Why Doesn’t God
DO Something
Have you ever heard someone say, “Why doesn’t God DO something? Look at all the oppressed; look at all the innocent people massacred; look at all the injustices around us? Why doesn’t God do something?”
Well, as we come to Revelation 5, we find that God has done something all along: He has collected those prayers, deposited them right in front of His Throne, and finally, in His perfect timing, God shows us His response.
Perhaps the best way to answer what God will do about all of the horrors of sins that have run amok through humanity for thousands of years is that God writes down a fifteen-chapter description of His perfect answer to mankind’s wicked rebellion against His rule. God’s answer to sin is the exact content we have before us in our Bibles, we call Rev. 6-20.
Revelation Explains:
When God’s Wrath Comes
In Revelation 5:8, we see for the first time where all the prayers have gone. Every prayer from the very first prayers of humanity lifted up from Adam and Eve, through the Old Testament era, and on through the New Testament era, and right up to the most recent prayer being lifted at this moment around the world by saints like us today: EVERY prayer has landed in one spot.
God is amazing. He does not forget us, He never misplaces our requests, and He doesn’t ever ignore us.
God Almighty is amazingly patient. Paul explains that all of the hardness of every sinful heart is “treasuring up” wrath from God (Romans 2:5). God stores His wrath, like an electrical charge, building up until, with blinding light, blazing power, and a deafening roar, His wrath begins to strike downward like a deadly thunderstorm.
We have now come to the final element of worship in Revelation 5:9-14. As we studied Rev. 4-5 earlier, we found that these chapters describe worship surrounding God in the present and into the future. That element is:
True Biblical Worship: Understands God’s Wrath is Against Unconfessed, Unforsaken, and Unforgiven Sins (from Revelation 5:9b-14)
From TRU-16a – When God Finally Answers Generations of Prayers for Justice (120826AM)
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