The Book of REVELATION Chapter Nineteen

The Book of Revelation  

Chapter Nineteen

Overview: Revelation Ch. 12-22— “The Bible Project”

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Rejoicing in Heaven

1 After this I heard what seemed to be the loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, crying out,

“Hallelujah!

Salvation and glory and power belong to our God,

2  for his judgments are true and just;

for he has judged the great prostitute

    who corrupted the earth with her immorality,

and has avenged on her the blood of his servants.”

3 Once more they cried out,    “Hallelujah!

The smoke from her goes up forever and ever.”

4 And the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God who was seated on the throne, saying, “Amen. Hallelujah!” 5 And from the throne came a voice saying,

“Praise our God,

    all you his servants,

you who fear him,

    small and great.”

The Marriage Supper of the Lamb

6 Then I heard what seemed to be the voice of a great multitude, like the roar of many waters and like the sound of mighty peals of thunder, crying out,    “Hallelujah!

For the Lord our God  the Almighty reigns.

7  Let us rejoice and exult and give him the glory, for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and his Bride has made herself ready;

8  it was granted her to clothe herself

    with fine linen, bright and pure”—

for the fine linen is the righteous deeds of the saints.

9 And the angel said to me, “Write this: Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.” And he said to me, “These are the true words of God.” 10 Then I fell down at his feet to worship him, but he said to me, “You must not do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers who hold to the testimony of Jesus. Worship God.” For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.

The Rider on a White Horse

11 Then I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse! The one sitting on it is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he judges and makes war. 12 His eyes are like a flame of fire, and on his head are many diadems, and he has a name written that no one knows but himself. 

13 He is clothed in a robe dipped in blood, and the name by which he is called is The Word of God. 

14 And the armies of heaven, arrayed in fine linen, white and pure, were following him on white horses.
15 From his mouth comes a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations, and he will rule them with a rod of iron. He will tread the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty. 16 On his robe and on his thigh he has a name written, King of kings and Lord of lords.

17 Then I saw an angel standing in the sun, and with a loud voice he called to all the birds that fly directly overhead, “Come, gather for the great supper of God, 18 to eat the flesh of kings, the flesh of captains, the flesh of mighty men, the flesh of horses and their riders, and the flesh of all men, both free and slave, both small and great.” 19 And I saw the beast and the kings of the earth with their armies gathered to make war against him who was sitting on the horse and against his army. 20 And the beast was captured, and with it the false prophet who in its presence had done the signs by which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped its image. These two were thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulfur. 21 And the rest were slain by the sword that came from the mouth of him who was sitting on the horse, and all the birds were gorged with their flesh.

The Book of REVELATION Chapter Eighteen

The Book of Revelation  

Chapter Eighteen

Overview: Revelation Ch. 12-22— “The Bible Project”

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The Fall of Babylon

1 After this I saw another angel coming down from heaven, having great authority, and the earth was made bright with his glory. 

2  And he called out with a mighty voice,

“Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great!

    She has become a dwelling place for demons,

a haunt for every unclean spirit,

  a haunt for every unclean bird,

    a haunt for every unclean and detestable beast.

3 For all nations have drunk the wine of the passion of her sexual immorality and the kings of the earth have committed immorality with her, and the merchants of

the earth have grown rich from the power of her luxurious living.”4 Then I heard another voice from heaven saying,“Come out of her, my people, lest you take part in her sins, lest you share in her plagues;

5 for her sins are heaped high as heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities.

6 Pay her back as she herself has paid back others, and repay her double for her deeds; mix a double portion for her in the cup she mixed.

7 As she glorified herself and lived in luxury, so give her a like measure of torment and mourning, since in her heart she says,

‘I sit as a queen, I am no widow, and mourning I shall never see.’

8 For this reason her plagues will come in a single day, death and mourning and famine, and she will be burned up with fire; for mighty is the Lord God who has judged her.”

9 And the kings of the earth, who committed sexual immorality and lived in luxury with her, will weep and wail over her when they see the smoke of her burning. 10 They will stand far off, in fear of her torment, and say,

“Alas! Alas! You great city,

    you mighty city, Babylon!

      For in a single hour your judgment has come.”

11 And the merchants of the earth weep and mourn for her, since no one buys their cargo anymore, 12 cargo of gold, silver, jewels, pearls, fine linen, purple cloth, silk, scarlet cloth, all kinds of scented wood, all kinds of articles of ivory, all kinds of articles of costly wood, bronze, iron and marble, 13 cinnamon, spice, incense, myrrh, frankincense, wine, oil, fine flour, wheat, cattle and sheep, horses and chariots, and slaves, that is, human souls.

14 “The fruit for which your soul longed has gone from you,

and all your delicacies and your splendour are lost to you,  never to be found again!”

15 The merchants of these wares, who gained wealth from her, will stand far off, in fear of her torment, weeping and mourning aloud,

16 “Alas, alas, for the great city that was clothed in fine linen, in purple and scarlet, adorned with gold, with jewels, and with pearls!

17 For in a single hour all this wealth has been laid waste.”

And all shipmasters and seafaring men, sailors and all whose trade is on the sea, stood far off 18 and cried out as they saw the smoke of her burning,

“What city was like the great city?”

19 And they threw dust on their heads as they wept and mourned, crying out,

“Alas, alas, for the great city

    where all who had ships at sea

      grew rich by her wealth!

For in a single hour she has been laid waste.

20 Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you saints and apostles and prophets, for God has given judgment for you against her!”

21 Then a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone and threw it into the sea, saying,

“So will Babylon the great city be thrown down with violence,

 and will be found no more;

22 and the sound of harpists and musicians, of flute players and trumpeters, will be heard in you no more, and a craftsman of any craft will be found in you no more, and the sound of the mill will be heard in you no more,

23 and the light of a lamp will shine in you no more, and the voice of bridegroom and bride will be heard in you no more,

for your merchants were the great ones of the earth, and all nations were deceived by your sorcery.

24 And in her was found the blood of prophets and of saints, and of all who have been slain on earth.”

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PSALM 107

 Let the Redeemed of the Lord Say So

1 

Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good,

    for his steadfast love endures forever!

2 

Let the redeemed of the Lord say so,

    whom he has redeemed from trouble

3 

and gathered in from the lands,

    from the east and from the west,

    from the north and from the south.

4 

Some wandered in desert wastes,

    finding no way to a city to dwell in;

5 

hungry and thirsty,

    their soul fainted within them.

6 

Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble,

    and he delivered them from their distress.

7 

He led them by a straight way

    till they reached a city to dwell in.

8 

Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love,

    for his wondrous works to the children of man!

9 

For he satisfies the longing soul,

    and the hungry soul he fills with good things.

10 

Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death,

    prisoners in affliction and in irons,

11 

for they had rebelled against the words of God,

    and spurned the counsel of the Most High.

12 

So he bowed their hearts down with hard labor;

    they fell down, with none to help.

13 

Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble,

    and he delivered them from their distress.

14 

He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death,

    and burst their bonds apart.

15 

Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love,

    for his wondrous works to the children of man!

16 

For he shatters the doors of bronze

    and cuts in two the bars of iron.

17 

Some were fools through their sinful ways,

    and because of their iniquities suffered affliction;

18 

they loathed any kind of food,

    and they drew near to the gates of death.

19 

Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble,

    and he delivered them from their distress.

20 

He sent out his word and healed them,

    and delivered them from their destruction.

21 

Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love,

    for his wondrous works to the children of man!

22 

And let them offer sacrifices of thanksgiving,

    and tell of his deeds in songs of joy!

23 

Some went down to the sea in ships,

    doing business on the great waters;

24 

they saw the deeds of the Lord,

    his wondrous works in the deep.

25 

For he commanded and raised the stormy wind,

    which lifted up the waves of the sea.

26 

They mounted up to heaven; they went down to the depths;

    their courage melted away in their evil plight;

27 

they reeled and staggered like drunken men

    and were at their wits' end.

28 

Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble,

    and he delivered them from their distress.

29 

He made the storm be still,

    and the waves of the sea were hushed.

30 

Then they were glad that the waters were quiet,

    and he brought them to their desired haven.

31 

Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love,

    for his wondrous works to the children of man!

32 

Let them extol him in the congregation of the people,

    and praise him in the assembly of the elders.

33 

He turns rivers into a desert,

    springs of water into thirsty ground,

34 

a fruitful land into a salty waste,

    because of the evil of its inhabitants.

35 

He turns a desert into pools of water,

    a parched land into springs of water.

36 

And there he lets the hungry dwell,

    and they establish a city to live in;

37 

they sow fields and plant vineyards

    and get a fruitful yield.

38 

By his blessing they multiply greatly,

    and he does not let their livestock diminish.

39 

When they are diminished and brought low

    through oppression, evil, and sorrow,

40 

he pours contempt on princes

    and makes them wander in trackless wastes;

41 

but he raises up the needy out of affliction

    and makes their families like flocks.

42 

The upright see it and are glad,

    and all wickedness shuts its mouth.

43 

Whoever is wise, let him attend to these things;

    let them consider the steadfast love of the Lord.

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Oh give thanks ! (Psalm 107)

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Psalm 107:3-31 -Be magnified - Don Moen

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Psalm 107 - song - Jason Silver 

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Oh Give Thanks (Psalm 107) · Wendell Kimbrough ·

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PSALM 106

Give Thanks to the Lord, 

for He is Good

106 

Praise the Lord!

Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good,

    for his steadfast love endures forever!

2 

Who can utter the mighty deeds of the Lord,

    or declare all his praise?

3 

Blessed are they who observe justice,

    who do righteousness at all times!

4 

Remember me, O Lord, when you show favour to your people;

    help me when you save them,

5 

that I may look upon the prosperity of your chosen ones,

    that I may rejoice in the gladness of your nation,

    that I may glory with your inheritance.

6 

Both we and our fathers have sinned;

    we have committed iniquity; 

we have done wickedness.

7 

Our fathers, when they were in Egypt,

    did not consider your wondrous works;

they did not remember the abundance of your steadfast love,

    but rebelled by the sea, at the Red Sea.

8 

Yet he saved them for his name's sake,

    that he might make known his mighty power.

9 

He rebuked the Red Sea, and it became dry,

    and he led them through the deep as through a desert.

10 

So he saved them from the hand of the foe

    and redeemed them from the power of the enemy.

11 

And the waters covered their adversaries;

    not one of them was left.

12 

Then they believed his words;

    they sang his praise.

13 

But they soon forgot his works;

    they did not wait for his counsel.

14 

But they had a wanton craving in the wilderness,

    and put God to the test in the desert;

15 

he gave them what they asked,

    but sent a wasting disease among them.

16 

When men in the camp were jealous of Moses

    and Aaron, the holy one of the Lord,

17 

the earth opened and swallowed up Dathan,

    and covered the company of Abiram.

18 

Fire also broke out in their company;

    the flame burned up the wicked.

19 

They made a calf in Horeb

    and worshiped a metal image.

20 

They exchanged the glory of God

    for the image of an ox that eats grass.

21 

They forgot God, their Savior,

    who had done great things in Egypt,

22 

wondrous works in the land of Ham,

    and awesome deeds by the Red Sea.

23 

Therefore he said he would destroy them—

    had not Moses, his chosen one,

stood in the breach before him,

    to turn away his wrath from destroying them.

24 

Then they despised the pleasant land,

    having no faith in his promise.

25 

They murmured in their tents,

    and did not obey the voice of the Lord.

26 

Therefore he raised his hand and swore to them

    that he would make them fall in the wilderness,

27 

and would make their offspring fall among the nations,

    scattering them among the lands.

28 

Then they yoked themselves to the Baal of Peor,

    and ate sacrifices offered to the dead;

29 

they provoked the Lord to anger with their deeds,

    and a plague broke out among them.

30 

Then Phinehas stood up and intervened,

    and the plague was stayed.

31 

And that was counted to him as righteousness

    from generation to generation forever.

32 

They angered him at the waters of Meribah,

    and it went ill with Moses on their account,

33 

for they made his spirit bitter,

    and he spoke rashly with his lips.

34 

They did not destroy the peoples,

    as the Lord commanded them,

35 

but they mixed with the nations

    and learned to do as they did.

36 

They served their idols,

    which became a snare to them.

37 

They sacrificed their sons

    and their daughters to the demons;

38 

they poured out innocent blood,

    the blood of their sons and daughters,

whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan,

    and the land was polluted with blood.

39 

Thus they became unclean by their acts,

    and played the whore in their deeds.

40 

Then the anger of the Lord was kindled against his people,

    and he abhorred his heritage;

41 

he gave them into the hand of the nations,

    so that those who hated them ruled over them.

42 

Their enemies oppressed them,

    and they were brought into subjection under their power.

43 

Many times he delivered them,

    but they were rebellious in their purposes

    and were brought low through their iniquity.

44 

Nevertheless, he looked upon their distress,

    when he heard their cry.

45 

For their sake he remembered his covenant,

    and relented according to the abundance 

of his steadfast love.

46 

He caused them to be pitied

    by all those who held them captive.

47 

Save us, O Lord our God,

    and gather us from among the nations,

that we may give thanks to your holy name

    and glory in your praise.

48 

Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel,

    from everlasting to everlasting!

And let all the people say, “Amen!”

    Praise the Lord!

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Psalm 106:1-6,19-23  -  Jason Silver- https://youtu.be/uRWCCbN7yJw

Psalm 105:1-5,7-8a   (Esther Mui)  https://youtu.be/AgCm675tKas