Songs of Heaven (3). Please read Revelation 5:11-14. “Then I looked again, and I heard the voices of thousands and millions of angels around the throne and of the living creatures and the elders. And they sang in a mighty chorus: ‘Worthy is the Lamb who was slaughtered – to receive power and riches and …
Songs of Heaven (2). Please read Revelation 5:8-10. “And when the Lamb took the scroll, the four living creatures and the 24 elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp, and they held gold bowls filled with incense, which are the prayers of the people. And they sang a new song with …
Songs of Heaven (1). Please read Revelation 4. In heaven, worship is what they do, and music is how they do it. Worship is heaven’s team sport, and music is the common language. Music fills the air of heaven, because there is unending worship of God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy …
Song to Timothy (2). Please read II Timothy 2:11-13. “If we die with Him, we will also live with Him. If we endure hardship, we will reign with Him. If we deny Him, He will deny us. If we are unfaithful, He remains faithful, for He cannot deny who He is.” CONTEXT. Paul’s “famous last …
Song to Timothy. Please read I Timothy 3:16. “God was revealed in the flesh, Proved right by the Spirit, Beheld by the angels, Proclaimed among the nations, Believed on in the world, Taken up in glory.” CONTEXT. St. Paul wrote this personal letter to his spiritual son, Timothy, the young Bishop of Ephesus. Timothy was …
Song to the Colossians. Please read Colossians 1:15-20. “Christ is the visible image of the invisible God. He existed before anything was created and is supreme over all creation. For through Him God created everything in the heavenly realms and on earth. He made the things we can see and the things we can’t see …
Song to the Philippians. Please read Philippians 2:5-11. “Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus… who, although He existed in the form of God did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied Himself, taking the form of a bond-servant, and being made in the likeness of …
Song to the Ephesians. Please read Ephesians 5:14. “Arise, O sleeper! Rise up from the dead, and Christ will shine into you and upon you!” THE CONTEXT. Ephesus was the center of just about everything deemed important in that region of western Turkey. It was the political capital; the converging point of all the trade …
Song of Zechariah. Please read Luke 1:67-79. THE CONTEXT. Zechariah and his wife Elizabeth were faithful and devoted believers in Yahweh, “righteous before God, walking blamelessly in all the commands of the Lord.” He was a priest in the temple, and it was his turn to burn the incense in the Holy Place. When near …
Angels in Scripture: The Song of the Angels. Please read Luke 2:13-14. “And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying: ‘Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, goodwill toward men.’” (Luke 2:13-14, NKJ). GLORIA IN EXCELSIS DEO. Antonio Vivaldi. Director: A. Fauró Fear …
Song of Habakkuk. Please read Habakkuk 3. AUTHOR. Habakkuk is the presumed author of this book, and little is known of his life as a prophet. We do know he was probably working as a prophet during the reign of Jehoiakim, between 612-588 BC. His name means “embracer” or “one who clings to.” Habakkuk is …
Song of Hezekiah. Please read Isaiah 38. AUTHOR. Hezekiah definitely had a spotty record, but he generally did “what was good and pleasing in the eyes of the Lord.” He was made king after the evil reign of his father Ahaz. At the age of 25, shortly after beginning his reign around 726 BC, Hezekiah …