Spiritual Meaning of REVELATION 19:5
Suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of them that praise God (Luke 2:13, 20).
The whole multitude of the disciples began to praise God with a great voice (Luke 19:37).
They were in the temple praising and blessing God (Luke 24:53).
Cause to be heard, praise ye, and say, O Jehovah, save Thy people (Jer. 31:7).
Praise ye Jehovah in the heavens; praise Him in the heights; praise ye Him, His angels; praise ye Him, His hosts; praise ye Him, sun and moon; praise Him, all ye stars of light; praise Him, ye heavens of heavens; praise ye the name of Jehovah; praise Jehovah from the earth; He hath exalted praise from all peoples (Ps. 148:1-5, 7, 13, 14).
Out of the mouths of infants and sucklings Thou hast perfected praise (Matt. 21:16).
All the people gave praise unto God (Luke 18:43; Isa. 42:8; 60:18; Joel 2:26; Ps. 113:1, 3; 117:1).
These things which are said in this verse do not have reference to those which precede concerning Babylon, but to the things that follow concerning the New Church to be established by the Lord; which is here treated of in what follows.
. Both small and great, signifies those who worship the Lord from the truths of faith and the goods of love in a lesser and in a greater degree. By "the small and the great" in the natural sense they are meant who are in a lesser and in a greater degree of dignity, but in the spiritual sense those who are in a lesser and in a greater degree of worship of the Lord, and thus who worship the Lord less and more holily and fully from the truths of faith and the goods of love. This is signified because it follows after "Praise God, all ye His servants, and ye that fear Him;" by which such things are signified (n. 809, 527, 604). REVELATION 19:5 previous - next - text - summary - Revelation - Full Page
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