1 Kings 19:12

The verse portrays God speaking in a still small voice rather than silence.

1 Kings 19:12: And after the earthquake a fire; [but] the LORD [was] not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice.

Contradiction with Psalm 46:10

Encourages stillness to know God, differing from the implied activity of silence.

Psalm 46:10: Be still, and know that I [am] God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.

Contradiction with Habakkuk 2:20

God is in His holy temple, let all the earth keep silence, implying reverence rather than the silence in Revelation 8:1.

Habakkuk 2:20: But the LORD [is] in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him. [let...: Heb. be silent all the earth before him]

Contradiction with Isaiah 41:1

Calls for silence before God, but with an expectancy of speaking, unlike the silence in heaven.

Isaiah 41:1: Keep silence before me, O islands; and let the people renew [their] strength: let them come near; then let them speak: let us come near together to judgment.
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