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Revelation Praise Songs (5.9)
And they 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 for God people from every tribe and language and people and nation."(Revelation 5.9)
One of the great things about Revelation is that it is the book of new things. There is the new name,1 the new Jerusalem,2 "new Revelation praise songs,"3 the new heavens and the new earth,4 and there is the great promise that God makes all things new.5 The Revelation praise songs that the four living creatures and the elders sang was "a new song." The phrase "a new song" is very common in the Psalms where it is always a song for the new mercies of God. "Sing to him 'a new song' "says the Psalmist.6 "O sing "a new song" to the Lord, for he has done marvelous things."7 "I will sing a new song to thee, O God."8 "Praise the Lord. Sing to the Lord a new song, his praise in the assembly of the faithful."9
The nearest parallel in the Old Testament comes from Isaiah where God declares new things and the prophet calls upon humans to sing to the Lord "a new song," like the Revelation praise songs10 Let us begin by setting down this new song: "You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals, because you were slain, and with your blood you purchased for God people from every tribe and language and people and nation. You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to serve our God, and they will reign on the earth."
1 Revelation 2:17; 3:12 2 3:12; 21:2 3 5:9; 14:3 4 21:1 5 21:5 6 Psalm 33:3 7 Psalm 98:1; 96:1 8 Psalm 144:9 9 Psalm 149:1 10 Isaiah 42:9, 10
"Revelation Praise Songs."
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