Featuring: Dr. Eva Bleeker
In this poetic, powerful, and theologically rich message, Dr. Eva Bleeker explores what happens when sound gives way to silence in the throne room of heaven. Using Revelation 4–8 as her scriptural canvas, she weaves together neuroscience, music theory, narrative psychology, and biblical theology to unveil the breathtaking truth that God pauses all of heaven’s praise to make room for the prayers of the saints.
Dr. Bleeker begins by tracing the way orthodoxy (right belief), orthopraxy (right practice), and orthopathy (right emotion) converge in worship. She then builds a case for why music and story matter so deeply—not only to us as human beings created in God's image, but to the very shape of Scripture itself. Drawing from research on neural synchrony, expectancy theory, and storytelling, she shows how we’re wired to respond to music and narrative—and how Revelation leans into this to teach us who God is and what matters most.
As the soundscape of Revelation crescendos with thunder, praise, angels, and multitudes, Dr. Bleeker draws our attention to the climax: Revelation 8:1, when heaven falls silent for half an hour. Why? So that the prayers of the saints—our prayers—can be heard.
This message is both scholarly and sacred, offering profound encouragement to anyone who has ever wondered whether their prayers matter. Dr. Bleeker reminds us that they do. And the God who spins galaxies makes room for them.
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