Revelation Chapter 15
VERSE 3 “They sing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying: “Great and marvelous are Your works, Lord God Almighty! Just and true are Your ways, O King of the saints!”
AND THEY SANG:
This is NOT the new, personal song of Rev 14:3. Only the 144,000 know that song. But obviously Moses knew this one! This confirms what was stated in our previous post: the harp playing and the new song must await the completion of the Church and the plagues.
THE SONG OF MOSES, THE BOND-SERVANT OF GOD, AND THE SONG OF THE LAMB:
The song of Moses may refer to Deut. 32. If so, it is consistent with this context in that both are primarily about judgment. But it may also refer to the Old Testament writings. There is some reason why the phrase “The Bond-servant of God” is added after Moses’ name. It draws attention to the Law dispensation. It may thus be saying that the faithfulness of these over-comers is due to their having based their lives on the whole bible — Old and New Testament writings. The song of the Lamb is not specified as such in Scripture. But it is most likely the Kingdom and Restitution. This is implied in Verse 4 as part of this song.
This song, while it has many components, focuses on two things: judgment and restitution — the two things which, to some degree, had both begun in the 1870’s as part of the Harvest works of God. This is most appropriate since Chapter 15 is focused on the 1870’s up to the beginning of the plagues.
GREAT AND MARVELOUS ARE THY WORKS:
We could guess at which works are meant, or even suppose that this refers to all His works. But the words GREAT and MARVELOUS are a direct quote from Verse 1 and, thus, clearly refer to the plaguing works to be done by the seven angels — and entered into by those beyond the veil.
O LORD GOD, THE ALMIGHTY:
Being glorified, these saints join the Lamb in focus on the Father. It is God’s wrath fulfilled in these plagues.
RIGHTEOUS AND TRUE ARE THY WAYS THOU KING OF AGES (THE NATIONS):
Two qualities of God are here proclaimed by those privileged to enter into His works beyond the veil:
First righteousness — i.e., judgment. Secondly truth — i.e., these things have been promised for a long time. (Compare Rev 6:10, 11.) Now God is demonstrating the verity of His promises. He is true to His word.
King of nations may or may not be accurate. The best accumulated manuscript evidence reads ages instead. This latter reading is good in that it shows that the manifestation of God’s righteousness and truth must await the proper time. If nations be the correct reading, it would show that the promise of Rev 2:26, 27 is being fulfilled.
In our next post we will review Verses 2 and 3 as explained in the Keys of Revelation.
