2 And I heard a voice from heaven like the sound of many waters and like the sound of loud thunder; the voice I heard was like the sound of harpists playing on their harps, 3 and they sing a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and before the elders. No one could learn that song except the one hundred forty-four thousand who have been redeemed from the earth.
I think these are beautiful verses. I'm especially intrigued by the beginning of verse three where John says "they sing a new song"; the thought of there being a brand new thing that has not been heard ever before, a completely new creation, as an introduction to a better time, is such a hopeful thought.
The writer at bibleref.com proposes some theories about who these choristers may be, (as not much information is given), and says, "Whoever they are, it is clear they are joyfully welcoming the end of the tribulation and the commencement of Jesus' reign on earth."
Back when I was struggling with addiction I was very dependent on secular music as a way to calm my PTSD symptoms, and I could not conceive of living without it. This changed one night when during intoxication, I had the profound experience of being bathed in the music of God, or the Heavens, or something I don't have human words to describe. I was suddenly thrust into what seemed like a downfall of sound, literally surrounding me, the most complicated yet astoundingly beautiful music I had ever heard in my life.It was definitely not anything the human mind could produce, and when this passed I could not stand to even listen to the music I had on my computer that I had been listening to before it happened. My human music sounded children's songs, and I felt like God was saying to me, "Do you really think I care about the simplicity of human music, which is like nursery rhymes compared to mine?"
Eventually God relieved me of the desire to listen to secular music much at all. I occasionally listen, or try to, but it just seems sad and depressing to me, and it doesn't have the hold on me that it once did. I felt that, through that experience, God was telling me not to worry so much about it and to not let it be an obstacle to Salvation through Christ, because He would take care of it, and anything else that was troubling me, and He did. The lesson for me in that was not to obsess or worry about things that I felt I could not let go of, but to bring my worries to God and to have enough faith to let him work them out in His own way.
A Prayer for Salvation from Christ:
Lord
Jesus, I confess my sins and ask for your forgiveness. Please come into
my heart as my Lord and Savior. Take complete control of my life and
help me to walk in Your footsteps daily by the power of the Holy Spirit.
Thank you Lord for saving me and for answering my prayer.
A more detailed step by step process:
https://www.wikihow.com/Accept-Jesus-Into-Your-Life
