We have arrived at the great sound of rejoicing in the heavenlies, let us drop in to see why shall we.
Rejoicing in Heaven
Revelation 19:1-8 "And after these things I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, "Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honour, and power, unto the Lord our God: For true and righteous are his judgments: for he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand." And again they said, "Alleluia. And her smoke rose up for ever and ever." And the four and twenty elders and the four beasts fell down and worshipped God that sat on the throne, saying, "Amen; Alleluia." And a voice came out of the throne, saying, "Praise our God, all ye his servants, and ye that fear him, both small and great."
And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, "Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth. Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready. And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white:" for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints." (KJV)
Revelation 19:1-8 "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, 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." Once more they cried out, "Hallelujah! The smoke from her goes up forever and ever." And the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God who was seated on the throne, saying, "Amen. Hallelujah!" And from the throne came a voice saying, "Praise our God, all you his servants, you who fear him, small and great." 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. 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; It was granted her to clothe herself with fine linen, bright and pure"— for the fine linen is the righteous deeds of the saints." (ESV)
Revelation 19:1-8 "With this I heard a great multitude singing as with one voice in the heavens, saying, "Hallelujah! Salvation, glory and power belongs to our GOD!" (The Great Hallel (a title from Psalm 113-118) is sung chiefly at the feats of the Passover and Tabernacles. In this context, John reminds his Israeli audience of triumphant praise as the voice celebrating the great Salvation wrought at the Passover of the Lamb of GOD who has become our permanent Tabernacle and habitation! The days of wandering around in a wilderness, outside of the Promise, are forever over! Also, in leading up to the great wedding feast of the Lamb, this introduction of the praise sung during Passover and the Feast of Tabernacles, are most significant. See the commentary of the City-Bride at the close of this chapter.) For every one of his [1]judgments are established in righteousness and truth. He has sentenced the great Harlot-systems who have caused the world to [2]shrivel up and pine away with the poison of her prostitution and vindicated by the blood (death) His servants out of her hand. The spell of her judgment upon the earth was broken! ([1] John's Jewish audience here are familiar with this fact, and are reminded, that Psalm 89:14, as well as Ps. 97:2 speak of righteousness and truth being the foundation/habitation of His Throne! Rev. 15:3 Righteousness and truth are your trademarks!
The word, [2, G5351 phtheirō, translated as corrupted, strengthened from φθίω phthiō] phteiro, used here means to pine or waste away, to whither. Any idea of separation causes one to whither away in loneliness! Prostitution can never substitute for true marriage! See 2Cor. 11:3, I am concerned for you that you might pine away through the illusion of separation from Christ and that, just like Eve, you night become blurry-eyed and deceived into believing the lie about yourselves. The temptation was to exchange the truth about our completeness (I am) with the idea of incompleteness (I am not) and shame; Thinking that perfection requires your toil and all manner of wearisome labor! ( The word, phteiro, means to pine or waste away, to whither, like old fruit still on the dead vine. Any idea of separation causes one to whither away in loneliness! The word, (G572 of verse 3, is translated simplicity, is from G573, haplous, from G1 (as a particle of union) and the base of G4120 ) haplotes is from (G1) hama, a particle of union, and (G4120) pleko, to braid or plait together; Sometimes translated, simplicity or unmixed. The Greek word, ophis is translated serpent and comes from optomai, to gaze, in this case, to present a visual idea through illusion. The word (G1818 from G1537 and G538) exapatao is from (G1537) ek, meaning source (G538) +apateo, apathy is the source of deception, to be without faith, believing a lie about ourselves! Hebrews 4:6, Israel died in the wilderness because of their unbelief. [Both Adam and Israel believed the same lie about themselves. Num. 13:33, Josh. 2:11, 2Cor. 4:4] The word (G3834 from G3835 panourgos, crafty, from G3956 and G2041) panourgia, translated as subtitly, is from the word, (G3956) pas, all, and (G2041) ergon, to work or toil, where our entire existence is reduced to wearisome laborings. The word is often translated, cunning or craftiness. See also 2Cor. 4:2, "We have renounced hidden agendas [employing a little bit of the law in an attempt to "balance" out grace]; We have distanced ourselves from any obscure craftiness to manipulate GOD'S word to make it mean what it does not say!") Yet again they would say, "Hallelujah! For the smoke of her destruction rises up as a trophy-testimony for all times and ages." And the twenty four Elders and the four living creatures fell on their faces in worship of GOD upon the Throne, saying, "Amen; Hallelujah!" And a voice proceeded from the environment of the Throne saying, "[1]recount the amazing stories of GOD'S praise to all His bond-servants small and great, everyone who is awed by Him!" ( The verb, [1] aineo, is from ainos, meaning story; Thus, tell the story. See Phil 4:8, Study stories that celebrate life - epainos, commendable, praise worthy, from epi, indicating continual influence upon, and ainos, story.) Then I heard the voice of an innumerable mass of people exploding like a thunderous torrent of mighty cascading waterfalls, bellowing, "Hallelujah! The LORD our GOD has claimed His kingdom and established His sovereign rule over everything!" This is the climax of the ages! Celebrate His glory with ecstatic joy and extreme delight, for the wedding feast of the Lamb has come (of full age, fit)! The day didn't catch her by surprise! His bride has prepared herself appropriately! She is ready and fully [1]fit for the occasion! (The word, [1, G2090 from G2092] hetoimasen, is in the Aorist Active Indicative tense pointing to what already exists. This word derives from an old word, (G2092) heteos, fitness. She has gotten herself ready! Verse 8 tells us how she did it! See the extended notes on the City-Bride.) She [1]was given the finest linen to clothe herself; There she stands, wrapped in radiant white - dressed in [2]spotless, saintly innocence. (The verb, edothe is from (G1325) didomi, was given, Aorist Passive Indicative. The word innocence, [2, G1345 from G1344 dikaioō, to render, from G1342 dikaios, equitable, innocent, from G1349 dikē, right from G1166 deiknuō, to show] dikaioma, stems from (G1349) dike, two parties finding likeness in each other (Genesis 1:26-27, 2:6-7). Dike is also the root for the word dikaiosune, righteousness. Sadly, many translations have it completely wrong here! This is not the righteous "deeds" of the Saints! This innocence gives testimony to the merits of the Redeemer. Paul says in Phil. 3:9, "And be found in Him, not having my own righteousness, which is of GOD by faith." In Zech. 3:4, "And the Shepherd-Messenger said to those who were standing before Him, "Remove the filthy garments (of their ignorance and religion from them, the grave clothe of John 11) him." And to him he said, "Behold, I have taken your iniquity away from you and I will clothe you with (My) righteousness." Aramaic Targum. See notes on the City-Bride at the end of Rev. 3.) (The Mirror, with editing.)
We have been loaded with thought, to take us to the seeking more of Him. Until our next visit may the LORD reveal all to you and yours.
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