Believers know about the struggles of life, and the touch of the Master’s hand. We know what it is to be redeemed by His grace, lifted out of sin and its prison, and to have no hope and then to be given a “new song”, Psa. 40:1-3.
But the angels have never had our experience with sin and redemption. All they know is glory, triumph, victory and praise.
They have never been given a song, but we have — praise the Lord.
I love gospel music, and some day I will sing my heart out with the amazing Heavenly Choir the Apostle John wrote about.
Revelation 5:11-12 And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the beasts 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 that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing.
But the angels can’t sing our song.
“Holy, holy, is what the angels sing, — And I expect to help them make the courts of Heaven ring; — But when I sing redemption’s story, they will fold their wings, — For angels never felt the joys — That our salvation brings.”
Johnson Oatman, Jr, 1856 - 1922
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