Singing Again
There's a lot of singing in Revelation.
I never saw it before, but this long trek through this odd and confusion book seems to keep repeating a theme: Trouble for the saints, seeming domination by the powers of the world, God's swift unstoppable judgment, deliverance for God's people, and finally a song.
In Revelation, God's people are at it again...
Revelation 15:2–4 (ESV) And I saw what appeared to be a sea of glass mingled with fire—and also those who had conquered the beast and its image and the number of its name, standing beside the sea of glass with harps of God in their hands. 3 And they sing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, “Great and amazing are your deeds, O Lord God the Almighty! Just and true are your ways, O King of the nations! 4 Who will not fear, O Lord, and glorify your name? For you alone are holy. All nations will come and worship you, for your righteous acts have been revealed.”
Moses has two songs in the Old Testament:
That first song of Moses is in Exodus 15 right after the people of Israel come through the Red Sea and Pharaoh's army is drowned in the waters. It opens with these words:
Exodus 15:1 (ESV) Then Moses and the people of Israel sang this song to the LORD, saying, “I will sing to the LORD, for he has triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider he has thrown into the sea.
In the end of Moses' work to lead God's people out of Egypt, we are reminded by these words of Moses's song - it was God all along. He is the one who has saved. Moses was an instrument of His purposes and the one who commanded His power for brief moments, but make no mistake, this was the doing of God Almighty. He is the hero of our salvation.
The second song of Moses is one of the final things Moses shares with Israel right before he dies and Joshua takes them in to the promised land. It comes from Deuteronomy 32... and in that song is this phrase:
Deuteronomy 32:36 (ESV) For the Lord will vindicate his people and have compassion on his servants, when he sees that their power is gone and there is none remaining, bond or free.
Moses seems to be commending Israel to the power of their God in their future. God will show up when they are at the end of themselves. So too in our lives, God's power will come when our power is gone. We cannot self save.
Revelation is a tough book to read and study, but there's reason to rejoice all through it's pages. God is the one who comes to save us and deliver us.
So let it happen, Lord Jesus.
I never saw it before, but this long trek through this odd and confusion book seems to keep repeating a theme: Trouble for the saints, seeming domination by the powers of the world, God's swift unstoppable judgment, deliverance for God's people, and finally a song.
In Revelation, God's people are at it again...
Revelation 15:2–4 (ESV) And I saw what appeared to be a sea of glass mingled with fire—and also those who had conquered the beast and its image and the number of its name, standing beside the sea of glass with harps of God in their hands. 3 And they sing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, “Great and amazing are your deeds, O Lord God the Almighty! Just and true are your ways, O King of the nations! 4 Who will not fear, O Lord, and glorify your name? For you alone are holy. All nations will come and worship you, for your righteous acts have been revealed.”
Moses has two songs in the Old Testament:
That first song of Moses is in Exodus 15 right after the people of Israel come through the Red Sea and Pharaoh's army is drowned in the waters. It opens with these words:
Exodus 15:1 (ESV) Then Moses and the people of Israel sang this song to the LORD, saying, “I will sing to the LORD, for he has triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider he has thrown into the sea.
In the end of Moses' work to lead God's people out of Egypt, we are reminded by these words of Moses's song - it was God all along. He is the one who has saved. Moses was an instrument of His purposes and the one who commanded His power for brief moments, but make no mistake, this was the doing of God Almighty. He is the hero of our salvation.
The second song of Moses is one of the final things Moses shares with Israel right before he dies and Joshua takes them in to the promised land. It comes from Deuteronomy 32... and in that song is this phrase:
Deuteronomy 32:36 (ESV) For the Lord will vindicate his people and have compassion on his servants, when he sees that their power is gone and there is none remaining, bond or free.
Moses seems to be commending Israel to the power of their God in their future. God will show up when they are at the end of themselves. So too in our lives, God's power will come when our power is gone. We cannot self save.
Revelation is a tough book to read and study, but there's reason to rejoice all through it's pages. God is the one who comes to save us and deliver us.
So let it happen, Lord Jesus.
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