Revelation 5: 9 And they sang a new song, saying:
“You are worthy to take the scroll,
And to open its seals;
For You were slain,
And have redeemed us to God by Your blood
Out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation,
10 And have made us kings and priests to our God;
And we shall reign on the earth.”
People are “wired” to remember events through songs. Songs convey a message encapsulated in a melody. This new song sung in Heaven refers to the redemption of the Sons by the Lamb. The Song of Moses referred to the redemption of the children of Israel by FATHER using Moses as HIS conduit. The song is given in Exodus 15 and specifically speaks of Passover.
The Second Song of Moses was given in Deuteronomy 32, at the end of Moses’ life. It focused on the second age, that of being in the wilderness- Pentecost. In this song:
10 “He found him in a desert land
And in the wasteland, a howling wilderness;
He encircled him, He instructed him,”
FATHER gave them the Law and dealt with their unbelief and called them a “crooked and perverse generation”. This age has been known by its negative aspects of leaven or sin. Those who had been enslaved in Egypt could not get “Egypt” out of their minds and continued in their bondage. They viewed their bondage greater than their Deliverer even though the first Song of Moses testified of the deliverance out of Egypt. The second Song was not complimentary to those in the wilderness.
The third Song of Scripture is the New Song from Heaven. It is sung by those who are called to rule and reign with Him. Not everyone in Heaven was singing the song, only the four living creatures and those twenty-four elders representing the Remnant. After this song was sung, others joined in to proclaim with a loud voice:
11 Then I looked, and I heard the voice of many angels around the throne, the living creatures, and the elders; and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands, 12 saying with a loud voice:
“Worthy is the Lamb who was slain
To receive power and riches and wisdom,
And strength and honor and glory and blessing!”
Finally an even larger group joined in. This is an all-inclusive group which refers to the full restoration of all mankind:
13 And every creature which is in heaven and on the earth and under the earth and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, I heard saying:
“Blessing and honor and glory and power
Be to Him who sits on the throne,
And to the Lamb, forever and ever!”
In total there are three groups described in chapter 5 of Revelation: the twenty-four elders, the saints, and the rest of mankind. Only the song of victory was given to the elders to sing, others were silent during this song. These elders understood the full revelation of the Book of Life and they were able to express the victory in this new song for it was in their hearts to sing.
Notice that the songs speaks of the revelation of “restoration of all mankind” out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation. There is no “turn or burn” doctrine in Heaven. Love prevails with the fullness of restoration of all that HE created. These elders further sung of being qualified as kings and priests to rule and reign on earth. What great news! The earth does not get destroyed by man’s folly or by some cataclysmic event as prophesied many times over by those who promote doctrines of fear. The new song is a song of Love and as you might guess, the Song of Solomon prophesied of this new song. Prepare yourself to sing.