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A vast sea at dawn lying perfectly still like polished glass, the low sun’s fiery reds and golds burning in its surface.

The Book of

Revelation 15

Before the last judgments fall, John hears a song from the far side of the trouble, sung by people who came through it.

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In this chapter

Where we are

  1. 1–3Seven churchesChrist among His lampstands
  2. 4–11Seals & trumpetsThe Lamb opens the scroll
  3. 12–16The great conflictThe dragon, the beasts, the bowlsChapter 15
  4. 17–20The King comesBabylon falls; the Lamb wins
  5. 21–22All things newA new heaven and a new earth

The Song of Moses and the Lamb

Then I saw another great and marvelous sign in heaven: seven angels with the seven final plagues, with which the wrath of God is completed.

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And I saw something like a sea of glass mixed with fire, beside which stood those who had conquered the beast and its image and the number of its name.

They were holding harps from God,

and they sang the song of God’s servant Moses and of the Lamb: “Great and wonderful are Your works, O Lord God Almighty! Just and true are Your ways, O King of the nations! Who will not fear You, O Lord, and glorify Your name? For You alone are holy. All nations will come and worship before You, for Your righteous acts have been revealed.”

Revelation 15:3–4

Question

Quick question

The victors beside the sea of glass sing a song with two names on it.

Whose song do they sing?

Two songs by the sea

Exodus 15Israel safe beside theRed SeaDeuteronomy 32Moses: all God’s waysare justBeside the seaof glassMoses’ song and theLamb’sEvery nationcome and worshipbefore You

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Moses and Israel sang beside the Red Sea after God rescued them from Egypt, and near the end of his life Moses sang that all God’s ways are just. John hears both songs again beside a sea of glass, now as “the song of God’s servant Moses and of the Lamb.” The first song celebrated one nation set free. This one looks wider: “All nations will come and worship before You.”

Preparation for Judgment

The ancient tabernacle tent and its linen court wrapped in a thick, softly glowing cloud at dusk, the quiet tents of the camp around it.

And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God and from His power; and no one could enter the temple until the seven plagues of the seven angels were completed.

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All nations will come and worship before You, for Your righteous acts have been revealed.

Revelation 15:4

Reflect

Sing it before the end

The victors sing before the last bowls are poured, not after. Their song is about who God is: “Just and true are Your ways.” What is hard in your life right now that you have not yet seen resolved? Write a few lines of praise to God for His ways anyway, and ask Him for the trust to keep singing while you wait.

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A verse to carry with you

Great and wonderful are Your works, O Lord God Almighty! Just and true are Your ways, O King of the nations! Who will not fear You, O Lord, and glorify Your name? For You alone are holy. All nations will come and worship before You, for Your righteous acts have been revealed.

Revelation 15:3–4

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