We’ve journeyed from the Triune God’s creation song through the fall’s interruption, from Israel’s formation through Christ’s perfect fulfillment to the church’s current calling. Today we arrive at the ultimate destination: the eternal song that all creation is moving toward.

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All Creation Joins the Song

Scripture’s climax isn’t a theological discourse or moral instruction: it’s a worship service. Revelation pulls back the veil to reveal what all human praise has been pointing toward:

"Then I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and on the sea, and all that is in them, saying: ’To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb, be praise and honor and glory and power, for ever and ever!’" (Revelation 5:13)

Every creature. Every tribe. Every nation. Every tongue. The song that began in the Trinity’s perfect harmony, was interrupted by sin, preserved through Israel, and perfected by Christ now reaches its eternal crescendo.

The New Song of the Redeemed

Heaven’s worship centers on what Revelation calls the "new song":

"Worthy are you to take the scroll and to open its seals, for you were slain, and by your blood you ransomed people for God from every tribe and language and people and nation" (Revelation 5:9).

This song is "new" because it celebrates the new act of redemption accomplished by Jesus alone. Only the redeemed can sing about redemption. This is the Jesus song that sets Christian worship apart from every other music the world can offer.

The Song That Never Ends

Revelation describes worship that continues without ceasing: "Day and night they never cease to say, ’Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come!’" (Revelation 4:8).

This isn’t worship as one activity among many, it’s the primary activity of eternity. We won’t tire of it or need breaks from it because we’ll be perfectly fitted for our created purpose as worshipers.

The Ultimate Homecoming

Here’s the beautiful culmination: What song do we find in Revelation 15? The song of Moses: the very first communal worship song recorded in Scripture, sung by God’s people after their deliverance from Egypt.

But this time, the rescue isn’t temporary, it’s eternal. There is a greater Moses (Jesus), a greater deliverance (from sin and death), and a greater promised land (the new heavens and earth).

The song that started at the Red Sea finds its ultimate completion in eternity’s worship. Every worship song we’ve ever sung has been preparing us for this moment.

What We’re Practicing For

This eternal perspective transforms everything about worship formation today. Every time we sing to God now, we’re:

Rehearsing for eternity. We’re developing skills and heart postures we’ll need forever.

Joining something already in progress. Heaven’s worship is happening now; we participate from earth.

Learning perfect unity. Corporate worship teaches us to harmonize diverse voices around shared truth.

Developing eternal capacity. Our formation today shapes our ability to contribute to heaven’s song.

The Urgency of Formation

If our ultimate destiny is eternal worship, then developing our capacity to worship rightly isn’t optional, it’s essential preparation for our eternal calling.

God made you to SING! Not because you have musical talent or a perfect voice, but because you were created to join the eternal song of the redeemed.

Since Our God Is a Singing God

Zephaniah 3:17 reveals something beautiful about our God: "The Lord your God is in your midst… he will rejoice over you with singing." As Charles Spurgeon asked, "If God sings, shall we not sing?"

The Triune God - Father, Son, and Holy Spirit - sings forth love in perfect harmony. This song cannot be contained. It goes forth and creates, redeems, and ultimately consummates all things in eternal praise.

Since our God is a singing God, we are a singing people.

This Is the Choir of Earth as It Is in Heaven

All of our singing - every worship song we learn, every time we engage our hearts in praise, every moment we help others grow in worship - it’s all preparation for joining the eternal song that began before creation and will never end.

Will You Join the Song?

The story that began with the Trinity singing in perfect harmony, continued through creation’s response, survived the fall’s interruption, developed through Israel’s formation, reached its climax in Christ’s perfect worship, and continues through the church’s mission. This story culminates with your voice joining the eternal chorus.

Your worship matters. Your formation matters. Your growth in spiritual discipline through song matters because it’s preparing you for your ultimate purpose as a creature made to glorify God.

The song that began in eternity past continues through eternity future. Your voice belongs in that eternal chorus.

Will you join the song?