An Introduction to the Book of Revelation

THE ETERNAL VICTORY OF HEAVEN [19].
After announcing the fall of Babylon and her lamentation, he
presents heaven's congregational song of victory.
1. With a congregational spirit, everyone sings the hymn
"Alleluia" which is repeated four times, sung by the great multitude
in heaven [1], with the twenty-four priests and the four living creatures
[4].
2. The secret of joy of the heavenly and earthly creatures is
that the time of the eternal marriage has come [7], which was frequently
anticipated by the psalmist (Ps. 45), and the prophets (Isa.
54:4; Ezek. 16:7-14; Hos. 2:16). Besides it was spoken about by St.
John the Baptist (John 3:29), and even the Groom Himself (Matt.
9:15; 22:2-10), as well as His Apostles (2 Cor. 11:2).
4. The bride's adornment is God's righteousness [8], and His
splendor (Ezek. 16:14).
5. The Bridegroom is a King [6], a warrior [11], and a
conqueror [15]... He is King of kings and Lord of lord's [16].
6. On the other hand, instead of the eternal marriage supper,
we find a dirty supper for ravenous birds prepared from the flesh of
kings, of captains, of mighty men, of horses, of free men and of
slaves who worshipped the beast [17,18].
7. The view is concluded by an eternal doom for the beast
and for the false prophet in the lake of fire [19,21].
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