Later text
and they sang the song of God's servant Moses and of the Lamb: "Great and wonderful are Your works, O Lord God Almighty! Just and true are Your ways, O King of the nations!
Intertextuality Pair
Revelation 15:3a → Exodus 15:1-18
Allusion
Earlier text
Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song to the LORD: "I will sing to the LORD, for He is highly exalted. The horse and rider He has thrown into the sea. The LORD is my strength and my song, and He has become my salvation. He is my God, and I will praise Him, my father's God, and I will exalt Him. The LORD is a warrior, the LORD is His name. Pharaoh's chariots and army He has cast into the sea; the finest of his officers are drowned in the Red Sea. The depths have covered them; they sank there like a stone. Your right hand, O LORD, is majestic in power; Your right hand, O LORD, has shattered the enemy. You overthrew Your adversaries by Your great majesty. You unleashed Your burning wrath; it consumed them like stubble. At the blast of Your nostrils the waters piled up; like a wall the currents stood firm; the depths congealed in the heart of the sea. The enemy declared, 'I will pursue, I will overtake. I will divide the spoils; I will gorge myself on them. I will draw my sword; my hand will destroy them.' But You blew with Your breath, and the sea covered them. They sank like lead in the mighty waters. Who among the gods is like You, O LORD? Who is like You—majestic in holiness, revered with praises, performing wonders? You stretched out Your right hand, and the earth swallowed them up. With loving devotion You will lead the people You have redeemed; with Your strength You will guide them to Your holy dwelling. The nations will hear and tremble; anguish will grip the dwellers of Philistia. Then the chiefs of Edom will be dismayed; trembling will seize the leaders of Moab; those who dwell in Canaan will melt away, and terror and dread will fall on them. By the power of Your arm they will be as still as a stone until Your people pass by, O LORD, until the people You have bought pass by. You will bring them in and plant them on the mountain of Your inheritance—the place, O LORD, You have prepared for Your dwelling, the sanctuary, O Lord, Your hands have established. The LORD will reign forever and ever!"
Significance
The conquerors standing beside the "sea of glass mixed with fire" singing "the song of God's servant Moses and of the Lamb" directly evokes the Exodus victory celebration. Just as Israel stood on the far side of the Red Sea and sang Moses' song celebrating YHWH's triumph over Pharaoh's army (Exod 15:1-18), so the eschatological community stands beyond the final sea of judgment singing of the Lamb's victory over the beast. The typological correspondence is deliberate: sea (Red Sea / sea of glass), divine warrior triumph, and responsive worship. The escalation is from a national deliverance from Egypt to the cosmic deliverance from Satan's empire. The pairing of "Moses and the Lamb" explicitly links old and new exodus, showing that the new exodus through Christ fulfills and surpasses the original.
- Found via
- Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
- Reference Type
- Allusion
- Connection Method(s)
- Typology (Direct Type, Forward-Looking) + Longitudinal Theme