…the song of Moses, the servant of God,
and the song of the Lamb:
“Great and marvelous are your works,
O Lord God, the Almighty.
Just and true are your ways,
O King of the nations.
Who will not fear you, Lord,
and glorify your name?
For you alone are holy.
All nations will come and worship before you,
for your righteous deeds have been revealed.”
And I heard a voice from heaven saying,
“Write this down:
Blessed are those who die in the Lord from now on.
Yes, says the Spirit,
they are blessed indeed,
for they will rest from their hard work;
for their good deeds follow them!”
Jesus said:
“I tell you the truth,
those who listen to my message
and believe in God who sent me have eternal life.
They will never be condemned for their sins,
but they have already passed from death into life.”
And all the angels were standing around the throne…
And they fell before the throne
with their faces to the ground and worshiped God.
They sang,
“Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom
and thanksgiving and honor
and power and strength belong to our God
forever and ever! Amen.”
After this I saw a vast crowd,
too great to count,
from every nation and tribe and people and language,
standing in front of the throne and before the Lamb.
They were clothed in white robes
and held palm branches in their hands.
and they were shouting with a great roar,
“Salvation comes from our God who sits on the throne
and from the Lamb!”
And then I heard every creature
in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea.
They sang:
“Blessing and honor and glory and power
belong to the one sitting on the throne
and to the Lamb forever and ever.”
…I heard the voices of thousands and millions of angels
around the throne
and of the living beings and the elders.
And they sang in a mighty chorus:
“Worthy is the Lamb who was slaughtered—
to receive power and riches
and wisdom and strength
and honor and glory and blessing.”
Then as I looked,
I saw a door standing open in heaven,
and the same voice I had heard before
spoke to me like a trumpet blast.
The voice said,
“Come up here, and I will show you…”
Look!
I stand at the door and knock.
If you hear my voice and open the door,
I will come in,
and we will share a meal together as friends.
