Revelation 8:4-6

⁴ And the smoke of the incense (the perfume) arose in the presence of God, with the prayers of the people of God (the saints), from the hand of the angel.

• Smoke is the Glory of our Father, so our Father's glory is being seen by John in our prayers. Our Father’s answers are yes and amen, 2 Corinthians 1:20.
• Jesus tells us that He is returning for a glorious Church, without spot, wrinkle, or blemish, Ephesians 5:27. So this verse shows our unity with God. 

⁵ So the angel took the censer and filled it with fire from the altar and cast it upon the earth. Then there followed peals of thunder and loud rumblings and blasts and noises, and flashes of lightning and an earthquake.

• Our prayers are answered with fire, Fire is the Holy Spirit, so the Holy Spirit is working mightily through us during the end times answering our prayers.
• John answered them all by saying, I baptize you with water; but He Who is mightier than I is coming, the strap of Whose sandals I am not fit to unfasten. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire. Luke 3:16 
• John 14:12, we will be used by our Father to do the works that Jesus did and even greater ones as the Gospel of the Kingdom is preached to every nation, tongue, and tribe.
• Matthew 24:46-47, our Father will have us giving food and supplies when Jesus returns, even though we will not be able to buy or sell. Our Father will have us sharing the Truth and it will set millions of people free.
• Thunder is God’s voice, so the world will hear us speaking loudly the Truth that will set them free. 
• We are shown here that the power of our Father is poured out on His children who have been sealed and that He uses us as never before! Our prayers are answered beyond anything that we could think of or ask for here, just as the Holy Spirit had Paul write in Ephesians Chapter 3. I believe that we are going to be one body as never before during the end times, because we are told that there is going to be a great falling away of all of the fake believers. 
• Let no one deceive or beguile you in any way, for that day will not come except the apostasy comes first [unless the predicted great falling away of those who have professed to be Christians has come], and the man of lawlessness (sin) is revealed, who is the son of doom (of perdition), 2 Thessalonians 2:3. 
• Our Father will use us during the last three and a half years of this world to do the works that Jesus did and even greater works, John 14:12. The Holy Spirit had John write in 1 John 4:17, that as Jesus is, so are we in this world. The Truth is that we are more than conquerors through Christ Who loves us, and Greater is He that is within us than he that is in the world! And here we see that during the Great Tribulation there is only going to be hot or cold, the lukewarm will have been separated from the true chosen ones. And with the power of our Father comes lightening, thunders, and earthquakes. Read Psalm 18 and you will see how our Father reacts when His children call upon Him and here in Revelation we read a very similar description of our Father coming to our aide.
• Before the trumpets were allowed to sound, the angel had to pour out the power of God upon His people, just as before the four winds were allowed to come, we who were chosen had to be sealed. We are sealed with the Holy Spirit and the Holy Spirit is our power and He is our strength. The Holy Spirit clearly shows us things to come, and He teaches us all things, as He causes us to remember everything that Jesus has spoken. 
• Earthquake represents a major change in attitude. Lightning is bright and clear. It lights up everything for miles around it. We will be used in very powerful ways during the end times. 

⁶ Then the seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared to sound them.