Revelation 19 DEVO: Loud Cheering!

Chapter 19:
Whew – we made it through chapters 6-18! Certainly 14:16 has proven true: “This calls for patient endurance on the part of the people of God!”
Now it’s time for God’s people to sing and this chapter if filled with songs of cheering: The Hallelujah Chorus, Salvation Belongs to Our God, Crown Him with Many Crowns, His Truth is Marching On, Be to Our God, etc…. God has won the battle and the victory causes us to praise the Lord – which is what “hallelujah” means!
In this chapter we read of the activity of the angels, the 24 elders, the 4 living creatures and the redeemed saints – all of which are praising the Lord! Why? “For the wedding of the Lamb has come, and his bride has made herself ready.” This will begin the earthly kingdom of God and we see the church (bride) finally pure! And “Blessed are those who are invited to the wedding supper of the Lamb!” Of all the invites you could ever get, this is the best invitation in the universe!
We then see the real white horse of victory! Notice the descriptions of Jesus here:
“Faithful and True”
“The Word of God”
“King of Kings and “Lord of Lords” (buy the way, is this one a tattoo?)
The antichrist and the false prophet are captured and “thrown alive into the fiery lake of burning sulfur.” The gross metaphors in this chapter are meant to show the completeness of the victory by our Lord.
SO WHAT?!
*The thing that will consume our relationship with God in heaven is WORSHIP! How are you involved in worshipping our Lord right now? Publically, do you gather with other believers regularly (church) to worship God? We are commanded to (Hebrews 10:24-25). Privately, do you spend regular time with God in the Bible and in prayer? We need to if we want to develop this wonderful relationship with our Creator!
*How are you cheering for God? We’ll yell like crazy for our sports teams, but do you & I show our support for God and His ways? I truly believe one of the titles all believers could have is “cheerleader.” In the way we live, in the words we speak, in the things we think about, are you & I “saying” GO GOD!?~