And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints.
The song of Moses ... and ... the Lamb. The New Testament song which the Lamb shall lead, "the Captain of our salvation" (as Moses was leader of Israel), and in which those who conquer through Him (Romans 8:37) join (Revelation 12:11), is antitype to the triumphant Old Testament song of Moses and Israel at the Red Sea, (Ex
15.) The Old and New Testament churches are essentially one in conflicts and triumphs. The two appear joined in this phrase, as in the "twenty-four elders." Isaiah 12:1-6 foretells the song of the redeemed (Israel foremost) after the antitypical exodus and deliverance at the Egyptian sea. The passage through the Red Sea under the pillar of cloud was Israel's baptism, to which the believer's baptism in trials corresponds (1 Corinthians 10:1). The elect after their trials (especially those from the beast) shall be taken up before the vials of wrath be poured on the breast and his kingdom. So Noah and his family were taken out of the doomed world before the deluge; Lot out of Sodom before its destruction; the Christians escaped by a special interposition of Providence to Pella, before the destruction of Jerusalem. As the pillar of cloud and fire interposed between Israel and the Egyptian foe, so that Israel safely landed on the opposite shore before the Egyptians were destroyed, so the Lord, coming with clouds and in flaming fire, shall first catch up His elect people "in the clouds to meet Him an the air," then shall with fire destroy the enemy. The Lamb leads the song in honour of the Father amidst the great congregation (Psalms 22:25). This is the "new song," Revelation 14:3. The singular victors are the 144,000 of Israel, "the first-fruits," and the "harvest" of the Gentiles.
Servant of God - (Exodus 14:31; Numbers 12:7.) The Lamb is more: He is the SON (Hebrews 3:5-6).
Great and marvelous are thy works ... Part of Moses' last song. God's vindication of His justice, that He may be glorified, is His grand end. Hence, His servants again and again dwell upon this (Revelation 14:7; Revelation 19:2; Proverbs 16:4; Jeremiah 10:10; Daniel 4:37). Especially at the judgment (Psalms 1:1-6; Psalms 145:17).
Saints. A B, Coptic, Cyprian, read, 'of the NATIONS;' 'Aleph (') C, 'of the ages;' so Vulgate and Syriac. The point at issue in the Lord's controversy with the earth is, whether He, or Satan's minion, the beast, is 'King of the nations;' here, at the eve of judgments descending on the kingdom of the beast, the transfigured saints hail Him as 'King of the nations' (Ezekiel 21:27).