Sermon Tone Analysis

Introduction

And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb.—.

I WOULD rather die to-night and be sure of sharing the bliss of the purified in you world of light than live for centuries with the wealth of this world at my feet, and miss the marriage supper of the Lamb.

I have missed many appointments in my life, but by the grace of God I mean to make sure of that one.

Why, the blessed privilege of sitting down at the marriage supper of the Lamb, to see the King in His beauty, to be forever with the Lord—who would miss it?

[D.

L. Moody, The D. L. Moody Year Book: A Living Daily Message from the Words of D. L. Moody, ed.

Emma Moody Fitt (East Northfield, MA: The Bookstore, 1900), 165–166.]

Main Thought:

What assurance to know I rest in the arms of an all-powerful God.

Alleluia, for the Lord God omnipotent reigns!

Amen.

-Tozer

Sub-Introduction:

Connecting Context:

The Devil and his Vicious Whore and their temporal empire destroyed together are directly contrasted with Christ and His Virtuous Queen delivered the eternal Kingdom of God.

Background/Intro Material:

Chronologically, Chapter Nineteen follows Chapter Sixteen and the Seven Vial Judgments, although literarily it transitions appropriately from Chapter Eighteen.

Chapter Nineteen revealed the saints in Heaven rejoicing, following the command to “rejoice” (cf.

), and then revealed the Second Coming of Christ as He will conclude the Battle of Armageddon with His swift and judicious judgment on the Beast and his armies ().2993 [Isaiah predicted the summary judgment on Satan, saying, “In that day the LORD with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea” ().]

The Second Coming of Christ is the bridge between the Tribulation () and the Millennium (), as Daniel predicted (cf.

).

With Satan’s kingdom destroyed, typified by the annihilation of the city Babylon, the armies of the world defeated, the Beast and the False prophet consigned to the Lake of Fire, and Satan bound for a thousand years, the Lord began to unfold the blessings that His Coming will bring, including the resurrection of the saints, the Millennial state, and the New Jerusalem in the Millennial and eternal states (see ). [Thomas M. Strouse, To the Seven Churches: A Commentary on the Apocalypse of Jesus Christ, Selected Works of Dr. Thomas M. Strouse (Bible Baptist Theological Press, 40 Country Squire Rd., Cromwell, CT 06461, 2013), 795.]

I. Four Alleluia’s ()

A. First Two Alleluia’s ():

Hallelujah! praise the Lord! praise God.

Transliteration of the Heb.

הלל, a piel imp. of ‏הָלַל־2‎, H2146 (hll) w. the suff.

יָה (yh), a shortened form of Yahweh.

The basic meaning of the vb. is “to be bright,” and the causative meaning of the piel imp.

means, lit., “make Yahweh bright,” that is, “illuminate the Lord by casting a bright light on Him and His works!” “Praise Yahweh!” “Praise the Lord!” (Oda Hagemeyer, “Preiset Gott!” BibLeb 11 (1970):145–49; THAT; TDOT; DCH).

[Linguistic & Exegetical Key to GNTThe New Linguistic and Exegetical Key to the Greek New Testament (GNT Key)Cleon L. Rogers, Jr. & Cleon L Rogers IIICopyright © 1998 by Cleon L. Rogers, Jr.Electronic text hypertexted and prepared by OakTree Software, Inc.Version 1.2]

1. Alleluia of Redemption ().

An Ascription to the Lord Our God.

Of What God Is Worthy?

(; ; , ;

Ps. 106

6; and ).

2. Alleluia of Retribution ().

The Ascension of Eternal Incense of Justice.

John uses repetition to bring home the point: God is truly victorious and thus truly worthy of our praise!

The phrase for ever and ever emphasizes the idea of completeness and permanence (compare ).

The destruction of those who reject God’s authority will be just that.

[Jonathan Underwood and Ronald L. Nickelson, eds., The KJV Standard Lesson Commentary, 2006–2007 (Cincinnati, OH: Standard Publishing, 2006), 307.]

Why God Is Worthy?

, ,

Mk. 9:

B. Final Two Hallelujah's ():

1. Alleluia of Reaffirmation ().

The Leaders of Worship.

a.

The Example of Their Worship ().

Rev. 19:4

For the last time in Revelation we meet the elders and the living creatures, the angelic worship leaders who in this context lead all of creation in celebration of God’s justice (cf.

; ; ; ; ; ).

We have come full circle back to and the magnificent worship of the sovereign Lord, seated on his throne.

[J.

Scott Duvall, Revelation, ed.

Mark L. Strauss and John H. Walton, Teach the Text Commentary Series (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books, 2014), 247.]

b.

The Exhortation to Praise ().

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2. Alleluia of the Reigning Almighty ().

Rev. 19:6-8

The Participants In Worship.

a.

The Sounds of Their Praise - Deafening ().

Thus John shows us why we can have courage to be faithful, even in the midst of great trouble: our God reigns over all and will always be able to deliver us.

No wonder the praise from the multitude is thunderously loud!

How can it be anything less?

[Underwood and Nickelson, 308.]

Note - ...for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth - Ingressive Aorist, Lit.

"...has begun to rule"

And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude… and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.

—

I suppose the first thing to do would be to define omnipotence.

It comes, of course, from omni, meaning “all,” and potent, meaning “able to do and to have power.”

And so omnipotent means “able to do all and to have all power.”

It means having all the potency there is.

Then we come to a second word, Almighty….

Now that means exactly the same thing as omnipotent….

Almighty means “having an infinite and absolute plenitude of power.”

When you use the words infinite and absolute you can only be talking about one person—God.

There is only one infinite Being, because infinite means without limit.

And it is impossible that there should be two beings in the universe without limit.

So if there is only one, you are referring to God.

Even philosophy and human reason, as little as I think of them, have to admit this….

God has power and whatever God has is without limit; therefore, God is omnipotent.

God is absolute and whatever touches God or whatever God touches is absolute; therefore, God’s power is infinite; God is Almighty.

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What assurance to know I rest in the arms of an all-powerful God.

Alleluia, for the Lord God omnipotent reigns!

Amen.

[A.

W. Tozer and Ron Eggert, Tozer on the Almighty God: A 365-Day Devotional (Chicago, IL: Moody Publishers, 2015).]

b.

The Songs of Their Praise ().

i. Rejoicing in God ().

ii.

The Reasons for Rejoicing ().

a) Because the King Is Victorious (v.

7b).

b) Because His Queen Is Virtuous (v.

8).

...the resurrection of the saint will consummate the marriage union (cf.

; ), and so all caught up to be with the Lord (cf. ) will constitute the Bride of Christ in the NT dispensation.

Since NT saints are espoused to Christ awaiting resurrection and final consummation as Bride (cf.