Songs of Heaven

Worship has been a theme that has emerged here on several occasions. I wonder have you noticed the songs of heaven in Revelation 5. I don’t know about you, but whenever I read Revelation 5 my focus tends (probably rightly) to be on the first nine verses. They paint an awesome picture of heaven where there seems to be no-one worthy to open the scroll. John weeps and weeps until one of the elders says to him, “Do not weep! See, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David has triumphed”. John lifts his head and saw a lamb looking as if it had been slain. It is hard to take your eyes off of Jesus in this passage.

That is exactly the experience of those who were there in that vision, they couldn’t take their eyes off of Jesus and so they worshipped him. There are three songs sung in Revelation 5. The first is “The Gospel Song”. The four living creatures and the 24 elders sang a new song:
“"You are worthy to take the scroll
and to open its seals,
because you were slain,
and with your blood you purchased men for God
from every tribe and language and people and nation.
10You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to serve our God,
and they will reign on the earth."
This first song sings of the gospel and of how Jesus was slain and with his shed blood on the cross purchased men and women from all over the globe for God. It is the gospel song and there are only a few singing it; the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders. But the song grows!

The second song is, “The Glory Song”. John says that he looked and heard the voice of many angels numbering thousands upon thousands, No! Ten thousand upon ten thousand! All the heavenly host have joined in the song; all the heavenly host can’t take their eyes of Jesus and they sing,
"Worthy is the Lamb, who was slain,
to receive power and wealth and wisdom and strength
and honor and glory and praise!"
All of heaven focused on Jesus the Lamb who was slain; all the heavenly host singing the praise of the King, the one who is to receive all power and wealth and wisdom and strength. But still the song grows! How can it grow beyond ten thousand times ten thousand angelic beings?

The third song is, “The Global Song”. Just when it seems that things can’t get anymore awesome John says then I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and on the sea and all that is in them singing. This song now encapsulates every living thing that ever has been whether spiritual or physical, all that there is will praise the Lord in this global song!
"To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb
be praise and honour and glory and power,
for ever and ever!"
All that there is or ever has been singing praise, honour, glory and power be to the Lamb for ever and ever. And the heavenly song grows!

I wonder if the clearer we see the heavenly scene; the more exuberantly we will sing the heavenly song.