Revelation 8:3-5 recapitulates the cries of God's people for justice in Revelation 6:9-11.
"The unity of John's book . . . is . . . like that of a musical theme with variations, each variation adding something new to the significance of the whole composition . . . Each new series of visions both recapitulates and develops the themes already stated in what has gone before." (G. B. Caird)
In the middle of this magnificent symphony, we suddenly have a 30 intermission of complete silence.
Revelation 10:4; Deuteronomy 29:29; and 2 Corinthians 12:4 teach us that there are things God does not want us to know. If we knew these secret things, we would be tempted to violate God's revealed will in Scripture.
Habakkuk 2:20 and Zechariah 2:13 declare that God's presence demands complete and silent stillness. That silence is a summons to the entire world to shut its mouth at his judgment.
Revelation 20:11-14 teaches that everyone will be condemned to hell, and each mouth will be silenced before God (Romans 3:19). The only ones who will escape are those whose names are written in the book of life (Revelation 20:15).
Do you know if your name is written there? Holy Communion is a good time to repent and put our trust in the finished work of Christ.
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After serving Grace Presbyterian Church in Alexandria, Louisiana, Bob was honorably retired on Sunday, September 27, 2015, and given the title "Pastor Emeritus." This was forty years to the day after he became their pastor.
He now works for the Presbytery of the Gulf South as...
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