Revelation 15:3 KJV
And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints.
What a majestic phrase, "Great and marvellous are thy works.... just and true are thy ways..."
Great; big. High, loud large
Marvellous; wonderful, incredible
Just; holy, right
True; real genuine; nothing concealed
Works; a deed or act
Ways; path or journey
I the works of this passage as being "what God does" and the ways of this passage as being "why God does it." There is the deed done and there is the motivation for doing it.
The things God does and the direction He travels is alike great, marvelous, just and true.
It is important, I think, to see who it is who is saying this of the Lord. These are those who took a stand as they refused to
Obey the beast,
Worship his image or
Take his mark and number
They are already in heaven even though the Tribulation is not finished which implies that their stand cost them their lives. I am only imagining now but
I imagine some of them might have starved to death because they could not buy and sell after refusing to accept the mark.
I imagine in this number are those who watched their children and other loved ones weep violently as they saw this one go to the gallows or the chopping block.
I imagine in this crowd is someone who was forced to watch as one of their own loved ones was slain for the very same convictions they had.
And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints.
What a majestic phrase, "Great and marvellous are thy works.... just and true are thy ways..."
Great; big. High, loud large
Marvellous; wonderful, incredible
Just; holy, right
True; real genuine; nothing concealed
Works; a deed or act
Ways; path or journey
I the works of this passage as being "what God does" and the ways of this passage as being "why God does it." There is the deed done and there is the motivation for doing it.
The things God does and the direction He travels is alike great, marvelous, just and true.
It is important, I think, to see who it is who is saying this of the Lord. These are those who took a stand as they refused to
Obey the beast,
Worship his image or
Take his mark and number
They are already in heaven even though the Tribulation is not finished which implies that their stand cost them their lives. I am only imagining now but
I imagine some of them might have starved to death because they could not buy and sell after refusing to accept the mark.
I imagine in this number are those who watched their children and other loved ones weep violently as they saw this one go to the gallows or the chopping block.
I imagine in this crowd is someone who was forced to watch as one of their own loved ones was slain for the very same convictions they had.
In this crowd is
A mother
A father
A son
A daughter
A husband and
A wifeWho became estranged from their family when they took their stand for Christ and the family member would not.
These are people who knew intense hardship as well as heartache on the earth.
And yet in heaven they sang this song saying, "Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints."
I suggest if they can sing it in heaven we ought to sing it on earth today.
A mother
A father
A son
A daughter
A husband and
A wifeWho became estranged from their family when they took their stand for Christ and the family member would not.
These are people who knew intense hardship as well as heartache on the earth.
And yet in heaven they sang this song saying, "Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints."
I suggest if they can sing it in heaven we ought to sing it on earth today.
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