Revelation 19:1-5 Series

Revelation 19:1-5

Last week we saw the end of what scripture calls “the great war” which is to be a war against Babylon. Babylon consists of all those under the power of Satan, the Beast and the Anti-Christ.

These people that follow them will be people in our family and people who are our friends. It will include all the people we as Christians failed to share Christ with. It will include all the people we failed to invite to church in the hopes that they would be saved. It will include all the people that couldn't see Christ in our lives. It will include all they people that we made feel uncomfortable when they came to church seeking Christ and left saying they didn't want any part of it.

Don't get me wrong there will always be people who don't accept Christ and don't want any part of Him. But which of them are in that position because of us? That is the question each of us needs to ask ourselves.

Revelation 19:1-5 ~ 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.”

Heaven is rejoicing over God's victory and as well our victory. “Hallelujah” which means “praise the Lord”. God always gets the praise for every good thing that happens, because every good thing comes from Him. He is the only one deserving of such praise.

Jesus Himself praises God time and time again in scripture for the good things that come from God. Jesus understood this well.

The, multitude in heaven, are crying out, “Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God”

Salvation, power and glory everything belongs to Him. Though we thank Jesus for His willingness to go to the cross, God is the one who ordained it to happen and God is the one who saw it through, it is because of God and God alone.

19:2 ~ “for his judgments are true and just” Gods judgment on the wicked is His right as God. It is he who says what is right and what is wrong, it is He who says who are the righteous in Christ and who are the wicked, and it is He who says who will be in Heaven and who will be in Hell.

The rejoicing that is heard in Heaven is for they joy that is felt for the triumph over Babylon, it is joy for God's win for the righteous and it is joy for the condemnation of the wicked.

3 Once more they cried out, “Hallelujah! The smoke from her goes up forever and ever.”

All Heaven rejoices over the defeat and condemnation of the wicked and their wickedness.

The world and its worldly ways have been found guilty as charged. They are guilty for their sin and in chapter 17 the world is also found guilty for the blood of God's servants. God has avenged those martyred for Him.

Will you be one of the martyred who boldly without fear stands up against evil and proclaims God and proclaims Christ to the wicked, or will you be hiding in the corner cowering in fear being more afraid of the world than of God Himself?

What about right now in the world today, which are you?

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!”

From the smallest to the greatest in heaven if you have proclaimed God and proclaimed Christ outwardly you will be one of these for sure rejoicing.

We are not given an example of a self professing Christian here that doesn't outwardly profess God and Christ. A self professing Christian who is not willing and ready in an instant to fight both spiritually and physically when called upon. A self professing Christian who is not prepared to be martyred for God.

We need to not only look to see what scripture tells us but what it doesn't tell us as well because that at times is equally important. There is a good reason God doesn't mention them along with the Christians we are reading about here, it's not hard to figure out, there are only two sides to this story. If they are not here then they must be apart of those on the other side. That's the only two options we have.

Who we are as Christians makes a huge difference in the truthfulness of our profession of Christ.

5 And from the throne came a voice saying, “Praise our God, all you his servants, you who fear him, small and great.”