Revelation chapter 15. I want
to say a few things tonight about the Song of Moses and the Song
of the Lamb. And I've kind of titled this
message, Reason for Singing. There's a lot of reason for singing. And particularly as we look in
this book of Revelation, there is much reason for singing. And it's based upon victory,
the victory of Christ. It's based upon the victory of
the Lamb. And that's what this book is about, is the revelation
of Jesus Christ. In Revelation chapter 15, it
says in verse three and four, and they sing the song of Moses
and the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, great
and marvelous are thy works, Lord God Almighty, just and true
are thy ways, thou King of saints. Who shall not fear thee, O Lord,
and glorify thy name? For thou only art holy, for all
nations shall come and worship before thee, for thy judgments
are made manifest. and they sing the song of moses
now there is a song that is called the song of moses found over
in the book of exodus chapter fifteen would you turn there
with me exodus chapter fifteen in exodus chapter fifteen it
is moses' words given to him by the holy spirit after the
destruction of the egyptian army in the Red Sea. Israel, and all
of Israel, had gone through the Red Sea, and the term is used,
dry shod, which means they didn't get any mud on them. The sea
was dried, the bed, the seabed, was dried instantaneously, and
that great heaps of water, and those Egyptians, I have confidence
that they believed that they could go through that channel
of water just like the Hebrew children did. And it is a tremendous
statement about salvation is of the Lord. They thought, and
you can talk to people, talk to your friends, talk to your
relatives, talk to your neighbors, and they will tell you, I think
I can make it. And I'm convinced that every
one of those Egyptians believed that they would get through that
channel of water just like the Hebrews had. There would be no
difficulty, and as they approached the Hebrews, they'd be able to
destroy them or at least round them up and take them back. Well,
just as the scriptures share with us with regard to those
who believe that they can get through on their own merit, Jesus
told a group of people, those on the left-hand side, You have
great boast and brag about what you have done and what you've
accomplished, and even using my name. And yet, depart from
me, ye workers of iniquity." And when all of the Hebrew children
had got through, the water came crashing down and destroyed every
one of those in the Egyptian army, including the pharaoh. Now, in the 15th chapter of the
book of Exodus, the message here is the Song of Moses. Now, if you notice with me in
the Song of Moses, that Moses spends all of his time sharing
with Israel in some type of song the great acts of God. He never mentions what he did. He is mentioning the great acts
of God in this. The 15th, then sang Moses and
the children of Israel this song. unto the Lord and spake, saying,
I will sing unto the Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously. The horse and his rider hath
he thrown into the sea. It is no wonder that Jesus asked
Nicodemus, are you a teacher of Israel and you don't know
God has to do it? In every example in the Old Testament,
God told Israel, I will deliver you, I have delivered you, I
will continue to deliver you, and it's not up to you. The only
time he let them have their own way was at Kadesh Barnea and
when they went after Ai. and they were defeated. So as
he goes on, the Lord is my strength and song and he has become my
salvation. He is my God and I will prepare
him in habitation. My father's God and I will exalt
him. The Lord is a man of war. The
Lord is his name. Pharaoh's chariots and his host
hath he cast into the sea, his chosen captains also are drowned
in the Red Sea. And from there on down through
verse 18, he shares with us this wonderful song of the victory
of God over the Egyptians and included in that victory was
every Hebrew. The Hebrews enjoyed the victory
of God, just like the church enjoys the victory of the Lord
Jesus Christ. And we have the privilege of
singing a song of glory to Him. Now, in that same verse over
in the book of Revelation, it mentions the song of the Lamb. Now I'm convinced that every
application, everything that Moses had to say about a physical
blessing that God gave to Israel on this day when God overthrew
the Egyptian army, the Song of the Lamb shares with us spiritual
blessings. Moses was able to share with
us the physical blessings, and if we look at them, we can see
that there's many spiritual blessings incorporated or as a higher value
to them. But the Song of the Lamb is the
lamb of God's great victory over all our enemies. It is him singing
about that, and we find him doing that from time to time in his
own personal ministry. All that the Father giveth me
shall come unto me, and he that cometh unto me I will in no wise
cast out. I don't know what tune he sang
that to, but that's one of the great songs of the Lamb when
it comes to our position before God. The spiritual blessings
that God has for us in the Lord Jesus Christ is the Song of the
Lamb. Now, stepping back for just a
moment. there is another statement about
a song of Moses, and that is found in the book of Deuteronomy
chapter 31. In Deuteronomy chapter 31, last verse, it shares with
us these words about being a song. In this song, Moses goes along
and shares a lot of the exploits of the Lord, a lot of exploits
of God, all the benefits that God gave to Israel, but he also
in this song compares how the gods of Israel, the ones that
they had turned to, paled compared to the Almighty God. It is in
this passage, a wonderful passage of scriptures used, that says,
their rock is not like our rock. And it uses a capital R for the
rock of heaven, the rock of the church, and a little r for their
rock. All right, read with me Deuteronomy
chapter 31 and verse 30. This great preacher Moses was
led to write this. He's a gospel preacher. I just
finished reading about if he, if they, those five brothers,
will not hear Moses and the prophets. Moses is a gospel preacher. If
they will not hear Moses and the prophets, they would not
hear though one rose from the dead. Moses is a gospel preacher. Jesus said, Moses wrote of me. To those who trusted in Moses,
Moses wrote of me. That's what Jesus said to them.
All right, this gospel preacher was led to write this in the
book of Deuteronomy, chapter 31, verse 30. It says, and Moses
spake in the ears of all the congregation of Israel the words
of this song until they were ended. Chapter 32, give ear,
O ye heavens, and I will speak, and hear o'erth the words of
my mouth. My doctrine shall drop as the
rain, my speech shall distill as the dew, as the small rain
upon the tender herb, as the showers upon the grass, because
I will publish the name of the Lord, ascribe ye greatness unto
our God. And he goes on from there. But
look at verse 30, if you would, in this passage of scripture.
Verse 30. How should one chase a thousand? Now the thousand are Jews and
the one is their enemy. How should one enemy chase a
thousand Jews? When before God had spoken to
Israel and said, one of you will chase a thousand. and two will
chase 10,000. Now Moses in his song turns it
around and says, how shall one chase 1,000 and two put 10,000
to flight except their rock had sold them and the Lord had shut
them up? When God pulled his blessings
back from Israel because of their sin, then one Philistine, could
be like a hornet to them and chase 1,000 or 10,000. Then he
goes on to say in verse 31, for their rock is not as our rock. Their rock, it's a crumbling
rock. It's not a rock that sustains
or holds or supports. It's rock in name only. This is rock and roll at its
purest extent. This rock shakes. It's not stable. It doesn't go down to the foundation.
He goes on to say there, their rock is not our rock, even our
enemies themselves being judges. Our enemies attest to this. This
God we heard about when he brought the Jews across the Red Sea and
for 40 years we've been prepared for him and now, Moses said in
his song, even our enemies know that the Jewish rock is not the
true rock. They're following a false rock. Goes on to say, for their vine
is the vine of Sodom and of the fields of Gomorrah. Their grapes
are grapes of gall. Their clusters are bitter. Now
this, verse 33, someday I'm going to bring a message on this. Their
wine is the poison of dragons. Melchizedek came out to visit
with Abraham. What did he bring? He brought
bread and wine. He brought to him what we look
at as Jesus instituted the Lord's Supper, the gospel in the picture
form. And he said, their wine is, their gospel is a killer. Their gospel is a killer, and
false gospel is a killer. It will kill you. It will drag
you down to the pit. Their wine, what's it say, is
the poison of dragons and the cruel venom of asps. Now the
gospel of works religion that Israel had fallen into is a killer
and it will kill like poison and like the venom of a rattlesnake. The only hope that we have is
the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ, the true rock, the true
wine, the true grape, the true vine, the true, that's all we
have. And in verse 34, is not this
laid up in store with me and sealed up among my treasures?
And it goes on, this whole chapter deals with the song of Moses.
And then in verse 39 it says, see now that I, even I, am he
and there is no God with me. I kill and I make alive. Are you a teacher in Israel and
you don't know that God must do it? You've got it turned around. You've got it, so I'm made alive
and then I'll die. And God has it, I'll kill you
and then I'll make you alive. This is a spiritual thing that
God does. I will kill and I will make it
alive. I will wound and I will heal.
Neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand. And then
it continues in the song. Two beautiful songs that are
mentioned that Moses sang. Now, as we look again at the
Song of the Lamb, There is a song in the Old Testament that is
called the Song of Solomon, the Song of Songs. Now that's the
Song of the Lamb, the Song of Solomon. It's the love between
the Lamb of God and the church. It describes it in spiritual
terms, allegorical terms. It describes the wonderful benefits
that the church has in Christ Jesus, and yet it's a song. It
is the song of songs. Now, when we get on to the song
of the Lamb, we're singing the song of songs. There's no song
greater. You may talk about the physical
benefits of the Lord, but the Song of the Lamb talks about
the spiritual benefits of the Lord. We, yes, may have our daily
bread, but oh my goodness, in the Song of the Lamb, we have
our spiritual bread, and He is it. We may have clean water as
a physical benefit, but in Him, in the Song of the Lamb, we have
spiritual water that rushes up, pushes up to everlasting life. The Song of the Lamb demonstrates
to us the greatness of God in His redemptive work, that His
blood is so valuable, and His righteousness is our righteousness. It's a song of victory. And as
they sang this song, as it's mentioned here in the book of
Revelation, here in the middle of the book is a song that tells
us what the whole book is about. It's the Song of the Lamb. It
is the What is it? The revelation of Jesus Christ,
the song of the Lamb. Turn with me, if you would, over
to the book of Matthew 26, verse 26. This is the institution of
the Lord's Supper. This is the institution of the
Lord's Supper. The Passover is going to be put aside because
he is our Passover. Once this time took place, once
the Lord Jesus, and one evening he took the Passover with his
disciples and an instant He instituted the Lord's Supper for all intents
and purposes. That Passover is valueless because
he is our Passover. It's the same thing that took
place when Jesus died on the cross, the veil of the temple
was written twain. All of that stuff was done away
with in Christ Jesus. Now, a historian said they went
in and said, I don't know what happened here, but they sewed
it back up because they wanted to continue with it. The same
is true with the Passover. People want to continue with
things that are outdated and outmoded and have no value anymore.
The scriptures tell us that the law will be used until the seed
shall come. And once the seed comes, it's no longer needed. All right,
here in the book of Matthew, chapter 26, verse 26, it is mentioned
with regard to the Lord Jesus. And as they were eating, Jesus
took bread and blessed it and break it and gave it to his disciples
and said, take, eat, this is my body. And he took the cup
and gave thanks and gave it unto them saying, drink ye all of
it, for this is my blood of the New Testament which is shed for
many for the remission of sins. But I say unto you, I just have
to say this right here, the number of times that Jesus Christ could
have said, I'm dying for everybody and never did. Here's another
one right here. It says, for the witch's shed
for many for the remission of sins. He could have said it a
hundred times in his ministry, but he never said that. It is
always supplied for him. People want to become the translators
of Jesus's words. They want to interpret Jesus's
words. I know what he said, but this
is what he meant. Well, if he really intended for
that, he had countless times to share with us. I am intending
to die for everybody. But so many times he said, many. And I'm just going to have to
stand there. He died for many known unto him. All right. It
continues there. It says, but I send you, I will
not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine until that
day when I drink it new with you in my father's kingdom. Now
notice verse 30. I've never noticed it in this
context. They sang the song of Moses and the song of the lamb.
And when they had sung a hymn, when they had sung a song, when
they had sung a psalm, They went out into the Mount of Olives.
Now, it is generally recognized that they sang Psalm 113, because
this was the concluding hymn of the Passover. Now, turn over
there with me, and I'll tell you, it just almost convinced
me. Now, there's several what is called Paschal songs or Psalms. This one represents the rest
of them, but notice with me in Psalm 113. Psalm 113, praise ye the Lord,
praise ye, O servants of the Lord, praise the name of the
Lord. Blessed be the name of the Lord from this time forth
forevermore, from the rising of the sun until the going down
of the same. The Lord's name is to be praised. I can just hear those disciples
at the conclusion of this institution of the Lord's Supper and the
Lord leading it. Praise the Lord for his great
work. Goes on to tell us, the Lord
is high above all nations and his glory above the heavens.
Who is like unto the Lord our God who dwelleth on high? Who
humbleth himself to behold the things that are in heaven and
in the earth? Right there is his incarnation. He is, what's it say? He humbles
himself to behold the things that are in heaven and in the
earth. He gave up the glory that he had with the Father before
the world was, came down in flesh to give himself a ransom for
many. Can you hear those disciples
singing it? All the understanding that they had at the time and
afterwards. My goodness, when they had the
communion service, when they had the Lord's Supper and sang
this psalm, now I know what it meant for him to give up what
he had, the glory that he had with the Father before the world
was, because he came down to redeem me. Sinner though I be. He goes on in that say, he raises
up the poor out of the dust and lifteth the needy out of the
dunghill. The other day, I was in a class, seventh grade class,
and I was asked to read three chapters out of a book. Now,
I didn't know what the book was about, and I had no idea who
the author was, but it was based in England. And several times
in that three chapters, it told about, and I don't want to be
too crass here, but it told about people sleeping on dunghills
during the cold. because it gives off warmth.
And this servant girl was so thankful that she got a job in
what we would know as a restaurant now, in an inn, helping, taking
care and cleaning up because she had a corner to sleep in
and not on a dumbbell. Now I can't imagine being so
cold that I'd want to do that, but it was a common place for
people to be. And the Lord is sharing with
us, left to ourself, we'll just get our warmth from. But, due
to his grace, and by his grace, he lifts us. He lifteth the needy out of the
dunghill, that he may set him with princes, even with the princes
of his people. He maketh the barren woman to
keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children. Praise ye
the Lord. Now, if that didn't work, you
could go to Psalm 114, or 15, or 16, or 17, or 18, or 19. They're
all were termed as Paschal Psalms. But that. is a song of the lamb. Now, why is it called the song
of the lamb? Because he was a lamb when he
did his work. Not one of those critters, but
he represented He was the reality of all the Old Testament lamb
sacrifices. It was a lamb when he was doing
his work. He was a lamb when he was gaining
the victory. He was a lamb on the cross. He
was a lamb that taken away the sin of the world. He's the lamb
of God. He's the paschal lamb. I'm convinced
that those Jews knew what John meant when he said, behold, the
Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world, because
they knew what that word meant. They had seen it over here in
type, and now they saw him in reality. He is the Lamb of God. And it was as a lamb that he
was the servant of God, laying down his life for ransom for
many. It was a lamb that gave up his life on the cross. It
was a lamb that said, no man taketh it from me, but I lay
it down on myself, that I might raise it up again. It was as
a lamb of victory. And so, as Moses sang in the
Old Testament, hallelujah, look what God did for us. The lamb
says, hallelujah, look what I did for you. I'm the Lamb of God. Sing the song of the Lamb. Now,
in the book of Revelation, there's several times, chapter 5, 7,
and 14, where it says they sang a new song. The song of the Lamb
had to be. They sang the song of the Lamb.
The victory of the Lamb of God. The victory of God's Lamb. The song of the Lamb. Turn with
me, if you would, to John 6. John 6. Now in this we see what
Jesus meant, what God meant, when he said the Song of the
Lamb, Song of Victory. And here's some of the verses. John 6, 37. All that the Father
giveth me, Now, all that the Father giveth
me, all power and all authority He gave me, all the victory He
gave me, all that the Father giveth me shall come to me. Now, we generally think of that
being His elect, but you know what? That means everything.
Everything. Everything. All that the Father
giveth me shall come to me. What? And bow down and worship. The kings will bow down and worship. Their praise will sing glory
to God. And then in the midst of all
that, we hear, all the elect, all that the Father giveth me
shall come to me, and he that cometh to me I will in no wise
cast out. John 6 and verse 39, the scripture
says, and this is the Father's will which hath sent me. that
of all which he hath given me, I should lose nothing, but should
raise it up again at the last day. And in that same chapter,
in verse 45, we read these words. It is written in the prophets,
and they shall be all taught of God. Every man, therefore,
that hath heard and hath learned of the Father cometh unto me. Why was it that the lost son
came back to his father? He was taught of God. That's the only reason we'll
ever come to God. Taught of God. It looks like he came to the
conclusion on his own, and that's what most people will say. But
the Word of God says clearly, anybody that ever comes to the
Father was taught of God to come to the Father. They had to be
raised from the dead and taught of God. Every man, therefore,
that hath heard and hath learned of the Father cometh unto me. Why did he tell a bunch of people
you don't know God? They'd never been taught of God.
They didn't know the first thing about it. All right. Then in
John 17, Mike, he just went through, he
taught me a lot about John 17. when he went through this. But
I just want to read a few verses. John 17, 2. These are verses
of praise. These are verses of the song
of the Lamb. This is God's message to the
church about the Lamb. John 17, and there in verse 2,
it says, As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he
should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him.
This is the king's prerogative to give eternal life. It's only
the king's prerogative to give eternal life. But he gives eternal
life because of mercy. And I've given he has given him
power over all flesh God the father gave the son in covenant
of covenant agreement Power over all flesh. This is your prerogative
You have power over all flesh and as a result of that That
he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him
in this power You have the right to give eternal life to all that
the Father gave you. All right, John 17, verse six. I have manifested thy name among
the men that thou hast, thou gavest me out of the world. Thine
they were and thou hast given me and they have kept thy word.
What happened when Peter's standing around a fire and a young lady
walks up to him and says, Aren't you with him?" And Peter says,
uh, uh, uh, uh. Now, you know what? That young
lady had asked 11 disciples, weren't you with him? Because
the Bible says they all deny him. And they would have said,
uh-uh-uh, uh-uh-uh, nope, nope, nope. What does he mean right
here when he said, John 17, verse six, I have manifested thy name
unto the men that thou hast gavest me out of the world, thine they
were, and thou gavest me, and they have kept thy word. How
in the world? By the grace of God. It's God
keeping the word in them. They would be, we're all like
water. We can't rise above our own eighth-inch
sidewall. But God gave to his people the
blessing of keeping his word because Christ kept his word. It's the only reason we can do
it. We don't brag on it. We just brag on Christ who kept
it for us. We don't brag on what we're doing.
We brag on Christ who allows us to do it. He has given unto us the ability
to do what he asks us to do. And we brag on him. Song of the
Lamb. Song of the Lamb. So they sang
the song of Moses. Yay, look at all he's done. They
sang the song of the Lamb. Yay. Look at all he's done. Moses talked about all the physical
things that those Jews were protected from. Those old Gentiles, they
lost. They thought they could get through,
but they couldn't because God pushed it over and they drowned. But all the Jews got through.
Now, the Song of the Lamb? The same is true. A whole bunch
of people think, but they can't unless I am their savior. Song of the Lamb.