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34 • R IPE FOR H ARVEST

Rev. 19.6 (NKJV) – And I heard, as it were, the voice of a great multitude, as the sound of many waters and as the sound of mighty thunderings, saying, “Alleluia! For the Lord God Omnipotent reigns!”

3. Ps. 150 – Let everything that hath breath praise the Lord.

B. Reason Two: Praise is the highest function of the angels and human beings.

1. Isa. 6.1-3 – In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lifted up, and the train of His robe filled the temple. Above it stood seraphim; each one had six wings: with two he covered his face, with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew. And one cried to another and said: “Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of hosts; The whole earth is full of His glory!” 2. Ps. 34.1-3 (NKJV) – I will bless the LORD at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth. My soul shall make its boast in the LORD; The humble shall hear of it and be glad. Oh, magnify the LORD with me, And let us exalt His name together. Ever-increasing approximation to the infinitely lovely character of God is the most sublime goal of all creation. This is the summum bonum , the greatest good, the highest joy, the most exquisite delight, the supreme rapture, and the most ravishing transport of the human spirit. Just as antagonism, hostility, and cursing against God exercises and strengthens all that is most abominable, diabolical, and base in the human spirit, so worship and praise of the infinitely lovely God exercises, reinforces, and strengthens all that is most sublime, transcendent, and divine in the inner being.

~ Paul Billheimer. Destined for the Throne . p. 117.

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