DISCOVER THE BEAUTY OF JESUS
REVELATION 15
Part 3
THE SONG OF THE VICTORS OF CHRIST
REVELATION 15:3, 4
And they sing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb:
Great and wonderful are your works,
O Lord, God the Almighty;
Just and true are your ways,
King of the Nations.
Who shall not fear and glorify your name, O Lord?
Because You alone are holy;
Because all the Nations will come and worship
Before You;
Because Your righteous judgments have been
Made plain for all to see.
Great and wonderful are Your works.
O LORD, HOW GREAT ARE THY WORKS! (Ps. 92:5); O LORD, how great are thy works! and thy thoughts are very deep.
(Ps. 111:2); The works of the LORD are great, sought out of all them that have pleasure therein.
(Ps. 98:1); O sing unto the LORD a new song; for he hath done marvellous things: his right hand, and his holy
arm, hath gotten him the victory.
(Ps. 139:14)I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that
my soul knoweth right well..
JUST AND TRUE ARE YOUR WAYS. The LORD is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works.(Ps. 145:17).
WHO SHALL NOT FEAR AND GLORIFY YOUR NAME, O LORD? All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship before
thee, O Lord; and shall glorify thy name.(Ps. 86:9).
YOU ALONE ARE HOLY. There is none holy as the LORD: for there is none beside thee: neither is there any
rock like our God. (1 Sam. 2:2);
Let them praise thy great and terrible name; for it is holy. (Ps. 99:3);
He sent redemption unto his people: he hath commanded his covenant for ever: holy and reverend is his name.(Ps. 111:9).
ALL THE NATIONS WILL COME AND WORSHIP BEFORE YOU. All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship before thee,
O Lord; and shall glorify thy name.(Ps. 86:9).
YOUR RIGHTEOUS JUDGMENTS ARE MADE MANIFEST. The LORD hath made known his salvation: his righteousness hath he openly
shewed in the sight of the heathen.(Ps. 98:2).
A passage like this lets us see how steeped in the Old Testament John was. There is another thing, which must
strike anyone about the song of the triumphant martyrs. There is not one single word in it about their own
achievement; from beginning to end the song is a lyric outburst on the greatness of God.
Heaven is a place where men forget themselves and remember only God. As R. H. Charles finely puts it: “In the
perfect vision of God self is wholly forgotten.” H. B. Swete puts it this way: “In the presence of God the
martyrs forget themselves; their thoughts are absorbed by the new wonders that surround them; the glory of God
and the mighty scheme of things in which their own sufferings form an infinitesimal part are opening before them;
they begin to see the great issue of the world-drama, and we hear the Doxology with which they greet their first
unclouded vision of God and His works.”
Doxology meaning: A doxology is a short hymn or verse that praises God. It is often part of Christian worship services,
such as at the end of hymns, psalms, and canticles.
The word doxology comes from the Greek words doxa and logos:
Doxa: Means “glory, splendor, grandeur”
Logos: Means “word” or “speaking”
“Only one life to live and soon is past
Only what’s done for Christ will last!”
Hoping to make the time I have left count for the glory of God.
DISCOVER THE BEAUTY OF JESUS REVELATION 15 Part 3