The Song of the Redeemed

I was afforded the opportunity to preach at my church during the Sunday evening service last night, and I chose to preach from Revelation 14:1-5.

Then I looked, and behold, on Mount Zion stood the Lamb, and with him 144,000 who had his name and his Father’s name written on their foreheads. ² And I heard a voice from heaven like the roar of many waters and like the sound of loud thunder. The voice I heard was like the sound of harpists playing on their harps, ³ and they were singing a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and before the elders. No one could learn that song except the 144,000 who had been redeemed from the earth. ⁴ It is these who have not defiled themselves with women, for they are virgins. It is these who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. These have been redeemed from mankind as firstfruits for God and the Lamb, ⁵ and in their mouth no lie was found, for they are blameless.

John describes this glorious vision he has of the redeemed people of God gathered before the throne, and singing to him, in three parts: 1) the sight in verse 1, 2) the song in verses 2-3a, and the saints in verses 3b-5.