Read: Jonah 1:1-4:11; Revelation 5:1-14; Psalm 133:1-3; Proverbs 29:26-27
Jonah is believed to be one of the first prophets that we have in writing. He lived during the reign of Jeroboam 2. Israel was in a great spiritual decline and refused to repent so God sent Jonah to the capital of Assyria to call them to repentance. He did this to show Israel and his prophet Jonah his heart. God’s heart had always been to save the world: Jew and Gentile. His people refused to repent so he sent Jonah to a heathen nation and with one word, they repented. This is such a picture of what happened when Jesus died. The Jewish people, as a nation, rejected their Messiah, but the Gentile nation flocked to him and received salvation. This is what happened in Nineveh. It revealed the hatred in Jonah’s heart toward the Gentile nation. God used it to show him His heart.
In Revelation, John saw God on the throne with a sealed scroll that no one in heaven was worthy of opening. In much glory, Jesus stepped forward and took the scroll because he was worthy to open its seals. The elders and the four creatures worshipped the lamb singing and offering the incense made of our prayers.
It is amazing how linked the earth is to heaven and vice versa. The things we do on earth help operate heaven and the things they do in heaven influence earth. Our prayers are so important to keeping the incense of heaven burning. We are totally dependent on what happens in heaven and they are affected by our response.
Lord, may our praise and worship fuel your ministry in heaven and on earth.
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