13 And I heard every created thing in heaven and on earth and under the earth [in Hades, the place of departed spirits] and on the sea and all that is in it, crying out together, To Him Who is seated on the throne and to the Lamb be ascribed the blessing and the honor and the majesty (glory, splendor) and the power (might and dominion) forever and ever (through the eternities of the eternities)!
No one can deny the Truth that Jesus was and still is victorious! Notice that even those who are in Hades, who denied Him when their flesh was alive, cannot deny Him. Also notice that those who are in Hades confess and are fully aware of what is happening. There are those who believe that when we die, we fall asleep and are unaware of what is happening. Not so, whether we are in Hades or in Heaven, those whose flesh has died still have spirits that are alive and aware. We will see this Truth again in the later chapters of Revelation. We are also shown this Truth in Jesus’ parable of Lazarus and the Rich Ruler, Luke 16:24-25. Jesus tells us that the Rich Ruler became totally aware of the Truth when he had died.
The Truth is that Jesus has been given all flesh and He was crucified to give eternal life to all of the flesh that He has been given, John 17:2. To be saved a person must believe with their hearts and confess with their mouths that Jesus is Lord. The glorious Truth, that is not spoken of enough, is that every knee will bow and every tongue will confess Jesus as Lord, Romans 14:11. We see everybody confessing Jesus as Lord here in verse 13, everyone, everywhere is confessing the Truth. Everyone will be raised up from the dead. Some will be raised up to be the Bride of Christ and some will be raised up to be the guests of the Bride, Matthew 22:10. But regardless of what our Father has chosen for us in eternity, we all will believe the Truth that will set us free. Our Father will get His way and all men will be saved and come to the knowledge of the Truth, 1 Timothy 2:4. The Great Tribulation is a tool that our Father will allow to happen to bring people to the Truth. It will be a time of extremes and one of those extremes will be a time of great victory.
14 Then the four living creatures (beings) said, Amen (so be it)! And the elders [of the heavenly Sanhedrin] prostrated themselves and worshiped Him Who lives forever and ever.
As we continue with our study remember this: where sin abounds, grace much more abounds, Romans 5:20. Sin will abound during the Great Tribulation and amen that means that grace will exceed sin. Grace will much more exceed sin during the end times!
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