God chooses to complete His final judgment as a result of our prayers.

Church Family:  God hears our prayers.  He hears every one of our prayers.  He keeps all of our prayers and the prayers of every one of His followers that has ever been prayed from the beginning.  In fact, we see that when the seventh seal is opened in Revelation 8:1-5, the final seal that brings about the end of history, the prayers of all the saints are exactly what ushers in the end of the world with the final great judgment.

When this seventh seal is opened, we see that the prayers of all believers of all time have been piling up on the altar before the throne of God.  The billions and billions of prayers that have been prayed and are being prayed are still piling on the altar of God and not one is lost, forgotten or ignored.  And from those prayers, the specific ones that pray for “Jesus come soon, Lord Jesus Come," God will finally sovereignly determine that the prayers that have been piling up are sufficient.  When that final prayer has been registered as enough, our holy God will then command His holy angel to take a golden censer filled with fire from the altar, where our prayers have been piling up and being offered as a sacrifice mingled with incense, and the angel will hurl it to earth to bring about the completion of the wrath of God.  The end of the world as we know it will come to an end and the new heavens and the new earth will begin.

Our all-powerful, loving, holy God wants us to clearly know that the prayers of us, His people, play an indispensable role in ushering in His final judgment and the end of all history.  What a convicting reality!  What has the power to bring about the end of the world as we know it, the opening of the final seal judgment, the avenging of the martyr’s blood, and the new heavens and the new earth?  Our prayers and the prayers of all believers of all times and the fire of our sovereign God will bring this to reality.  That means that our prayers are more powerful than any spiritual forces of evil that are loosed in this world.  Our prayers are more powerful that any present day chaos and any political system.  Through our prayers and the power of God, His plan of redemption on this earth will be made complete and every believer will be brought into glory!

Will you pray with me?

“Surely Jesus come soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus! The grace of the Lord Jesus be with all. Amen.” Revelation 22:20-21

“Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.” Matthew 6:9-10
 
This Sunday we will be meeting in person at the church building if you would like to join us in person at 10am.  And for those who will be staying at home, we will be live-streaming on our Grace Community Church Topsail YouTube Channel. Push the blue link.  We can also be found at https://www.gracetopsail.com/.  If for some reason beyond our control the internet speed will not support our upload, we will have the worship time uploaded by the afternoon.

I look forward to worshipping the Lion and the Lamb, Jesus Christ, with you Sunday. - Steve