When will the trumpet sound, the dead rise, and the Prince ride forth clothed in splendour to ransom his people and judge the earth?
When will the groans of labour birth a kingdom of gold intimacy and sapphired courts?
For what does Heaven wait?
Revelation 6
I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain because of the word of God and the testimony they had maintained. They called out in a loud voice, “How long. Sovereign Lord, holy and true, until you judge the inhabitants of the earth and avenge our blood?” Then each of them was given a white robe, and they were told to wait a little longer, until the number of their fellow servants and brothers who were to be killed as they had been was completed.
Does Heaven wait for gloss and a bride lost in pride?
Does Heaven wait for church buildings like executive suites, the best equipment, and the most beautiful reception rooms? Somewhere fit for a king? After all, last time he came, Jesus was born in the Hilton, wasn’t he?
Or…
Could it be possible, that in complete counter-pride, that in non-conformity, Heaven in fact…Waits for the martyrs.
Therefore, I urge you brothers, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God-this is your spiritual act of worship.
Thus speaks the martyr Paul.
I must love Jesus more, and my life less, even to death.
Because, He is worthy to recieve glory and honour and power, and my small life as well (held delicately in his hand like a brittle egg shell, filled with life and light).
A Great Paradox:
From injustice, justice springs.
From carried cross, heaven responds.
From the martyrs cry, a kingdom rises.
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