Worship the Lord Part II

WORSHIP THE LORD PART II

Praise Sets The Captives Free

Again we see God shake the earth to come to the aid of His people as they praise Him. Paul and Silas were tossed into prison, their feet fastened in stocks, when a miracle happened:

Acts 16:25-26 New King James Version (NKJV)

But at midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them. 26 Suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken; and immediately all the doors were opened and everyone’s chains were loosed.

 A perfectly positioned earthquake to free His people and glorify His power before the unsaved: how can we not praise such a wondrous God!

Standing on a Hill and Singing and the Enemies Flee

 2Chronicles 20 speaks of worship to God again being used at His direction to ultimately defeat Israel’s enemies. God’s people were told they would not even have to fight with weapons. Their praises so pleased the Lord that He Himself fought for them:

21And when he [Jehoshaphat] had consulted with the people, he appointed those who should sing to the Lord, and who should praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army and were saying:

“Praise the Lord, for His mercy endures forever.”

22 Now when they began to sing and to praise, the Lord set ambushes against the people of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir, who had come against Judah; and they were defeated.

As simple as that – if God is for us, it matters not how many are against us. When the high praises of God are in your mouth, God can wreak vengeance on your – and His — enemies.

The Glorious Announcement

 When Jesus came into the world, His appearance was made known by a mighty chorus of the angelic heavenly host singing “Glory to God in the Highest.” (See Luke 2:13-14). We’re so accustomed to this “little scene” that we might make the error of gliding right past it; so let’s pause for a while, shall we. Have you ever wondered how many were in that heavenly host?

Verse 13. – With the angel a multitude of the heavenly host. One of the glorious titles by which the eternal King was known among the chosen people was “Lord of sabaoth,” equivalent to “Lord of hosts.” In several passages of the Scriptures is the enormous multitude of these heavenly beings noticed…where the Hebrew is much more expressive than the English rendering as in Daniel 7:10, “Ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him” https://biblehub.com/commentaries/luke/2-13.htm

If you literally multiply ten thousand times ten thousand, you arrive at a staggering figure: one hundred million!! Yet, look below at the commentary on Revelation 5:11-12:

ten thousand times ten thousand] Lit. myriads of myriads, the Greek (and Hebrew) language having a single word for the number 10,000: so that the effect is as if we should say “millions of millions and thousands of thousands” (in Genesis 24:60 words equivalent to these are translated “thousands of millions.”) In Daniel 7:10 the order is the reverse, “thousand thousands … and ten thousand times ten thousand,” with the obvious motive of a climax: here the effect is, “there were hundreds of millions massed together, and if you counted those in the mass, the numbers you would leave over would be millions still”…” “their number was infinite, not to be numbered.  https://biblehub.com/commentaries/revelation/5-11.htm (Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges and Matthew Poole’s Commentary on Revelation 5: 11-12)

Then I looked, and I heard the voice of many angels around the throne, the living creatures, and the elders; and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands, 12 saying with a loud voice:

“Worthy is the Lamb who was slain

To receive power and riches and wisdom,

And strength and honor and glory and blessing!”

Just think, one day, one glorious day, when time is no more, we will join this celestial choir in all praise and honor to His Name ! What will we sing? Perhaps the following…

HANDEL’S THE MESSIAH:THE HALLELUJAH CHORUS

When the music for this biblical passage began, King George, I believe, made a statement about royal authority and honor:

[He said] The Christian King of England is not the Supreme Authority, but he is one under authority and must show honor and respect to his Supreme Lord, the King of Kings. Just as people rise to show honor and respect in the presence of their English Royals, King George could do no less, as one under Authority.

Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah!

Hallelujah! Hallelujah!

For the Lord God Omnipotent reigneth.

Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah!

For the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.

Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah!

Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah!

The kingdom of this world

Is become the kingdom of our Lord,

And of His Christ, and of His Christ;

And He shall reign for ever and ever,

For ever and ever, forever and ever,

King of kings, and Lord of lords,

King of kings, and Lord of lords,

And Lord of lords,

And He shall reign,

And He shall reign forever and ever,

King of kings, forever and ever,

And Lord of lords,

Hallelujah! Hallelujah!

And He shall reign forever and ever,

King of kings! and Lord of lords!

And He shall reign forever and ever,

King of kings! and Lord of lords!

Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah!

Hallelujah!

King George was a Christian king, head of the English Church, and would have been knowledgeable of the Scriptures. He knew, from the moment the choir began singing that passage, that it was referring to his Lord, to a King greater than himself.

For that reason, we all should stand whenever the King of kings and Lord of lords, our God’s Messiah’s presence is announced.

And He shall reign forever and ever,

King of kings, forever and ever,

And Lord of lords,

Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah!

Hallelujah!

https://romanroadsmedia.com/2016/12/why-the-king-stood/

Shall we not all stand in adoration and praise during these upcoming seasons of Thanksgiving and remembrance of His humble birth? We would have no life without Him, no peace, no joy, no love. He’s everything that our hearts ever longed for. Everything He promised He would be and yet so much more. He’s the healer of our deepest wounds; our everlasting comfort; He’s truly our All in All. He walks beside us and is always our friend. Because He lives we can always face tomorrow for He knows the future with as much certainty as if it were already past. He is our love and our eternal life. He is so very, very Worthy of all praise and adoring worship. Who is like unto Thee, Oh Lord among the gods, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders. There is none who is like unto Thee. He is our Savior, our King, our Good Shepherd, our Jesus, our God, our Abba Father. We are unworthy of anything we receive from Him. He, on the other hand, is worthy of everything we can give. Such is worship. It is not enough.