• Reading I: Revelations 15:1-14
• Resp. Psalm:  Psalm 98:1,2-3,7-8,9
• Gospel Reading:  Luke 21:12-19

The image of the sea purified and turned into glass or becomes crystalline is an image of the Primordial Sea, the Enemy of God, tamed and cleansed.  We’ve seen the Sea in the Apocalypse turning up monsters which fight against the Lamb and His army.  In Rev. 15, it is finally transformed into something inert.  It even becomes a stage where Moses’ and the Lamb’s victory song can be performed with harps.

To note here is that the songs of Moses and the Lamb are sung. Both songs actually tell of God’s sovereignty and holiness.  Within the context of the unfolding of God’s judgment over the world the victorious scene depicted in Rev. 15, actually prepares for the utter destruction of the Sea in the final stages of the Apocalypse when it will be announced that "the Sea is no more" (Rev. 21:20)

Read an explanation of the Gospel reading here:  I Will Be With You

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