This morning we arrive at the eighth chapter of Revelation. This chapter may hold one of the most impacting truths we have studied so far in this final book of God’s Word. This chapter before us contains the twin truths that explain what has happened to the prayers of every believer and saint of every age of human history. The twin truths that God illustrates for us:
The Destination & Application of Our Prayers
Each time we pray in Christ’s Name that prayer rises before the Face of God our Father.
God our Father is seated in the Throne Room of the Universe as the Almighty Lord over all. He is all-powerful, He is all-knowing, He is the all-caring, He is the all-loving, and He is the always and everywhere present One to whom we are to unceasingly pray. So to make that lesson Jesus taught about us as His followers to “always pray”, we now come to the illustration of what happens when we pray.
This chapter explains prayer. Where prayers go. What God does with them; and how God answers prayers that don’t get an immediately visible response. For most believers the perplexing issue is when God does not answer what we ask Him to do, especially when it involves us as His children being oppressed, afflicted, unjustly treated, harmed, and horribly abused. When nothing happens from our perspective, what is happening up there where we can’t see right now: the Throne of God.
What goes on at the Throne of Grace & Mercy, as the writer of Hebrews calls the Throne of God?
That mystery is here beautifully explained. Revelation 8 explains the Silence of God and the Cries of His Suffering saints.
The Silence of God & The Cries of His Suffering Saints