Shouting in Heaven

The more I study, the more I realize that we will not be shouting in Heaven. I started this study several years ago. I know some will say that the “loud voice” in the book of the Revelation is a shout. This is not true. The “loud voice” in the book of the Revelation is a commanding voice, a voice that carries authority with it. The “loud voice” is different than a shout used at, say, a football game. The “loud voice” is when one uses his/her full diaphragm, in full authority, in a commanding tone of voice. A shout will have noise, but noise always has a sense of confusion or actual confusion connected with it. There will be no confusion in Heaven. A shout is always forced. A “loud voice” in the New Testament is simply one saying something with full authority and with a full diaphragm. When you get millions of saints saying, in unison, the same thing in a “loud voice,” it will be loud but not noisy. We will not be shouting, hootin’, hollerin’, or “kickin’ up gold dust in the streets of Heaven.” The fullness of our joy will prevent those things from happening. When we see Christ we will not need in Heaven what we perceive on earth to be the happiest life we can have.

What about “shouting for joy” as spoken of in the Old Testament? That Hebrew word for shout may carry the same meaning as “loud noise” in the New Testament. As yet, I cannot say for sure. I am still studying that.

God speaks in a still, small voice. When there gets to be too much shoutin’, hootin’, hollerin’, and the preacher jumping up and down, I cannot hear God. I can only see people, not Christ. It may stir up the emotions and make us feel like we have really met with God, but when we really do meet with Him, we will fall on our faces—not jump around. One more thing—It is not the bended knee that brings us close to God. It is the bowed heart.