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golden girdles. And when their task is done, when the last vial of
God’s wrath is poured out, they return and lay their emptied vials at
the feet of the Lord.
And the next scene is recorded, “After these things ... I heard
as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many
waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for
the Lord God Omnipotent reigneth.” They sing the song of Moses
and the song of the Lamb.
Keep Close to the Leader
We must keep close to our great Leader, or we shall become
bewildered, and lose sight of the Providence which presides over
the church and the world, and over each individual. There will be
profound mysteries in the divine dealings. We may lose the footsteps
of God and follow our own bewilderment, and say, Thy judgments
are not known; but if the heart is loyal to God everything will be
made plain.
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There is a day just about to burst upon us when God’s mysteries
will be seen, and all His ways vindicated; when justice, mercy,
and love will be the attributes of His throne. When the earthly
warfare is accomplished, and the saints are all gathered home, our
first theme will be the song of Moses, the servant of God. The
second theme will be the song of the Lamb, the song of grace and
redemption. This song will be louder, loftier, and in sublimer strains,
echoing and re-echoing through the heavenly courts. Thus the song
of God’s providence is sung, connecting the varying dispensations;
for all is now seen without a veil between the legal, the prophetical,
and the gospel. The church history upon the earth and the church
redeemed in heaven all center around the cross of Calvary. This is
the theme, this is the song,—Christ all and in all,—in anthems of
praise resounding through heaven from thousands and ten thousand
times ten thousand and an innumerable company of the redeemed
host. All unite in this song of Moses and of the Lamb. It is a new
song, for it was never before sung in heaven.
Again I ask, In view of the revelation made to John on the Isle
of Patmos, which from the opening of the first chapter to the close
of the last chapter is light, great light, revealed to us by Jesus Christ,