Revelation 19:1-9
1 After this I heard what seemed to be the loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, crying out, Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God, 2 for his judgments are true and just; for he has judged the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her immorality, and has avenged on her the blood of his servants. 3 Once more they cried out, Hallelujah! The smoke from her goes up forever and ever. 4 And the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God who was seated on the throne, saying, Amen. Hallelujah! 5 And from the throne came a voice saying, Praise our God, all you his servants, you who fear him, small and great. 6 Then I heard what seemed to be the voice of a great multitude, like the roar of many waters and like the sound of mighty peals of thunder, crying out, Hallelujah! For the Lord our God the Almighty reigns. 7 Let us rejoice and exult and give him the glory, for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and his Bride has made herself ready; 8 it was granted her to clothe herself with fine linen, bright and pure for the fine linen is the righteous deeds of the saints. 9 And the angel said to me, Write this: Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he said to me, These are the true words of God.
This passage is the rejoicing after the "great prostitute" is destroyed (verse 2). The good news to remember here is that we win in the end. There are lots of struggles and heartaches and sin in our lives, but in the end God is victorious, and if we remain faithful we partake in that victory. As in the words of vers 9, "blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb". When we are feeling discouraged or defeated, we need to remember that the story is not over, and that it does have a happy ending in the end.
God, thank you for Your victory.
1 After this I heard what seemed to be the loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, crying out, Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God, 2 for his judgments are true and just; for he has judged the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her immorality, and has avenged on her the blood of his servants. 3 Once more they cried out, Hallelujah! The smoke from her goes up forever and ever. 4 And the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God who was seated on the throne, saying, Amen. Hallelujah! 5 And from the throne came a voice saying, Praise our God, all you his servants, you who fear him, small and great. 6 Then I heard what seemed to be the voice of a great multitude, like the roar of many waters and like the sound of mighty peals of thunder, crying out, Hallelujah! For the Lord our God the Almighty reigns. 7 Let us rejoice and exult and give him the glory, for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and his Bride has made herself ready; 8 it was granted her to clothe herself with fine linen, bright and pure for the fine linen is the righteous deeds of the saints. 9 And the angel said to me, Write this: Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he said to me, These are the true words of God.
This passage is the rejoicing after the "great prostitute" is destroyed (verse 2). The good news to remember here is that we win in the end. There are lots of struggles and heartaches and sin in our lives, but in the end God is victorious, and if we remain faithful we partake in that victory. As in the words of vers 9, "blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb". When we are feeling discouraged or defeated, we need to remember that the story is not over, and that it does have a happy ending in the end.
God, thank you for Your victory.