Revelation 15:2-4

Revelation 15:2-4

“And I saw something like a sea of glass mingled with fire, and those who have the victory over the beast, over his image and over his mark and over the number of his name, standing on the sea of glass, having harps of God.”

All those who stood there were tried and victorious. The trials affect us like fire. 1 Pet. 4:12. The fire had done its work in them; therefore they could stand there and sing by the sea of glass mingled with fire. They had nothing to hide; everything was transparent. They had not only overcome the beast and its image, but also the number of his name. The number of his name was six hundred and sixty-six. Rev. 13:16-18. That is two-thirds. By this number all the various parties and associations have their opinions carried out. Everyone has to bow to the majority. On this point Satan has deceived mankind, for the majority has never loved the truth. Consequently, when they vote in order to gain the victory for the majority opinion, they are drifting away from God. It really takes an effort to gain the victory over so many. To do that, you have to go outside the camp.

“And they sing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, ‘Great and marvelous are Your works, Lord God Almighty! Just and true are Your ways, O King of the nations.’”

The majority of the people sing about the Lamb that was slaughtered, but they view the law of Moses in an unfavorable light—something from which Jesus has set us free. The law came by Moses, and Jesus did not come to abolish the law and the prophets, but to fulfill them, so that the requirement of the law can be fulfilled in us who walk according to the Spirit and not according to the flesh. Rom. 8:4. Those who stood by the sea of glass did not feel condemned by the law; not at all, because the requirement of the law had been fulfilled in them. They didn’t just think of receiving forgiveness for not having walked on God’s way; they had walked on it, and therefore they could sing the song of Moses and of the Lamb: “Great and marvelous are Your works, Lord God Almighty! Just and true are your ways . . . !”

In times of tribulation—in the days of adversity—we are inclined to think that God’s ways are not just. Consequently, people complain and murmur. This is when the fire needs to do a work in us. We worship far too much of the beast and its image; it makes us blind. Now we need to humble ourselves under God’s mighty hand—to be reconciled to God and not draw back from the fire. Those who stood by the sea of glass that was mingled with fire were reconciled to God’s way, and they sang: “Just and true are Your ways, O King of the nations! Who shall not fear You, O Lord, and glorify Your name? For You alone are holy. For all nations shall come and worship before You, for Your judgments have been manifested.”