John the Seer reports his vision of a vast multitude gathered around the throne praising God,
"Salvation belongs to our God who sits upon the throne and to the
Lamb!" People from all over, gathered into one body for one purpose.
An excerpt from my sermon:
John
gives us a vision of a crowd, a multitude so big no one could count
them all and despite being gathered and praising God and the Lamb, they
were from every nation, tribe and people, all speaking different
languages. While the many are gathered into one, one people singing the
praise of God, the differences are not seen as competitive or
destructive. Rather, the unity is constructive and mutually
reinforcing. Each person gathered around the throne is freed to be
uniquely the person they were made to be. One biblical scholar has
written regarding this passage, “Gathered around the divine throne, the
tongues of all creatures are loosed to find their own peculiar parts in
the cosmic song.”
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