“But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable angels in festal gathering, and to the assembly of the first-born who are enrolled in heaven…” (Hebrews 12:22)
The word pictures we have of that blessed assembly praising “He who sits on the throne” are described with such vivid imagery that when I sit among a crowd of believers, singing with all their might, I can close my eyes almost hear the “roar of many waters, like the sound of thunder.” (Revelation 14:2) I can practically feel that deafening “new song” resounding through the eternal corridors of heaven itself…as the innumerable hosts of Mount Zion’s eternal Paradise unite to glorify the Lamb who was slain, so that we may live.
Heaven is never about us. The only reason we will ever be able to stand on that heavenly mountain of Zion is because of the blood poured out in sacrifice by the Lamb of God…for our sins. We don’t deserve the Paradise that awaits the faithful after this fleeting life is over…and that’s the whole point. Why will we worship God for eternity? Why are we going sing His name’s praise forever and ever? Because “salvation and glory and power belong to our God.” (Revelation 19:1). Salvation is GIVEN to us, but it has always BELONGED to God.
That great “festal gathering” on Mount Zion is by invitation only…consider this your invitation. “Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.” (Revelation 19:9).
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