Key Truth: God’s faithful fulfillment of His just judgment and promised redemption of His people in Christ is worthy of our obedience and worship between the Now and the Not Yet.  

Introduction:

What has most recently caused you to mumble, say, shout, or sing “Hallelujah!”?

“More than seeking to be interpreted, Revelation seeks to interpret the reality of the audience.”

David A. deSilva, Seeing Things John’s Way: The Rhetoric of the Book of Revelation

The Hallelujah Chorus for God’s Just Judgment:

Revelation 19:1-5: 

“The vengeance of God is an act of purity. At last, the cry of the martyred saints in 6:10, ‘O Sovereign Lord, holy and true, how long before you will judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?’, has been answered….Justice has been seen to be done.”

Derek Thomas, Let’s Study Revelation

Do you trust that God is just in His judgment of the unjust principalities and powers?
How does your answer to this question affect how you live and worship?

The Hallelujah Chorus for the Marriage Supper of the Lamb:

Revelation 19:6-10: 

“The bride is the heavenly reality of which Babylon is the earthly travesty.”

G.B. Caird, The Revelation of St. John

Do you live as if what you do in this life matters in eternity?
How does your answer to this question affect how you live and worship?

Application: 

Revelation 19:1-10 teaches us that we are to be obedient to the word of God and worship the Lord in joyous praise as a result of His:
-faithful fulfillment of His just judgment on the principalities and powers of darkness
-the promised redemption of His people as celebrated in the marriage supper of the Lamb

Communion

Benediction:

Revelation 22:6-7