Heaven already seems to be presented to us as a happy and joyful place. 7), and an affirmation of the ‘blessedness’ of those who are called to this great heavenly celebration (v. 5), the declaration, “Let us be glad and rejoice” (v. Note also how it contains the call to praise God (v. This passage contains the only occurrences of that phrase in the New Testament and it is found here four times (vv. The word “Alleluia!” is used which is the Hebrew form of “Praise God”. It gives us a remarkable picture-after the grim mourning of the earth over the destruction of Babylon-of the great joy that will fill heaven in response. When the story resumes, the next great thing that is described to us is the return of our Lord to the earth to conquer and reign (19:11-20:6).īetween these two events, though, we find this lesson’s passage. In chapters 17-18, the story of Revelation was temporarily put on hold and we were given background information about the destruction of ‘Babylon’-that great ‘harlot’ city that will represent the summation of the Antichrist’s system of political power, ungodly philosophy, wayward religion, and idolatrous materialism. (All Scripture is taken from The New King James Version, unless otherwise indicated). Theme: This passage describes the joy in heaven that will immediately precede the return of our Lord to earth, after the destruction of the ‘harlot’ city Babylon. Posted by Pastor Greg Allen on Septemunder AM Bible Study |ĪM Bible Study Group Septemfrom Revelation 19:1-10

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