The Hallelujah Chorus at the Lamb’s Wedding Feast

Rev. Sean Smith, pastor at Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Church in Mason City, IA, joins host Rev. Timothy Appel to study Revelation 19:1-10. The Lamb’s victory over Babylon, the anti-church, bring forth the singing of all the heavenly host. They join their voices in the triumphant song, “Hallelujah!” The Lamb has defeated the enemies of the Church for good, and so the Church lives in that reality. She is the bride of Christ, and she rejoices that He has come to take her into His wedding supper. Those who are invited to this feast are blessed; we are blessed as we receive the foretaste of the feast in the Lord’s Supper in the Divine Service. There, we hear the Word of God, whom alone we worship for what He has done for us in Christ, as He has revealed it to us in Holy Scripture. “Come Lord Jesus!” is a series on Sharper Iron that goes through the Revelation given to St. John. Although some look at Revelation with fear, it is a book of supreme hope in our crucified, risen, and ascended Lord. The book of Revelation gives a heavenly perspective on our earthly circumstances so that the Church in every generation is challenged, comforted, and assured of final victory through Jesus Christ.