The Ultimate Celebration

Catching a glimpse of the 2008 Olympic closing ceremonies in Beijing tonight, watching the festivities, and seeing the various nations and nationalities represented, I couldn’t help but remember the imagery in Revelation of what the ultimate celebration centered around God’s throne will be like:

“After this I looked and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and in front of the
Lamb. They were wearing white robes and were holding palm branches in their hands. And they cried out in a loud voice: ‘Salvation belongs to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb.’ All the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures. They fell down on their faces before the throne and worshiped God, saying: ‘Amen! Praise and glory and wisdom and thanks and honor and power and strength be to our God for ever and ever. Amen!’” (Revelation 7:9-12).