November 6 Sing Your Song

Revelation 15:1-8 I saw in heaven another great and marvelous sign: seven angels with the seven last plagues –  last, because with them God’s wrath is completed 2 And I saw what looked like a sea of glass mixed with fire and, standing beside the sea, those who had been victorious over the beast and his image and over the number of his name. They held harps given them by God 3 and sang the song of Moses the servant of God and the song of the Lamb: “Great and marvelous are your deeds, Lord God Almighty. Just and true are your ways, King of the ages. 4 Who will not fear you, O Lord, and bring glory to your name? For you alone are holy. All nations will come and worship before you, for your righteous acts have been revealed.” 5 After this I looked and in heaven the temple, that is, the tabernacle of the Testimony, was opened. 6 Out of the temple came the seven angels with the seven plagues. They were dressed in clean, shining linen and wore golden sashes around their chests. 7 Then one of the four living creatures gave to the seven angels seven golden bowls filled with the wrath of God, who lives for ever and ever. 8 And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God and from his power, and no one could enter the temple until the seven plagues of the seven angels were completed.
 
REVELATION is God’s message to John about the order of events before Jesus comes to establish the new heaven and earth. The Lord has revealed in chapter 12 such signs as the woman (Israel and the church) and the dragon (Satan). John has also seen the signs of the seven seals and seven trumpets releasing God’s plagues over one-fourth and one-third of the earth respectively. Sin must be judged and conquered before Jesus comes again.
    This new sign now points to the “last” plagues that will complete God’s just wrath. The result is salvation for those victorious over the beast.    See, too, the great and marvelous “signs” of worship. As in chapter 4, heaven’s throne room is as a sea of glass. Harps will accompany heaven’s song of Moses, reflecting the prophet’s praise in Exodus 15 of God’s deliverance from Egypt’s slavery. In heaven, the new song is of God’s deliverance from sin’s slavery. The angels are messengers of God’s sovereign authority. They will come from the temple to distribute God’s final wrath upon Satan. The Lord’s glory is the manifestation of his power and presence. His glory fills the temple as when Solomon completed the first temple in 1 Kings 8:11 And the priests could not perform their service because of the cloud, for the glory of the Lord filled his temple. There is no room for any unholy, impure presence when God fully manifests himself to his own. Our Holy King will come to declare, “It is finished!” (John 19:30) Yes, “his righteous acts have been revealed.” Out of God’s wrath comes his holy salvation to fill our souls forevermore.
    Are you saved in Jesus’ blood? Then sing your new song to God. Sing of the joy in your deliverance. The holy God has made you holy in his sight through the Son’s sacrifice. His glory fills your soul. Death has no room in Jesus’ church. Let the world know of the cross. It is a great and wondrous sign.
 
Prayer: You are great and marvelous, O God. I sing and rejoice in the music of my deliverance! Hallelujah! Amen.