RCCG Open Heaven Devotion 2012 – Pastor E. A. Adeboye (ISBN: 978-36079-4-4)
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Bible in one year: Psalms 146-150

Memorise: And out of the throne proceeded lightening and thunderings and voices: and there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven spirits of God. Revelation 4:5

Read: Exodus 19:16-18

John the Beloved said out of the Throne of God was lightning, thundering and voices.

If you have studied God’s presence in the Old Testament, these would not be strange to you. For instance when God was to give the Israelites the Ten Commandments in Exodus 19:9-18, these were present together with smoke, a thick cloud and earthquakes. Heaven is also a very noisy place. Some people think that when they get to Heaven, it will be such a calm, quiet place. Sorry to disturb your ideology. If you are looking for such a quiet Heaven, you may have to manufacture one. God’s Heaven is noisy, very noisy but peaceful. It is also perfect. If Heaven is noisy then the church should not be like a grave yard. Anywhere that is always cold, cannot accommodate our God. If you are full of life, you cannot be quiet for too long. Are you bubbling with the life of Heaven?

In addition, John saw a sea of glass like crystal. In the Bible, the word sea is often used to connote human beings. If it is a restless sea, it presents the true picture of human beings. But the sea before the Throne of God was at rest, with no storms. Bible scholars have interpreted this as the picture of all saints, all dressed in white, at rest before God. When we get to Heaven we will have no more problems. There will be no more power outage, no accident, nothing that causes sorrow. In Heaven, you will enjoy true and eternal peace. That doesn’t mean that all you will be doing will be to sleep. No. When you know God’s nature that He is very hard-working and that there is no lazy person in Heaven, you can be sure everyone will be busy doing one thing or the other. Working conditions under the Most High God in the greatest planet – Heaven is truly incomparable with the best that earth has to offer. You must make it to Heaven!

The noise in Heaven does not disturb its serenity, peace and progress but adds to them.