Good Morning Friends,
“And I saw the seven angels who stand before
God, and to them were given seven trumpets. Another angel, who had a golden
censer, came and stood at the altar. He was given much incense to offer, with
the prayers of all the saints, on the golden altar before the throne. The smoke
of the incense, together with the prayers of the saints, went up before God
from the angel’s hand. Then the angel took the censer, filled it with fire from
the altar, and hurled it on the earth; and there came peals of thunder,
rumblings, flashes of lightning and an earthquake.” (Revelation 8:2-5)
Revelation is a picture of the consummation
of history. At the end of this age, God’s righteousness will prevail and His justice
will be done. Those who have fought against God, the devil and all he has
worked through, face God’s wrath. And those who have appealed to God for His
grace and mercy are rescued from wickedness and enter an eternity of joy and
peace.
One of the factors that contributes to the
consummation of all things is prayer. Sometimes it seems as though our prayers
go unanswered. It is as though God does not hear. We pray for righteousness to
prevail and wickedness seems to continue to win. We pray that justice will come,
but injustice is what we see. We pray for God to be glorified and instead we
see a world that rejects Him more and more openly and pushes Him to the margins
of society.
Are our prayers going unanswered? Not
according to Revelation. Instead, our prayers are being gathered together with
the prayers of Christians from other ages. And there will come a day when those
prayers will be brought to God and He will answer!
Righteousness will prevail. Justice will be
done. Wickedness will be punished. Christians will be rescued from the world.
God will be glorified.
Pray for those things and you can be assured that
although there may be a delay, those prayers will ultimately be answered!
His, by Grace,
Steve
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