Section 9
What shall we do in a situation when we are persecuted and it seems that our God is not liv ing, present, or just? From this parable we learn to be a bothering widow, one who prays to God persistently.
Apparently, the Lord is not present or does not care. It seems that He is not righteous. Nev ertheless, I have learned that we need to bother God in prayer, that we should pray to Him per sistently without losing heart.
THE PERSISTENT PRAYER OF THE MARTYRED SAINTS
In Revelation 6:9 and 10 we see that this kind of persistent prayer is carried out by the souls of the martyred saints: "I saw underneath the altar the souls of those who had been slain because of the word of God and because of the testimony which they held; and they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O sovereign Lord, holy and true, will You not judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?" In figure, the altar is in the outer court of the tabernacle and the temple, and the outer court signifies the earth. Hence, "underneath the altar" is underneath the earth, where the souls of the martyred saints are. This is the paradise where