What a great game! It was fun to watch even on television! The word for this week is "alleluia".
{A special note: I know that we have covered this word before, but when I tried to do something else, He just kept bringing me back to this! I am thinking that a review of this is not a bad thing and that we both can probably use the exhoratation! :) }
It's only found in four verses in Revelation and we'll be looking at three of them here:
Revelation 19:1 And after these things I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honour, and power, unto the Lord our God: KJV
Revelation 19:4 And the four and twenty elders and the four beasts fell down and worshipped God that sat on the throne, saying, Amen; Alleluia. KJV
Revelation 19:5-9 5 And a voice came out of the throne, saying, Praise our God, all ye his servants, and ye that fear him, both small and great. 6 And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigns. 7 Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready. 8 And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints. 9 And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, These are the true sayings of God. KJV
This is the Greek word "allelouia". Strong's Concordance says: praise ye Jah! an adoring exclamation. This is a compound word, with the first part being "halal" (to be clear; to shine; to make a show; to be clamorously foolish; to rave; to celebrate; to stultify [Dictionary says: to make or cause to appear foolish or ridiculous] and the second part the Name of God. This worship of the Lord is nothing new for Heaven, but we are seeing a very noticeable increase in true praise and worship all over the world. There are so many anointed praise and worship leaders that are putting their music out there for all believers to make use of. When we first started out, there weren't any! We prefer Hillsong, Hillsong United, Hillsong Young and Free and Hillsong Kids because we have grown up with them and for the most part they are very true to the Word of God. Others that I like are Chris Tomlin and Kari Jobe. Being a musician yourself, I'm sure you have your own preferences! The important thing is that we make use of the tools that God has provided us to become true worshippers, who worship in Spirit and in Truth! John 4:23-24:
23 But the hour comes, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeks such to worship him. 24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth. KJV
I have heard people who have had visions of Heaven say that in Heaven there is continual praise going on. I don't know about Heaven, but I DO know that Jesus said THIS in Luke 19:40:
40 And he answered and said unto them, I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out. KJV
I may not have a beautiful singing voice, but I refuse to be outdone by a dumb rock! :) I am guessing that you feel the same way! In that light, here is Hillsong with "For Who Your Are":
Love and Shalom from the Swoveys!
