The Urgency of The Hour

In Evening Prayer, the teachings have been on the Book of Revelation. Beloved, the hour is late. The Spirit is stirring, and the sound of Heaven is growing louder. This is not the time to slumber. This is the time to stand, to weep between the porch and the altar, and to cry out for the mercy of our God.

As Revelation 8:6 declares, “Then the seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared to sound them.” Trumpets are not sounded in silence, they are divine warnings, piercing the veil of our distractions. Heaven is not quiet. The prayers of the saints are rising like incense from the golden altar before God (Revelation 8:3-4). These are the prayers born of groaning, of travail, of urgent intercession for a world teetering on judgment.

And yet, in the midst of it all, plagues, fire, smoke, and woe (Revelation 9), there remains a cry from the heart of the Father: Repent. Turn. Come home. God is not willing that any should perish, but desires that all would come to the knowledge of truth. But oh, the tragedy, as Revelation 9:20-21 reveals, “The rest of mankind… still did not repent.”

There is no neutral ground. The seals are being opened by the only One worthy, the Lamb who was slain (Revelation 6). The earth shakes, the skies recede, and kings and slaves alike hide in fear. Yet the haunting question remains: “Who is able to stand?” (Revelation 6:17).

The answer comes swiftly in Revelation 7: Those whom the Lord has sealed. Those tethered to the Lamb, clothed in white, bearing His name and washed in His blood. The sealed are not marked by the world but by God, protected, preserved, and positioned for His glory.

Even now, the Spirit of the Lord is strengthening His people from within, “that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might by His Spirit in the inner man” (Ephesians 3:16). We will not endure in our own strength. We must be rooted in Christ, abiding in His Spirit, and anchored to His promises.

This is not a time to be casual with our faith. The urgency of this hour calls for burning altars, not dim candles. We must return to the altar, not just to ask for things, but to offer ourselves as living sacrifices.

Woe to those who refuse to hear. Woe to those who treat His coming as a fable or a far-off myth. Jesus is not returning as a Lamb, He is returning as the Lion, the reigning King, with fire in His eyes and justice in His hands. The window of mercy is closing.

Let us be found ready.
Let us be found repentant.
Let us be found faithful.
Let us be found sealed.