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the wine vat to draw out fifty baths from the Revelation 15:1–8
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press, there were but twenty. I struck you Then I saw another sign in heaven, great
with blight and mildew and hail in all the 15 and marvelous: seven angels having the
labors of your hands; yet you did not turn to seven last plagues, for in them the wrath of
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Me,’ says the LORD. ‘Consider now from this God is complete.
day forward, from the twenty-fourth day of the 2 And I saw something like a sea of glass min-
ninth month, from the day that the foundation gled with fire, and those who have the victory
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of the LORD’s temple was laid—consider it: Is over the beast, over his image and over his
the seed still in the barn? As yet the vine, the mark and over the number of his name, stand-
fig tree, the pomegranate, and the olive tree ing on the sea of glass, having harps of God.
have not yielded fruit. But from this day I will 3 They sing the song of Moses, the servant of
bless you.’” God, and the song of the Lamb, saying:
20 And again the word of the LORD came to
Haggai on the twenty-fourth day of the month, “Great and marvelous are Your works,
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saying, “Speak to Zerubbabel, governor of Lord God Almighty!
Judah, saying: Just and true are Your ways,
O King of the saints!
‘I will shake heaven and earth. 4
22 I will overthrow the throne of Who shall not fear You, O Lord, and
glorify Your name?
kingdoms; For You alone are holy.
I will destroy the strength of the For all nations shall come and worship
Gentile kingdoms. before You,
I will overthrow the chariots For Your judgments have been
And those who ride in them; manifested.”
The horses and their riders shall
come down, 5 After these things I looked, and behold, the
Every one by the sword of his brother. temple of the tabernacle of the testimony in heav-
en was opened. And out of the temple came the
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23 ‘In that day,’ says the LORD of hosts, ‘I will
take you, Zerubbabel My servant, the son of seven angels having the seven plagues, clothed in
pure bright linen, and having their chests girded
Shealtiel,’ says the LORD, ‘and will make you with golden bands. Then one of the four living
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like a signet ring; for I have chosen you,’ says creatures gave to the seven angels seven golden
the LORD of hosts.”
bowls full of the wrath of God who lives forever
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Psalm 147:7–11 and ever. The temple was filled with smoke from
the glory of God and from His power, and no one
Sing to the LORD with thanksgiving; was able to enter the temple till the seven plagues
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Sing praises on the harp to of the seven angels were completed.
our God,
8 Who covers the heavens
with clouds,
Who prepares rain for the earth,
Who makes grass to grow on the 15:3 song of Moses. Sung by the people of
mountains. Israel immediately after their passage through
9 He gives to the beast its food, the Red Sea and their deliverance from the
And to the young ravens that cry. Egyptian armies (Ex. 15:1–21; Deut. 32:1–43),
this was a song of victory and deliverance that
He does not delight in the strength
10 the redeemed who overcome Antichrist and
of the horse; his system will readily identify with. song of
He takes no pleasure in the legs of a the Lamb. See 5:8–14. These two songs cele-
man. brate two great redemptive events: 1) deliver-
The LORD takes pleasure in those who
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fear Him, Moses and 2) deliverance of sinners by God
In those who hope in His mercy. from sin through Christ. Great and mar-
velous are Your works. This statement from
Proverbs 30:20 the song of the Lamb extols God’s powerful
works in creation as He providentially upholds
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This is the way of an adulterous the universe (Ps. 139:14). Almighty. God is
woman: omnipotent (Amos 4:13). King of the saints.
She eats and wipes her mouth, God is sovereign over the redeemed of every
And says, “I have done no nation (Jer. 10:7).
wickedness.”
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