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cast their crowns at the feet of the Redeemer, exclaiming, “‘Worthy
is the Lamb who was slain, to receive power and riches and wisdom,
and strength and honor and glory and blessing!’ ... ‘Honor and glory
and power be to Him who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb, forever
and ever!’”
Revelation 5:12, 13
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There the redeemed ones greet those who directed them to the
uplifted Savior. They unite in praising Him who died that human
beings might have the life that measures with the life of God. The
conflict is over. All tribulation and strife are at an end. Songs of
victory fill all heaven as the redeemed stand around the throne of
God. All take up the joyful strain, “‘Worthy is the Lamb who was
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slain’” and has redeemed us to God.
“I looked, and behold, a great multitude which no one could
number, of all nations, tribes, peoples, and tongues, standing before
the throne and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, with palm
branches in their hands, and crying out with a loud voice, saying,
‘Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the
Lamb!’”
Revelation 7:9, 10
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“‘These are the ones who come out of the great tribulation, and
washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
Therefore they are before the throne of God, and serve Him day
and night in His temple. And He who sits on the throne will dwell
among them. They shall neither hunger anymore nor thirst anymore;
the sun shall not strike them, nor any heat; for the Lamb who is in
the midst of the throne will shepherd them and lead them to living
fountains of waters. And God will wipe away every tear from their
eyes.’” “‘There shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying; there
shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away.’”
Verses 14-17
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21:4
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We need to keep ever before us this vision of things unseen. It is
thus that we shall be able to set a right value on the things of eternity
and the things of time. It is this that will give us power to influence
others for the higher life.
In the Mount With God
“Come up to Me in the mount,” God bids us. To Moses, before he
could be God’s instrument in delivering Israel, was appointed forty