3 And again they shouted, Hallelujah (praise the Lord)! The smoke of her [burning] shall continue to ascend forever and ever (through the eternities of the eternities).
We are shown that the worlds economy will never be again. Our Father will provide directly and the nations of the earth will live in the peace and prosperity of His might. The Truth is our Father provides now, most just aren’t aware of it. Everyone will have true fellowship with our Creator and He will have true unbroken fellowship with all of His children. As He is, so will we be, 1 John 4:17.
We are told that the smoke of Babylon’s torment will arise forever. This has to be figurative because how can you burn greed, pride, ego, selfishness, and idolatry which are the power of the Harlot? Or is the earth going to burn forever? So as we live on the new earth the old one will always be there burning? The reason that I make this point here is the term, “the smoke of torment arising forever,” is also used to describe Hell. The saying means that the things that our Father throws into the Lake of Fire will never come back. The sentence of those things is final. It does not mean that the things thrown into the Lake of Fire are burning forever. It means that they are destroyed never to return. The things that are thrown into the Lake of Fire are cast from our Father’s presence, 2 Thessalonians 1:9. Our Father is Omnipotent. So they must cease to be or else our Father would not be Omnipotent.
4 Then the twenty-four elders [of the heavenly Sanhedrin] and the four living creatures fell prostrate and worshiped [paying divine honors to] God, Who sits on the throne, saying, Amen! Hallelujah (praise the Lord)!
5 Then from the throne there came a voice, saying, Praise our God, all you servants of His, you who reverence Him, both small and great!
Ask yourself this, doesn’t everyone serve our Father? We are told that every knee will bow and every tongue will confesses that Jesus is Lord, Romans 14:11. Our Father used Pharaoh and he didn’t acknowledge that he was being used. Our Father used Pilate and Herod and they were unaware of it, Acts 4:27-28. The Truth is that all things exists by our Father, for our Father, and through our Father, Colossians 1:16. So whether we are great in Him or small in Him, we all serve Him! Everyone will rejoice because Jesus is that successful. Our Lord has been given all flesh, John 17:2. Jesus will not lose any that He has been given, John 6:39. So many people believe that our Father will lose most of His children. That would make Him a terrible parent. That would make Jesus a terrible Shepherd. That would make what satan did far more successful then what Jesus did. There is a reason that we are told that only one was cast out of the Marriage Supper, Matthew 22:11-12, and it is because our Father gets what He wants and our Father wants all men saved and He wants all men to come to the knowledge of the Truth, 1 Timothy 2:4.
We are able to rejoice not because millions of people get destroyed and thrown into Hell. We are able to rejoice because the thing that has caused billions of people to be deceived is eternally destroyed! The chaff will be burnt, but the glorious fruit of all men shall be saved!
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