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Paul Mahan

A Great Voice of Much People

Revelation 19
Paul Mahan March, 16 2025 Audio
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In the sermon titled "A Great Voice of Much People," Paul Mahan addresses the theological concept of heavenly worship as depicted in Revelation 19. He argues that the worship of a great multitude in heaven is a continuation of the worship that occurs on earth, emphasizing the unity and harmony of the believers' praise. Mahan illustrates this using Scripture references such as Revelation 19:1-9, which describes the collective worship of the redeemed, and Revelation 1:1-2, highlighting the revelation of Jesus Christ as central to the faith. He notes that true worship begins with the fear of the Lord and calls believers to recognize their election and redemption through Christ alone. The significance of this message lies in its affirmation of the Reformed doctrines of salvation by grace alone and the eternal joy of the communion of saints, culminating in the eschatological hope of being with Christ.

Key Quotes

“This whole book is concerning Christ... They're saying and doing in heaven what they began saying and doing on earth.”

“Happily ever after... Well, it's not going to end that way with most people. But it will with God's people.”

“The testimony of Jesus is the spirit, heart, and soul of all prophecy.”

“True worship begins with the fear of the Lord. And all who fear, repent.”

What does the Bible say about the worship in heaven?

The Bible reveals that worship in heaven is characterized by a unified voice of praise to God, declaring His glory and salvation.

The book of Revelation, particularly chapter 19, provides a vivid depiction of worship in heaven. It describes a great multitude praising God with a singular voice, exclaiming 'Hallelujah!' This expression of praise is not just a ceremonial practice; it is a heartfelt response to God's righteous judgments and His omnipotent reign. Heaven's worship mirrors the earthly worship of God's people, emphasizing that all who are redeemed, the elect of God, share in this glorious anthem of praise. The essence of this worship is the acknowledgment of Christ's finished work and the salvation He has provided, which is fundamental to the identity of every believer.

Revelation 19:1-4

How do we know that God's judgments are true and righteous?

God's judgments are affirmed as true and righteous because they are founded on His character, which is faithful and unable to lie.

In Revelation 19:2, it states that 'true and righteous are His judgments.' This assertion is grounded in the nature of God Himself, who is depicted as faithful and true throughout Scripture. God's character assures us that what He declares is just and perfect. The angels and elders in heaven affirm this, acknowledging that His judgments are fair and just, holding true in light of divine sovereignty. When believers grasp this truth, it deepens their confidence in God's governance of all things and encourages them to trust in His purposes, even amid trials and tribulations. Therefore, God's judgments are not merely arbitrary decisions; they arise from His unchanging holiness and justice.

Revelation 19:2

Why is the concept of election important for Christians?

The concept of election is crucial for Christians as it emphasizes God's sovereignty in salvation and reassures believers of their security in Christ.

Election signifies God's sovereign choice in salvation, affirming that it is His initiative and not based on human merit. As expressed in Revelation 19:9, those who are blessed to be part of the marriage supper of the Lamb are identified as 'called.' This notion of divine calling underscores God's grace and serves as a profound comfort to believers. It conveys that salvation is not a product of human effort but stems from God's gracious will. This understanding fosters humility and gratitude in the heart of every Christian, recognizing that they were chosen not because of their own righteousness, but solely due to God’s mercy and love. In a world rife with uncertainty, the doctrine of election affirms the certainty of God's promises and His commitment to His chosen people.

Revelation 19:9

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Bear with me now to the Revelation,
the book of the Revelation of Jesus Christ. Most of you know
this. It is not titled Revelations. You've probably seen some signs
around town. The Seventh-day Adventists, so-called,
advertise these meetings on prophecy and they
call it Revelations, plural. And this book starts with, and
it's very revealing, the Revelation. of Jesus Christ. Many of you know why it reads
that way. This whole book is concerning
Christ. There are many people who are
fascinated with the Second Coming, so to speak, and all prophecies,
who don't know Jesus Christ and don't worship Him. But we do. The Revelation. Look at chapter
19 with me. Revelation 19. I brought a message years ago from
chapter 7 entitled, What They're Saying and Doing in Heaven. What
They're Saying and Doing in Heaven. And this is what this chapter
is about. And I'll give you a clue. They're
saying and doing in heaven. what they began saying and doing
on earth, what we're doing right now. Look with me at verse 1. After these things I heard a
great voice of much people in heaven saying, Alleluia. Let's
praise the Lord. Salvation and glory and honor
and power unto the Lord our God, for true and righteous are His
judgment. Look down at verse 1. I heard, as it were, the voice
of a great multitude, as the voice of many waters, as the
voice of mighty thundering, saying, Hallelujah, for the Lord God
Omnipotent reigneth." Hallelujah. Could have titled this Hallelujah.
Don't you hate the way men throw that word around? But it's still a wonderful word. It means praise ye the Lord.
Praise ye the Lord. Praise ye, ye the Lord. Praise ye the Lord. Up in verse
4, we'll look at verse 3 and 4 again. They said, Hallelujah.
Verse 4, And the four and twenty beasts, and four elders, and
four beasts fell down and worshipped God that sat on the throne, saying,
Amen. Hallelujah. You like that word,
Amen? I like hearing it, and I like
saying it. It means so be it. It means that's the way it is.
It means verily, verily, it's true. It means it's the way I
like it. When you say amen, and we just
sang, let thee, amen, sound from His people again. Amen. That's Christ's name. He's called
that in the first two chapters, the amen. After these things,
look at verse 1. After these things, I heard a
great voice of much people in heaven saying, hallelujah. After
these things. After. This is in the ever after. This is what we're going to be
doing happily ever after. These fairy tales and nursery
rhymes, that's where they end, most of them. Happily ever after.
Well, it's not going to end that way with most people. But it
will with God's people. Happily ever after. We might
get to chapter 21 which says God's going to wipe away all
tears. I just read that. He's going to wipe away all tears.
No more death. No more sorrow. No more crying. The former things are passed
away. No tears. No death. No sorrow. No pain. No suffering. After these things, happily ever
after, after all things written are fulfilled. These things.
There are many things that were said before chapter 19, right? Go back to chapter 1. Look at
Revelation 1. Many things said. And this whole
book, Revelation, is pretty much a summary of all things from
the beginning of time. But I want you to notice with
me, look at chapter 1, verse 1, the revelation of Jesus
Christ, which God gave unto him to show unto his servants. He reveals these things, revelation. These things, which must shortly
come to pass. You see that? That was 2,000
years ago. and said these things must shortly
come to pass. 4,000 years before our Lord came. The earth was 4,000 years old
when He came, okay? And then it's been 2,000 years
and Paul wrote in Romans a short work would the Lord make on the
earth. We are in the very last day. Most of what is written
here in the Revelation has already happened. Can you gather that
from what's said there? Things must shortly come to pass. And look at verse 2. John bore
record of the word of God, the testimony of Jesus Christ, and
all things that he saw. See there? That's what this whole
book, the Bible, is about. The word of God and the testimony
of Jesus Christ. And it's said in one place, the
testimony of Jesus is the spirit, heart, and soul of all prophecy. And our Lord said that. All the
prophets, they do testify of me, Christ said. So these things,
and he went on to say how blessed we are to read these things and
these words and hear them preached and keep them. Keep those things. Look at verse 7. Behold, he cometh
with clouds, and every eye shall see him. Also they which pierced
him, and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him.
Even so, amen. Amen. Verse 19, it says, write
the things which thou hast seen. He tells John to write what he
has seen, that is what was passed 2,000 years ago. Things which
are, that was 2,000 years ago. and the things which shall be
hereafter shortly come to pass." We are in the very last day. How does that make you feel? I always remind you of Luke 21,
I believe it is. He told his disciples about many
troubles that they will go through and wars and rumors of wars and
so on and so forth. And you'll see the Son of Man
coming in a cloud with power and glory. And He said, now when
you see all these things begin to come to pass, look up. Lift up your heads. His disciples,
our redemption is drawing nigh. So no matter how bad things may
appear, we need to say, things are looking up. Because it tells
us Christ is near. And I truly believe, I'm certain
of it, and you see it, that God is taking His hand off of this
world. Our society and every other society is reprobate. That's Romans 1. And then the
end comes. The sooner the better for God's
people. Even so, and the whole Bible ends that way. Come quickly.
Amen. Amen. I don't want to sound Pentecostal
this morning, but can I hear an amen? Let the amen, the amen. I don't know how it's supposed
to be said. I don't know. No proper way. Ah has the name,
the sound of yah in it, doesn't it? Yah, amen. Surely I come quickly. Amen.
Even so, come Lord Jesus. The very last word in the Bible
is the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen. So be it. That's the way it is.
Happily ever after. Look at our text. So he says,
after these things. What things? The things he wrote.
You know, we believe all things written in the Scriptures, don't
we? The unbelieving world doesn't believe these things. We do. Don't we? It says in verse 9,
look at our text, Revelation 19 and 9, the last lines, these
are the true sayings of God. The true sayings. Verse 2, true
and righteous are His judgment. I think it's chapter 22, I didn't
write it down, which says, yes, verse 6, these sayings are faithful
and true. These are the true sayings of
God. What we're reading is true because they're the sayings of
Him that is true. God who cannot lie. Faithful
and true and just. We believe God's Word, don't
we? The world doesn't believe it. Many that claim to be believers
pick and choose. But we believe all things written
in the prophethood. After the way they call heresy,
that's what we worship our God. So these things are true. After
these things, verse 1, I heard a great voice of much people
in heaven. One voice. One voice. They're all saying the same thing
together in such harmony and union and accord. And I believe
they were all on the exact same key. And I don't think this is cleverness,
or play on words, or an attempt to be. But somebody years ago,
I think his name was Christopher, he invented a piano. How many
keys on a piano? Sixty-one? Eighty? Eighty-eight. How many strings? A bunch. A bunch of strings, okay. But
somebody decided to tune every string to one key. Why did they pick C? Somebody said, what will it be?
The key of C. You know, the whole piano's tuned
to that note, isn't it? And so is the church. So are
the saints. So are all of God's people. Everybody
in glory is singing and praising God in the same key. There's
no flats. There's no sharps. Everybody's
in perfect harmony. And this harmonious singing and
praising of the Lord and worship of the Lord begins here. Those
who know His name, Christ the Lord. Those who have seen His
glory, heard His voice and seen His glory. They sing of Him. There you go again. Yes, isn't
it wonderful? Unto Him, Him, Him, Him. We sing hymns of Him. I heard a great voice which no
man could number, it says in chapter 7. No man can number
of all nations. And this little group here, I
venture to say, if you go back and study our genealogy, we all
come from various nations, don't we? Some of you German and some
of you African. Some of you this and that and
the other. Right? Irish, Scotch, English,
British, you name it. All nations, all kindreds. God
is so good. Every family on earth, there's
somebody, somewhere in their family line that He revealed
Himself to. Wonderful, isn't He? God is so
merciful. All people and tons. There's
not a language on earth. That's what Psalm 19 says. There's not a language on earth
where His voice is not heard. All tongues stood before the
throne and before the, who's on the throne? The Lamb. Clothed with white robes, palms
in their hands, and cried with a loud voice. What did they cry?
Same thing right here. Exact same thing. Hallelujah.
Salvation under our God. A great multitude, all shouting,
all singing with one voice. The same thing. Amen. Hallelujah. Praise the Lord.
Praise means to boast. Somebody was talking about you
and they were saying great things about you and somebody said,
yeah, we're singing your praises. Well, Paul said this, God forbid
that I should glory. All boasting excluded, saving
the cross of my Lord Jesus Christ. Everybody in heaven is boasting,
bragging, if you will, praising, honoring, giving all glory and
honor to Jesus Christ, the Lamb that was slain. Why? Because
all things are of Him, through Him, to Him, and by Him. He well
deserves the praise, doesn't He? Because He's done it all.
It's His work. That's what verse 1 says. Hallelujah.
Praise the Lord. Why? Because salvation is up
for the Lord. Completely. One hundred percent. I'm going
to try to keep from shouting today. But what I'm hoping is
you will. Joshua said, when you hear this
trumpet now, shout. Didn't he? He told all the people
now, when you hear the trumpet sound, shout. Salvation. Salvation is of the
Lord. That's what all of God's people
say. Same thing. Who are these people? They're
the elect of God. Amen? They're the chosen of God. They know that. They know that. They're born of God. They didn't
give birth to themselves. They didn't accept life. They received it. They were given
life. You had the quickened, who were
what? Dead. Born of God, called of
God. We wouldn't call on Him if He
didn't call us. We all know that. Everybody in heaven knows that.
Redeemed, not with corruptible things, but with the precious
blood of the Lamb. That's why they're singing of
the Lamb in glory. They're the redeemed of the Lord.
Let the redeemed of the Lord do what? Say so! It's going to
be hard not to shout this out. Folks, right now they're
singing at the top of their lungs. No inhibitions. No self-conscious. Everybody's got a perfect voice. A great multitude. A great voice. All the people. Now all these
people, number one, all these people, they're singing with
one great voice in union, in harmony, praising the Lord with
one voice. No one off key. No one talking
about Mama or no one talking about themselves. All talking
about Christ who saved them, loved them, washed them from
their sins in their own blood. They all sing this great voice,
but they all heard a great voice. They heard a great voice, or
they wouldn't be there. Christ said, My sheep hear My
voice. Who did Christ preach? Who did
Christ speak of when He was on the earth? Himself. The Father,
yes. But He said, The Father bore
witness of Me. He spoke the Scriptures, but He said, The Scriptures bear
witness of Me. He's the true witness. He said,
My sheep hear My voice. I know them, and they follow
Me. They follow Me. Look at chapter
1 of Revelation. Keep your place there in chapter
19. I'll try not to be long this
morning. If you have an outline, don't
worry. I know it's the first point, but don't worry. It's
a good one, isn't it? They all heard. Have you heard?
This is vital. Have you heard the Master's voice?
Have you heard Christ? Has He spoken to you? They all
do. They all hear. John 1, verse,
we read that, where He gave to the angel and signified it by
His angel unto His servant John. Look at verse 9. I, John, who
also am your brother and companion in tribulation in the kingdom
and patience of Jesus Christ, waiting on Christ, I was in the
isle, it's called Patmos, for the Word of God and the testimony
of Jesus Christ. John Davis, John Sheasley Sr.,
John Jr., why are you here right now? For the Word of God and the testimony
of Jesus Christ. How did you get here? He said,
my sheep hear my voice and they follow me. You came when He called
you to. That's my third or fourth point.
John said in verse 10, I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day.
Isn't that what you want to be right now, brothers? John, John,
John. First, second, third John. Don't
you want to be in the Spirit? What does that mean? It means
that the Spirit of God comes and takes the things of Christ
and shows them to you. It gives you a heart. to worship
God in spirit. Not to hear the music and see
the brethren, although you do love seeing them, but you want
to see Christ. You want to see His glory. You want to hear His
voice. Read it on. It says, I went in the spirit
on the Lord's day. And if you are, you come here
to worship in spirit and truth, you'll hear a great voice. A great voice. As of a trumpet. It's the Gospel. None of God's
people have ever heard Christ speak audibly to them. If they
say they have, they're lying. These prophets that say that,
they're all liars, aren't they? Every one of them are liars.
But all of God's people hear Christ's voice. And the voice
they hear is the trumpet sound of the Gospel. through a preacher. Remember, Joshua had seven priests
with the trumpets. Who was blowing those trumpets?
Joshua? The men he'd chosen. Who did
Rahab hear tell her about Joshua's coming? Two men. They're just
men. But their message and their mission
was to tell that sinner of the One who's coming. And He created
fear in her and belief and repentance. And buddy, she's there right
now. Scripture says she's there right now. She heard the trump
sound. All who hear. Oh my, I had so
many Scriptures. I want you to hear this though. I'll turn for you. Okay? It says,
1 Thessalonians 2, we give thanks to God without ceasing because
when you receive the Word of God which you heard of us, men,
you received it not as the words of men, but as it is in truth,
the Word of God which effectually worketh also in you that believe. Listen to 2 Thessalonians 2.
bound to give thanks to God, always to God for you, brethren,
beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen
you, elected you, to save you, to salvage you, through sanctification
of the Spirit. He set you apart from the crowd,
from your family and so forth, and belief of the truth, whereunto
He called you by our gospel to the obtaining of the glory.
of the Lord Jesus Christ, to see His glory. So John said,
I was in the Spirit on the Lord's Day and heard behind me a great
voice, and down in verse 12 he said, I turned to see the voice
that spake with me, and oh, the vision, he saw the Lord Jesus
Christ. He wasn't this pitiful Jesus,
you know, outside the heart's door laying in Mary's arms. He's clothed down to the garment
feet with a golden girdle, head and hair white as wool, white
as snow, his eyes as a flame of fire, his feet like fine brass
burning in the furnace, his voice as the sound of many waters that
roar in ocean. And he says in verse 17, when
I saw him, I fell. That's fear. All who hear his
voice, Fear Him. What is the beginning of saving
wisdom? Fear. Who is wisdom? Christ. Okay, when you hear the gospel
of Christ, the wisdom of God and the power of God, the first
thing that will happen to you, what's the beginning of wisdom?
Your fear. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. It's not, oh, Jesus, I accept
you're my buddy, and I'm glad you came and knocked on my door.
Yeah, I'll let you in, and we'll be good buddies. You're my friend.
No, sir. It's fear of the Lord. You bowed
down. You followed his feet. Everybody
who ever heard his voice fell down. Daniel said, I saw him,
and I heard, I saw, and I fell. Job said, I've heard of you by
the hearing of the ear, and now my eyes see in you. I'm going
to put my hand on my back. I fail. I fail. I fear. There are no exceptions. All
of God's people, all of God's elect, all His sheep hear His
voice. And the first thing they do is
they fear God. They fear the Lord Jesus Christ.
Everybody at Pentecost who heard the gospel, the trumpet sound
through Simon Peter preaching, they all feared. They were afraid
for their lives. Men and brethren, they said,
what shall we do? We're in the hands of the Lord
of Glory, sitting at the right hand of the Majesty on High,
and we rejected Him, despised Him, and we killed Him. Now,
what are we going to do? Oh, fear. Fear the Lord. You
fear His great and holy persons. You hear, you see His glory.
You see and feel your wretchedness. And you cry with Isaiah? What
did Isaiah say when he saw his glory? He said, woe is me. Isaiah
6. There are no exceptions. Brother
Patrick read Psalm 147. He read it well. That's a good
psalm, isn't it? Isn't that a good one? Well,
that's one of 150 that say the same thing of the same woman,
the same person. It begins with the blessed man.
It ends, Psalm 150, everything that hath breath, now praise
ye the Lord, the Lord God, the Lord Jesus Christ. All glory
and honor. Psalm 147, 11, it was Hooker's
text at his funeral. You remember Bonnie, Sister Bonnie?
The Lord taketh pleasure in them that fear Him, and them that
hope in His mercy. You show me a man that truly
fears God, I'll show you a saved man. It's all who fear have heard,
have heard of His glory. They sing His glory. This is
fear, fear, good fear. This is a good fear. Don't fear
their fear. That's bad fear. That's unbelief. Don't fear whatever
men fear. It's a snare. And I'll tell you
how not to fear it. Put your fingers in your ears
like Christians running out of the city of destruction. Don't
listen to them now. I'll tell you who to listen to.
If you hear His voice and fear His name and worship Him and
believe Him and bow before Him, you know what you'll hear Him
say next? Fear not. Fear not. You fear me? Christ said, you have nothing
else to fear. You believe me? You have nothing
else to fear. You trust me? You need not trust
or rely on anyone or anything else but me. Why? Because He's
God. Fear not. This is good fear. It's good fear. This is the goodness
of the Lord. It's fear. The goodness of the
Lord will cause you to fear, which will cause you to bring
you to what? Repentance. If you don't fear the Lord, you
don't repent. If you don't believe your soul is in His hands to
do with as He pleases, you won't repent. If you don't believe
your life and everybody in your family and everything in your
life and theirs is in the hands of the great God and you know
you're a sinner, if you don't believe that, you won't fear,
you won't call, you won't repent. You won't. True worship begins
with the fear of the Lord. And all who fear, repent." And
repent. Daniel, you remember our message
on Daniel? There's not a finer man on the earth than Daniel.
Not one single flaw is mentioned in Daniel's character. You know
that? Not one single flaw is mentioned
in Daniel's lifetime, in his character. He was such a fine
man. He's a picture of Christ. But he was still a sinner. And
Daniel prayed. You remember that? Confusion? Confession. And he saw cross. The covenant. That's what Daniel
said. Lord, he said, Daniel, now I'm
reading it for you. He said, we've sinned, committed
iniquity, done wickedly, rebelled, departed from your precepts and
your judgment. We haven't hearkened unto your servants and prophets.
Oh, Lord, righteousness belongs to Thee. Confusion of faith belongs
to us. Oh, Lord, to us belongs confusion
of faith. Our kings, our princes, our rulers,
our nation, everybody's in confusion. Why? Because they've rebelled
against me. And he went on to say, ended
his prayer by saying, Oh, Lord, hear. Oh, Lord, forgive. Please
forgive us. Oh, Lord, hearken, hear this,
and do defer not for Thine own sake. For Your name's sake, forgive
us. Then what did the Lord show Daniel? Well, he sent an angel named
Gabriel to tell him that he's been loved. He wouldn't be repenting
if God didn't love him. He wouldn't be repenting. That's
calling, that's what it is. It's calling, it's confessing. That's what repentance is. All
do. All who heard, all who fear,
all who heard His voice, see His glory. All who fear and all
call, whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be
saved. Not this Jesus, Jesus, this sweet
Jesus. Sweet Jesus is not in the Scripture. Is it? Oh no. He's sweet, all right. And all who, they all call, whosoever
shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved, saved. And all who hear, how shall they
hear without a preacher? How shall they call on him that
hath not heard? How shall they hear without a preacher? They
all do. They all do. And the next thing,
they all come. They all come. Where do they
come? Remember our message the other night? They come to Christ.
They come to Him. He brings the Father. All that
the Father giveth me, Christ said, shall come where? Church? To the men's prayer breakfast?
To the women's missionary breakfast? To a spaghetti dinner? They come
to Christ. They come to worship Him. They
come to Christ. All that the Father giveth me,
Christ said, shall come unto me. And him that cometh to me,
I will in no wise cast out for any reason. Isn't that good news? Brother, that's why we keep coming
to Christ, don't we? No. That's why we keep coming
to hear of Christ. Because you never quit repenting. We'll never quit sinning. Thank
God His restraining grace restrains a great deal of our sin. And
the old man, he said, sin shall not have dominion over you. Thank
God. But we're still sinners, aren't we? So we keep coming
to hear a man stand up and say, to all who call, everyone that
calls shall be saved. So we keep calling. We keep repenting.
We keep coming to cry. Peter said, to whom come? Don't
you love the story of Simon Peter? Don't you love his life story? He didn't know the Lord Jesus
Christ. The Lord knew him. The Lord came to him. The Lord
called him. Simon Peter's life was fishing.
Some of you men in here, I'm pretty sure, Thomas, I'm pretty
sure your life was about fishing. Ron, I know yours was. About
fishing, before the Lord revealed Himself to you, there's nothing
you'd like to do more than go fishing. Is that right? You'd
still like to fish, but it sure ain't your life, is it? So much
horses, so much cars, you know, or hunting or whatever it is,
and women have babies and their families, their life and all
that, but then Christ comes into the gospel and reveals to you Himself. and calls you by His grace. He
says, now you're mine, and I'm yours. Like a marriage,
isn't it? It is a marriage. It's a great
mystery. It's Christ and His church. The
two of you become one. One in heart, and in love, and
union, and to marry. We all come to Christ. We come
to Christ. Hear His voice. And I had these
points written down here. We hear the voice of God. And
what did God say out loud? Only three times. This is My
beloved Son. Hear Him. That's what He said
to those disciples on that mountain, didn't He? They were all taken
up with Moses and Elijah. He said, God spoke out loud. This is My beloved Son. Hear
Him. You're not going to get to me
by the law, by Moses. Not by prophecy revealing revelations. You're going to get to me by
Jesus Christ, my son. We hear the voice of Christ.
Come unto me, all you that labor and are heavy laden. Who came
when he said that, Jeanette? All his people. Went into a high
mountain. Remember that? Mark 3. Went up
into a mountain and called unto him whom he would. What happened?
They came unto him. They came to Him. And He came
down with them. You want me to preach that again?
I'd love to preach that again. He called whom He would. They
came to Him. And He came down with them. And stood with them. What a message. We all hear the voice of the
Spirit of God. The Spirit and the Bride say
what? Come. Where? To Christ. The Bride. The Voice of the Trump. The Voice of the Trump. Numbers
10. Oh, man. Read it for yourself
sometime. There are two silver trumpets
in Numbers 10. And they're both used for one
thing, two things, but it's the same thing. To God's people.
The Lord had them make these trumpets. They were ram's horns
covered with silver. A ram's horn? What is a ram?
It's a male sheep. That's its power, right? You ever seen a ram butt something?
You ever had a ram butt you? They take these horns, power,
and they cover them with silver. And every time in the Scripture
it mentions, thou hast my horn, thou hast exalted. That's what
that's alluding to. that you're going to blow this
trumpet which speaks of Christ, the lamb slang, the male, the
ram. Abraham and Isaac saw a ram caught
in a thicket. They laid hold of it. What did
they lay hold of? Corn. Well, these trumps in Numbers
10, one was to use to call the assembly. I wish I had a trumpet with me
right now. My dad played the trumpet. You
know that? He played the trumpet in high school. Now, do you hear
a trumpet? Somebody can really play it. And you hear it in the Army.
John, did they blow Reveille? John, did they blow Reveille?
I guess Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, they all hear the trumpet,
don't they? Reveille. Doo-doo-doo! And they all gather. Muster. Gather them together. What? To who? To Christ. The gospels of power of God and
salvation. This is what brings people. We don't have to have
a neon billboard out here with the temperature and the time. That's abomination, people. That's
doing what people do in business. God need a billboard? How did
people hear the Word before the Internet? Seriously? The Gospel's the power
of God. God said, I'll bring my people
from the North and the South and the East and the West. I'll
bring them. We're not advertising Jesus. We're not trying to sell
Jesus. That's abomination. We don't need those things. One was for the calling of assembly,
and the other one was, we're leaving. One trumpet was to gather them,
and the other one says, we're leaving. And we're going to hear that
trumpet. You hear it now and you're going to hear it again.
And Paul said this, and the trumpet shall sound, 1 Thessalonians
chapter 4, when the trumpet shall sound, and he said in 1 Corinthians
15, and the trumpet shall sound. Make no mistake about it. And
like Rahab, every one of us. with that scarlet line that is
the blood of Christ in our hands. You're going to hear that final
trump. And it says, the dead in Christ
shall arise. When Christ was crucified, the
graves opened up. Because he died, we live. Because
he lived, we live. And it says he's going to bring
all his people back with him when the trumpet sounds. Think
about that. Hard to imagine. For all who
hear the trump sound, his voice, and all who fear, all who call,
all who come to cry, they all cry. They all cry. They all proclaim. Look at our
text, and I close. Proclaim with one loud voice
the clarion cry, Hallelujah. Praise the Lord. Salvation. He had saved us. Glory. Unto Him be the glory. Honor. All honor. Power. All power. Unto the Lord our God. Verse
3, Hallelujah. Verse 4, Amen. Hallelujah. Say that with me,
those two words. Amen. Hallelujah. Say it again. Amen. Hallelujah. Louder. Amen. Hallelujah. Now multiply that 100,000 times.
100,000 times. 100,000 times. 10 million and 10 million. Everybody say,
Amen. Hallelujah. Can you imagine? I can't wait. I'm going to have
to. I'm going to have to, though. And
a voice came out of the throne. Verse 5 said, Praise our God,
all ye his servants. We just sung that then. Ye that
fear him, both small and great. And I heard a voice of a great
multitude, the voice of many waters. The voice of mighty thundering
said, Hallelujah, for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth. Let's
be glad and rejoice and give honor to him. The marriage of
the Lamb has come. See this? It's all about a wedding.
And his wife has made herself ready. She's granted To be arrayed,
she is robed in fine linen, clean and white. The fine linen is
the righteousness of saints. It's Christ's blessed righteousness. And he said this, Write, Blessed,
blessed are they which are called unto the married supper of the
Lamb. And he saith unto me, It's true. It's all true. These are the
true sayings of God, who I hear and amen. Did I hear a hallelujah? Okay, stand with me.
Paul Mahan
About Paul Mahan
Paul Mahan has been pastor of Central Baptist Church in Rocky Mount, Virginia since 1989; preaching the Gospel of God's Sovereign Grace.
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