The smoke of the incense, together with the prayers of God's people, went up before God from the angel's hand. Then the angel took the censer, filled it with fire from the altar, and hurled it on the earth; and there came peals of thunder, rumblings, flashes of lightning and an earthquake.
Revelation 8:4-5 NIV
There are a lot of horrible judgements that come on the earth in this chapter.
The main key to understanding this is the time-frame - when does this happen?
After a few more chapters I'll weigh in with my two cents on that. For now, suffice it to say that it is sometime in the future.
It is interesting to see the prayers of God's people coming into the picture and the imagery used to describe them. They are like a fragrant offering to God, mixed with incense. So they 'smell' good and are pleasing to God, and they affect his actions.
Thank you God that you in your power and glory care about and are pleased with us!
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