Silence in heaven

Wow I just love when i gain a new understanding of something I have read several of times!

Revelation 8:1
When He opened the seventh seal, there was a silence in heaven for about a half an hour.
I realized that the silence in heaven is not only a silence of awe and for what will happen next, but it is God showing John how important the prayers of the saints are in the second coming of Christ. Prayers of longing for the return of Christ from the last 2,000 years have been rising like incense and filling the bowls in heaven. Not one prayer lost.

It is during this silence in heaven that the smoke of the incense is passed from the angel's hand and ascends before the Father. The silence is specifically for the saints to be heard. All the prayers ever prayed to usher in the King have now been released to God to then bring forth righteous judgement. The noises that break the silence are thunderings, lightnings and an earthquake. Which shows how much power the prayers of the saints truly have. Our prayers will destroy darkness and usher in the light of our King Jesus.

It is amazing to me to think about the people who have been praying faithfully for the return of Jesus and have not given up for fear that their prayers will not be heard. To the world it seems crazy for someone to devote their life to praying for the return of Jesus, but God gives them power over darkness. It is the saints prayers that help write the end of the story. And at the end of the story a new story begins. Only the new story will be in the beautiful city of the new Jerusalem; with Jesus, the perfect leader sitting on the throne.

Lord let Your Kingdom come!