Revelation 14:2 Meaning and Explanation
“And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps:”
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Read Full Chapter →John hears a mighty sound from heaven, like rushing waters and thunder, joined with the music of harpers.
What Does Revelation 14:2 Mean?
Heaven answers the silence of the sealed company with overwhelming sound. The voice is likened to many waters and great thunder, images of power and majesty, yet it carries also the music of harpers, the gentleness of worship within the grandeur.
The same God whose voice shakes creation also fills heaven with song. Here strength and sweetness meet, for the worship of the redeemed is both reverent before such majesty and glad in such love. The believer learns that to draw near to God is to stand before awesome power and to be welcomed into music at once.
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What does Revelation 14:2 mean?
John hears a mighty sound from heaven, like rushing waters and thunder, joined with the music of harpers.