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Revelation Eight:
1 When He opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour.
2 And I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and to them were given seven trumpets.
3 Then another angel, having a golden censer, came and stood at the altar.
He was given much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all the saints
upon the golden altar which was before the throne.
4 And the smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the saints,
ascended before God from the angel’s hand.
5 Then the angel took the censer, filled it with fire from the altar,
and threw it to the earth.
And there were noises, thunderings, lightnings, and an earthquake.
6 So the seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound.
The assignment of the "other angel" in this passage is to mix incense with the all the prayers of the Saints, to raise a cloud of smoke before the Throne of God. To be clear, the effectual fervent prayers of the righteous availeth much. The Lord has been in the business of answering prayer, especially since prior to the Ascension He instructed us to ask whatever we would in His Name.
Therefore, these are answered prayers, and the time for intercession has ended, for the Wrath of God will soon be poured out.
Three witnesses to the end of prayer as judgment approaches in Jeremiah.
7:16 Therefore do not pray for this people, nor lift up a cry or prayer for them, nor make intercession to Me; for I will not hear you.
11:14 “So do not pray for this people, or lift up a cry or prayer for them; for I will not hear them in the time that they cry out to Me because of their trouble.
14:11 Then the LORD said to me, “Do not pray for this people, for their good.
So what purpose does this cloud of smoke serve?
Is there an Old Testament observation that is comparable?
Indeed there is!
Leviticus 16:
12 Then he shall take a censer full of burning coals of fire from the altar before the Lord, with his hands full of sweet incense beaten fine, and bring it inside the veil.
13 And he shall put the incense on the fire before the Lord, that the cloud of incense may cover the mercy seat that is on the Testimony, lest he die.
The cloud of smoke before the Lord on the Day of Atonement protected the High Priest from wrath. Now God is preparing to pour out of His Spirit, the restrained wrath of the Age, so again, why the smoke? The function is now reversed.
Habakkuk 1:
1 Are You not from everlasting,
O Lord my God, my Holy One?
We shall not die.
O Lord, You have appointed them for judgment;
O Rock, You have marked them for correction.
13 You are of purer eyes than to behold evil,
And cannot look on wickedness.
Why do You look on those who deal treacherously,
And hold Your tongue when the wicked devours
A person more righteous than he?
The Father will NOT bear witness to the punishment of the wicked.
The Saints are the witnesses.
Psalm 91:8 Only with your eyes shall you look,
And see the reward of the wicked.
Psalm 68:
22 The Lord said, I will bring again from Bashan, I will bring my people again from the depths of the sea:
23 That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of thine enemies, and the tongue of thy dogs in the same.
Malachi 4:
1 “For behold, the day is coming,
Burning like an oven,
And all the proud, yes, all who do wickedly will be stubble.
And the day which is coming shall burn them up,”
Says the Lord of hosts,
“That will leave them neither root nor branch.
2 But to you who fear My name
The Sun of Righteousness shall arise
With healing in His wings;
And you shall go out
And grow fat like stall-fed calves.
3 You shall trample the wicked,
For they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet
On the day that I do this,”
Says the Lord of hosts.
1 When He opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour.
2 And I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and to them were given seven trumpets.
3 Then another angel, having a golden censer, came and stood at the altar.
He was given much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all the saints
upon the golden altar which was before the throne.
4 And the smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the saints,
ascended before God from the angel’s hand.
5 Then the angel took the censer, filled it with fire from the altar,
and threw it to the earth.
And there were noises, thunderings, lightnings, and an earthquake.
6 So the seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound.
The assignment of the "other angel" in this passage is to mix incense with the all the prayers of the Saints, to raise a cloud of smoke before the Throne of God. To be clear, the effectual fervent prayers of the righteous availeth much. The Lord has been in the business of answering prayer, especially since prior to the Ascension He instructed us to ask whatever we would in His Name.
Therefore, these are answered prayers, and the time for intercession has ended, for the Wrath of God will soon be poured out.
Three witnesses to the end of prayer as judgment approaches in Jeremiah.
7:16 Therefore do not pray for this people, nor lift up a cry or prayer for them, nor make intercession to Me; for I will not hear you.
11:14 “So do not pray for this people, or lift up a cry or prayer for them; for I will not hear them in the time that they cry out to Me because of their trouble.
14:11 Then the LORD said to me, “Do not pray for this people, for their good.
So what purpose does this cloud of smoke serve?
Is there an Old Testament observation that is comparable?
Indeed there is!
Leviticus 16:
12 Then he shall take a censer full of burning coals of fire from the altar before the Lord, with his hands full of sweet incense beaten fine, and bring it inside the veil.
13 And he shall put the incense on the fire before the Lord, that the cloud of incense may cover the mercy seat that is on the Testimony, lest he die.
The cloud of smoke before the Lord on the Day of Atonement protected the High Priest from wrath. Now God is preparing to pour out of His Spirit, the restrained wrath of the Age, so again, why the smoke? The function is now reversed.
Habakkuk 1:
1 Are You not from everlasting,
O Lord my God, my Holy One?
We shall not die.
O Lord, You have appointed them for judgment;
O Rock, You have marked them for correction.
13 You are of purer eyes than to behold evil,
And cannot look on wickedness.
Why do You look on those who deal treacherously,
And hold Your tongue when the wicked devours
A person more righteous than he?
The Father will NOT bear witness to the punishment of the wicked.
The Saints are the witnesses.
Psalm 91:8 Only with your eyes shall you look,
And see the reward of the wicked.
Psalm 68:
22 The Lord said, I will bring again from Bashan, I will bring my people again from the depths of the sea:
23 That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of thine enemies, and the tongue of thy dogs in the same.
Malachi 4:
1 “For behold, the day is coming,
Burning like an oven,
And all the proud, yes, all who do wickedly will be stubble.
And the day which is coming shall burn them up,”
Says the Lord of hosts,
“That will leave them neither root nor branch.
2 But to you who fear My name
The Sun of Righteousness shall arise
With healing in His wings;
And you shall go out
And grow fat like stall-fed calves.
3 You shall trample the wicked,
For they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet
On the day that I do this,”
Says the Lord of hosts.
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