SCRIPTURE: Revelation 14:1-15:4 (Page 1465); Exodus 15:1-21 (Page 85)
SERMON: Sing a New Song!								  7 January 2001

INTRODUCTION: AN INSTRUCTIVE STRUCTURE (14:1-15:4)

A. THE FINAL FOUR (12:1; 13:1; 13:11; 14:1; 14:6; 14:4; 15:2; see 1:4&chps.2,3; 5:1&chps.6,7; 8:2&chps.8-11)

B. OVERLAP (15:1&5f; see 8:2&6f)

C. PRAISE TO GOD FOR HIS VICTORY OVER HIS ENEMIES FOR OUR REDEMPTION (14:1-15:4; see Lk.2:71f; 2Sam.3:18; 8:1f)
1. the redeemed sing His praises (14:1-5)

2. His judgment against unbelievers is proclaimed (14:6-13)

3. His judgment against unbelievers is carried out (14:14-20)

4. the redeemed sing His praises (15:2-4)

5. summary: saved through the destruction of our enemies (14:1-15:4; 2Sam.3:18; 8:1f; see Rev.12:7-10; 1Jn.3:8; Heb.2:14f)

  I. THE NEW SONG OF THE LAMB: INTRODUCTION (14:1-5)

A. THE SIGN: THE LAMB AND HIS HOST (14:1f; see 12:1; 15:1)
1. the Lamb standing (14:1; contrast 13:1; also 13:3/5:6)

2. Mount Zion (14:1; Ps.2:6; constrast Rev.13:1)

3. Y144K (14:1,3; contrast 13:3,8,12,14)
a. sealed (14:1; see 7:4; Ezk.9:4f)

b. purchased (14:3,4; see 5:9; 7:9)

c. summary: 144k=an international multitude (14:1-4; 7:4,9; 5:9)

4. His name written (14:1; see 7:2f; Ezk.9:4f; see Mt.5:18; 26;24; contrast Rev.13:16-18)

B. THE WORD: THE HOST AND THEIR PRAISE (14:2; see 12:1&10)
1. heavenly: waters, thunder, harping (14:2; see 1:15; 19:6; Ezk.1:24; 43:2)

2. new song: new experience of old redemption (14:3; see 5:9; Is.42:10; Ps.33:3; 40:3; 96:1; 98:1; 144:9; 149:1)

3. in heaven (14:3; see 5:8,9)

4. the song of the redeemed (3b,4b; see 13:11,12,14,14; see Mt.6:10-21; Ps.17:13,14; see Ex.15:1f; Dt.31:19; 32:1f; Ex.15:1f; 13&16)

5. redeemed out of sin and in to faithfulness (14:4,5; see Col.1:13,14; 1Cor.6:20; 1Pt.1:18,19; 2:21,22)

(completed on reverse)

SERMON: Sing a New Song!								  7 January 2001

 II. THE NEW SONG OF THE LAMB: CONCLUSION (15:2-4)

A. THE SIGN: THE CALM AFTER THE STORM (15:2; 14:6-20; 13:1f; see 12:15; 13:1f; see Ex.15:8(Ps.33:7,1; 78:13) and Ps.107:29; Mt.8:26; see Ezk.1:27; 10;1; Ex.24:9f)

B. THE WORD: NEW SONG OF NEW VICTORY (15:2,3; 14:3; see Is.42:9,10; Ps.33:3; 40:3, 96:1; 98;1; 144:9; 149:1)
1. old song: Moses, servant, Red Sea; earthly, partial, temporal (Ex.14:30; 15:1f; see Heb.3:5)

2. new song: Christ, Son, dead sea; heavenly, complete, eternal (Rev.14,15; see Heb.3:6)

3. harps of God: made without hands (15:2,3; 14:2; see 5:8,9; Heb.9:11; 2Cor.4:18f; Eph.5:19; Heb.13:17; see Lk.6:45)

4. the content of praise (15:3,4; see Ex.15:1f; Dt.32:1f; see Is.42:9,10; Ps.33:3; 40:3, 96:1; 98;1; 144:9; 149:1)
a1.  great and marvelous are Your works (15:3b; plagues, Ex.15:11 & Dt.28:59f w/ Rev.14:6f; see Ps.111:2-4,6,9; 86:9,10)
b1.  the Almighty God (15:3b; see 1:8; 4:8; 11:17; 16:7,14; 19:6,15; 21:22; see Dan.2:20f; 4:2,17,25,32)

a2.  righteous and true are Your ways (15:3c; see Dt.32:4; 31:30; see Jn.3:18; Ps.2)
b2.  king of the nations (15:3c; see 1:5; 11:15f; 17;14; 19:16; see Jer.10:7; Ps.2:1,8; see Ex.15:18,14f; Dan.2:20f; 4:17f)

(a3) fearful and glorious are Your manifested judgments (4a,c; see 14:6-20; Ex.15:6)
(b3) the Holy One whom all nations will come and worship (4b; see Ex.15:11; 1Kngs.8:23; Ps.35:10; 89:6,8; 113:5; Is.46:5(6:1f; 1:4,etc.); contrast Rev.13:4(12:7))

III. SING A NEW SONG TO THE LORD FOR THE WONDERS HE HAS DONE! 
(Ex.15:1f; Col.1:13,14; Rev.14:1-6; 15:2-4; Is.42:9,10; Ps.33:3; 40:3; 96;1; 98:1; 144:9; 149:1; Eph.5:19; Heb.13:17)