Connect Revelation 15:3 with Exodus 15:1-18; how do both celebrate God's deliverance? Two Songs, One Story • Revelation 15:3 opens heaven’s worship set: “And they sang the song of God’s servant Moses and of the Lamb: ‘Great and wonderful are Your works, O Lord God Almighty. Just and true are Your ways, O King of the nations.’” • Exodus 15:1–18 records Israel’s first worship song after the Red Sea: “I will sing to the LORD, for He is highly exalted; the horse and rider He has thrown into the sea” (v. 1). • Both songs rise from the same storyline—God steps in, enemies fall, His people stand free, and worship erupts. Exodus 15: Snapshot of the First Deliverance • Context: trapped between Pharaoh’s chariots and the sea, Israel watches the waters split (Exodus 14:21-22). • Themes highlighted in 15:1-18: – Victory: “The LORD is a warrior” (v. 3). – Power: “Your right hand, O LORD, shattered the enemy” (v. 6). – Holiness: “Who is like You—majestic in holiness?” (v. 11). – Guidance: “You will bring them in and plant them” (v. 17). – Eternal reign: “The LORD will reign forever and ever!” (v. 18). Revelation 15: A Future, Final Deliverance • Setting: saints who “overcame the beast” (15:2) stand on a sea of glass, echoing Israel’s dry-ground victory. • The song merges Moses’ triumph with the Lamb’s redemption—history’s first rescue joined to its last. • Key lines (15:3-4): – Works: “Great and wonderful are Your works.” – Justice: “Just and true are Your ways.” – Universality: “All nations will come and worship before You.” • Here deliverance is cosmic, complete, and eternal—sin, Satan, and death defeated. Shared Celebration Themes • God’s Power Displayed – Exodus: water walls crash on chariots. – Revelation: global judgments topple the beast’s empire. • God’s Holiness and Justice – Exodus 15:11; Revelation 15:4—both extol His unmatched purity and righteous judgments. • God’s Covenant Faithfulness – Exodus 15:13: “In Your loving devotion You have led the people You have redeemed.” – Revelation 15 confirms He finished what He began, just as Philippians 1:6 promises. • Worship as the Proper Response – Neither passage tells Israel or the saints to fight; they sing because God fought for them (cf. 2 Chronicles 20:17). From Egypt to Eternity: Progressive Deliverance 1. Physical slavery → spiritual slavery • Exodus shows freedom from Pharaoh. • Revelation shows freedom from sin and the antichrist system (Romans 6:22). 2. Temporary rest → eternal rest • Israel still wandered afterward. • Revelation’s sea-side singers stand on glass before God’s throne—no more wandering (Revelation 21:3-4). 3. One nation → all nations • Exodus: Israel alone rescued. • Revelation 15:4: every nation will worship, fulfilling Genesis 12:3. Divine Titles Linking the Songs • LORD (YHWH) in Exodus 15 becomes “Lord God Almighty” in Revelation 15, revealing consistency of character across Testaments. • “King” in Exodus 15:18 matches “King of the nations” in Revelation 15:3—His reign never lapses. Living in the Music • Read Exodus 15 aloud; then read Revelation 15. Notice how the second completes the first. • Let every past deliverance—big or small—tune your heart for the ultimate chorus still to come (Psalm 40:2-3). |
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