The final seal is opened and all heaven becomes still. Half an hour holds every voice beneath a holy weight. Seven angels take their trumpets but no hand has sounded yet. Another angel brings the incense to the golden altar. Silence in Heaven The trumpet sounds and heaven answers earth. Prayer and fire rise together from the altar. Still the sovereign hand restrains the final night. Prayers of all the saints rise upward through the smoke. Fire from the altar fills the censer in the angel’s hand. The warning moves through water, star, and sky. Every blast declares that mercy must be heard. The censer falls to earth; thunder, voices, lightning answer. The seven lift their trumpets as creation waits to hear. Silence in Heaven The trumpet sounds and heaven answers earth. Prayer and fire rise together from the altar. Still the sovereign hand restrains the final night. Silence in Heaven