Thursday 31 December 2009

How to Download the Bible - Hallelujah chorus

If we look at the context in which those passages are found, we soon learn just how way off the mark people are in their understanding of the message contained in the real Hallelujah chorus.

The first passage from Revelation 19:6 must be taken in its Scriptural setting, and that is Revelation 19:1-6, which reads as follows:

" And after these things I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honour, and power, unto the Lord our God: For true and righteous are his judgments: for he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand. And again they said, Alleluia. And her smoke rose up for ever and ever. And the four and twenty elders and the four beasts fell down and worshipped God that sat on the throne, saying, Amen; Alleluia. And a voice came out of the throne, saying, Praise our God, all ye his servants, and ye that fear him, both small and great. And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth."

We will note that there is more than one 'AlleluYAH' here. In fact there are four - possibly five, it we count the phrase in verse 5 "Praise our God," which has the sense of Hallel (praise), to God (whose name is Yah). This is perhaps reflected in the music which has many "Hallelujahs" in the chorus.

The reason given for the first Alleluyah is that God's judgements are true and righteous - "for He hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and (because God) has avenged the blood of His servants..."

So this is a song of praise to God, because He has brought justice on the earth, and has judged this wicked and immoral system that has murdered His servants.

We can be certain that King George II, Handel, or the thousands of people who stand up when the chorus is sung - have any such thoughts in mind.

The second Alleluyah (Revelation 19:3) is because the "smoke of her burning rose up for ever and ever" - meaning that the destruction of this system will be an on-going judgement, until it is complete. That leads us to the next Alleluyah in verse 4 "AMEN, Alleluyah." Amen is a Hebrew word that means 'Truth.' This is the ultimate victory of the Truth over a false and corrupt system symbolized as a "whore." That is ecclesiastical Rome, as Revelation chapter 17 makes clear. So verse 5 calls upon the servants of God to praise Him, for He is the God of Truth.

The final Alleluyah of verse 6 is because all opposition has been overcome, and the Lord God is omnipotent - meaning All Powerful. He has ABSOLUTE POWER in the earth, and is therefore King of kings and Lord of lords, as we read in Revelation 19:16.

This idea is also seen in the prophecy of Daniel where we read of the "prince of princes" (chapter 8:25). Here, and in the Revelation, it is a reference to Christ and his saints.

The words of Revelation 11:15 have been inserted into Handel's Hallelujah chorus, which conclude the idea of the whole world becoming the dominion of Israel's Messiah and his faithful followers. As we read in Daniel 7:27.

"And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him."

So the kingdoms of this world become the kingdoms of our Lord and of his Christ, and he shall reign for ever and ever.

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