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Revelation 15:4

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Chapter 15
Seven Angels with Seven Plagues
1I saw in heaven another great and marvelous sign: seven angels with the seven last plagues–last, because with them God's wrath is completed.2And I saw what looked like a sea of glass mixed with fire and, standing beside the sea, those who had been victorious over the beast and his image and over the number of his name. They held harps given them by God3and sang the song of Moses the servant of God and the song of the Lamb:
“Great and marvelous are your deeds,
Lord God Almighty.
Just and true are your ways,
King of the ages.
4Who will not fear you, O Lord,
and bring glory to your name?
For you alone are holy.
All nations will come
and worship before you,
for your righteous acts have been revealed.”
5After this I looked and in heaven the temple, that is, the tabernacle of the Testimony, was opened.6Out of the temple came the seven angels with the seven plagues. They were dressed in clean, shining linen and wore golden sashes around their chests.7Then one of the four living creatures gave to the seven angels seven golden bowls filled with the wrath of God, who lives for ever and ever.8And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God and from his power, and no one could enter the temple until the seven plagues of the seven angels were completed.

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Lam1033 - (eBible Novice) about 1 year ago.
Before judgment falls, John saw a company of victors with harps of God. They are the ones mentioned in 14:2-3. Why the reference to a sea of glass? These who have triumphed over the beast (cf. ch. 13) have paid the supreme price and have entered into bliss. The sea may have reference to the bronze laver in the tabernacle of Moses and the bronze sea in the Temple. Here its waters are not disturbed any longer; it is that which is unalterable and firm. Purity is indicated here, but it has been attained at the cost of trials under the beasts (so the fire). As in 14:2, they have harps to accompany their praise to God. The theme of their harp playing is the song of Moses and the song of the Lamb (cf. Ex 15:1-18). What do these songs have in common? They both celebrate redemption and deliverance. In the first case, it was God's physical release of Israel from Egyptian servitude through the Passover Lamb; here it is liberation spiritually from the bondage of Satan and his agents through “Christ our Passover” (cf. I Cor 5:7). In their singing they extol God's great and marvelous works, His righteousness and truth, His sovereignty over the nations, His holiness, and ultimate reception of universal worship through the disclosure of His righteous dealings.
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