Revelation 4 and 5 give us a glimpse of what worship in heaven looks like. If anyone gets worship right anywhere, certainly it must be in heaven. We can learn something from what we see.
Worship in heaven is overwhelmingly God-centered. The hymn is about Him. Its about who God is, what he as done, he is the subject of every song. When we are found in heaven;'s song, it is only as object of of God's grace, singing about what He has done for us in Christ.
Worship in heaven is corporately and passionately practiced. The 24 elders are all together, the follow worship leadership and actively, passionately participate. worship is practiced repeatedly,it continues and will continue, they do not rest. This is not the bland leading the bland, but obeisance with abandon! You could say that heaven's worship is liturgical in its depth and intentionality and it is charismatic in its zeal and devotion.
In Revelation 5 worship in heaven is a joyful response to God for what He has done in Christ to make all creation right: heaven celebrates humanity reconciled, the rebellion of Satan put down, and paradise restored across all of creation. Their songs suggest that our worship, Sunday by Sunday, should be a joyful response to God, for what He has done in Christ, in anticipation of His making creation right. Although we don't yet see glory restored, we anticipate it in hope, and worship in faith. Believing enables worship.
Allan Ross writes, "If we ever begin to comprehend the risen Christ in all His glory, or faintly hear the heavenly choirs that surround the thone with the anthems of praise...then we can never again be satisfied with worship as usual. So, we join in with Chris Tomlin singing: I hear the voice of many angles sing, "worthy is the Lamb" and I hear the cray of every longing heart, "worthy is the Lamb!" Jesus has overcome, and the grave is overwhelmed. victory is won, He is risen from the dead...
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Romans - Living in God's Great Work
The book of Roman's is perhaps the apostle's opus, Paul's great work about God's great work. God's great work through history is the restoration of humanity. Our series in the book of Romans will take us deeper into God's great work. As you follow the series, join the conversation by adding your comments below.
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