Sing Into Your Storm ~ Overcoming Adversity Through High Praise

it is clear that Heaven Song continually filled the very atmosphere around the Throne of God! One the most beautiful insights into worship and the Heaven Song being lifted up before this same Throne of God, is from the Book of Revelation. St. John the Divine was lifted up into Heaven through an extraordinary revelatory experience and was allowed later even to write about the things he saw. What did John see? What did John write? He said that he saw a “Lamb…” Certainly there were many things in Heaven that might have caught John’s attention, but the one thing he was transfixed upon was The Lamb in the center of the Throne! “Then I looked, and behold, a Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with Him, one hundred and forty-four thousand, having His Father’s name written on their foreheads. And I heard a voice from Heaven, like the sound of many waters… like the voice of loud thunder. And I heard the sound of harpists playing their harps. They sang as it were a new song before the Throne…” (Revelation 14:2) The “ sound of many waters” This gives us a glorious picture of deep, intimate worship before the Throne of God. The very word sound translated means a tone that arises from musical instruments, coupled with speech , language , and utterances ( song ) coming from a thunderous multitude of people from every nation, tribe and tongue - numerous in attendance, representing many streams ( waters ) flowing together to form a river of praise! It is the sound of many waters… Heaven Song ! A transparent company of worshippers, forming a pure, crystal sea of holy and undefiled lovers, singing in perfect harmony, and burning in fiery zeal and passion for The Lamb of God. John described it this way:

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