We are about to take another deep look into the "Triumph of The Lamb," a place that not many of the renewed mindset have searched before. Though I have read many a book that has touched on it but not in this fashion. We shall begin at verse 13.
The Triumph of the LAMB
Revelation 17:13-14, "These rulers were in full agreement to hand over their authority to the Beast. (At the trial and crucifixion of Jesus, former enemies became allies as they banded together against the Lamb, see Luke 23:12, "That day Herod and Pilate became friends-before this they had been enemies." Psalm 83:5, "With one mind they plot together; They form an alliance against you.") These join forces in that hour to wage war against the Lamb but the Lamb defeated them since He is the LORD of Lords and King of kings. And sharing with Him in His victory are His kindred, the ones who recognize their origin in this conversation, they too are Now of the same persuasion." (The Lamb led them into freedom from their lost identity, and their doubts. See Hebrews 1:1-3, Throughout ancient times GOD spoke in many fragments and glimpses of prophetic thought to our fathers. Now, this entire conversation has a finality drawn in our sonship. Suddenly what seemed to be an ancient language falls fresh and new like the dew on the tender grass! He is the sum total of every utterance of GOD. He is whom the Prophets pointed to and we are His immediate audience! [The word eschatology means extreme; Last in time or in space; The uttermost part, the final conclusion. What GOD said about 'you-manity' in Jesus defines eschatology!] In sonship, GOD declares the Incarnate Word to be the heir of all (Ps. 2) things. He is, after all, the author of the ages. We have our beginning and our being in Him. (Sonship endorses our heirship! see Gal. 4 and Heb. 6:16-18) Jesus is the crescendo of GOD'S conversation: He gives context and content to the authentic thought. Everything that GOD had in mind for humanity is voiced in Him. Jesus is GOD'S language. He is the radiant and flawless innocence of our being. This voice is the dynamic that exists as the executive authority of GOD, enthroned in the boundless measure of His Majesty. ["Having accomplished purification of sins, He sat down....!" His Throne is proof of humanity's redeemed innocence!])
Revelation 12:7, "Mikael and his Shepherd-Messengers led the war in the heavenly realm against the Dragon and his Herding-Heralds." (The Hebrew name Mikael means, "Who is like GOD?" The context of the onslaught against the human race has always been their identity-crisis as image and likeness bearers of GOD! The fruit of the "I-am-not tree system," that fosters religion, works against them of the redeemed I am tree! see Genesis 3:15, and John 10:30-36)
Revelation 1:5, "And from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the first-born of the dead, and the Prince of the kings on earth. To Him who loves us and has freed us from our sins (consciousness) by (our identity in) His blood (meaning His death)." (This being the power of the blood, that so many blindly call upon to cure them of all kinds of evils.)
Revelation 11:15, "When the seventh Shepherd-Messenger sounded his trumpet, there was a massive crescendo of voices in the heavenly realm, saying, "The kingdom of the cosmos (humanity) has become the kingdom of our LORD and of His Christ, and He will reign as King for all the ages of the ages." [Remember Rev. 10:7, In the day when the sounding of the seventh Messenger's trumpet commences, the mystery of GOD will be fully realized in exact accordance to the Good News He announced to His servants the Prophets - euengelisen - Good news!] (Already in chapter 7 we saw the eventual outcome of what is portrayed here in chapter 11.)
Revelation 7:9-10, "At this moment I saw a massive throng of people, impossible to count, standing tall and innocent everyone of them dressed in white with palm branches in their hands; They have escaped everything that could possibly define them as a non-Jewish Gentile world! In fact, every sphere of society were there - including the entire spectrum of people-groupings; Tribal identities with their unique language-specific dialectic preferences; They were all present there facing the Throne and the Lamb as the people of the planet! (Amazing how, in the previous verses the tribes of Israel are associated with a very specific "number" when it comes to the prophetic details of the Jewish nation as a prophetic voice of GOD'S intention in Abraham to release the blessing of the single SEED of GOD'S faith and bless all the Nations of the earth! Count the stars, count the sand!!! The preposition ek, points to source or origin; Humanity was delivered out of their national, geographical and historical identities! The palm branches and the white robes are signs of the celebration of victory and joy. The word stolay, is the white outer garment worn by Kings, priests and persons of rank.
I looked again. I saw a huge crowd, too huge to count. Everyone was there --- all Nations and tribes, all races and languages. And they were standing, dressed in white robes and waving palm branches, standing before the Throne and the Lamb.") Then I heard the masses shouting as if with one thundering voice saying, "Our salvation is secure in our GOD who is seated upon the Throne and endorsed in the Lamb's doing!" (The Mirror, with editing)
In our next visit, the LORD willing, we shall begin with Colossians 2:14 in our look into the "Triumph of the Lamb." Until then may the LORD of All release us all from the evils of this virus.
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