Revelation 14:3 Meaning and Explanation
“And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth.”
King James Version (KJV)
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Read Full Chapter →The redeemed sing a new song before God's throne that only they, ransomed from the earth, are able to learn.
What Does Revelation 14:3 Mean?
The company sings a new song before the throne, the living creatures, and the elders who surround it. A new song marks a new act of God's deliverance, a praise that older words cannot contain. This song belongs only to those who have been redeemed from the earth, for only they have lived what it tells.
Some praise can be learned only by being saved. Those who have known the weight of sin and the wonder of the Lamb's ransom carry a song no one else can truly sing. It is the believer's comfort that the experience of grace becomes its own everlasting music, taught not by study but by salvation.
Revelation 14:3 in the Original Language
kainos (καινός), 'new' -- new in kind and freshness, not merely new in time.
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What does Revelation 14:3 mean?
The redeemed sing a new song before God's throne that only they, ransomed from the earth, are able to learn.