Sunday, June 15, 2008

At The Throne of God

Revelation 5:11-14 "Then I looked, and I heard the voices of many angels on every side of the throne and of the living creatures and the elders and they numbered ten thousand times ten thousand and thousands of thousands. Saying in a loud voice. Deserving and worthy is the Lamb, Who was sacrificed, to receive all the power and riches and wisdom and might and honor and majesty, glory, splendor and blessing ! And I heard every created thing in heaven and on earth and under the earth and on the sea and all that is in it crying out together, To Him Who is seated on the throne and to the Lamb be ascribed the blessing and the honor and the majesty and the power, might and dominion, forever and ever!!!"

There is a place where the living creatures never cease to cry "Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty!" -Rev. 4:8. Imagine that. These are the living creatures who are surrounding the throne of God. They constantly are near Him and never stop their proclamations of worship. Never. Never.

How can this be? In my finite mind, I would think they would tire of this, or it would get old, like a job, day in and day out. After all, they've been doing it forever. They would just go on "auto pilot" and wonder if they would ever get a break. It's human nature. But it's not heavenly nature.

There is a place where everything is ALIVE. This place is at the throne of God Almighty. There is nothing there which hints of weakness, or being a chore, of being without purpose. Everything done by the Almighty One is life-giving, perfect, and awesome. To be there is the ultimate.

I don't believe that the living creatures and the angels do any of this praise by rote or by habit. On the contrary, they are constantly seeing God do things they've never seen before. He has not yet revealed all of who He is. He is constantly interacting with men and and working His works and revealing and speaking. And every time He does this, the angels see some new aspect of His glory, that has never been seen and they have to cry out "HOLY, HOLY, HOLY ! ! ! " And this never ends ! UNBELIEVABLE !

The Creator, the Ominipotent, Omniscient, Omnipresent One is so vast and unsearchable that this praise and worship will never end ! His attributes of lovingkindness, mercy, healing, justice, strength, power, glory, majesty, righteousness, splendor, creativity, counsel, wisdom, and knowledge are unending. His Word and His name are equally infinite and powerful. His works to men are also unending. So His praise is unending. We will never exhaust our expression of praise to an infinite God. HALLELUJAH ! ! !

And, here's the bonus. We can go to that place and come before His throne.
We can join in the worship at the throne. We, in fact, should be bringing the praise of heaven down to the earth. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. We should be instituting the kingdom of God on the earth as it is in heaven. The worshipers who see God are the ones who have this song in their mouths, the song of the living creatures. Because they are full of eyes and they see God, they are prophetic, they see the revealed things of God. And they do not cease to cry HOLY.

Now may this praise and worship be established on the earth as it is in heaven.

2 comments:

Joseph said...

It's nice to read your web blog, are you planning to preach the gospel through it?
p.s. thanks for keeping it touch

-Joseph

Brother Steven said...

As a dedicated worshipper, I totally agree with the emphasis of keeping the center of attention on Him and not on us. Let us not glorify the flesh, but magnify in spirit our Great God and King. Thank you for making your music Scripture based and God exalting!