The Song of Triumph
Taken from Revelation for Everyone
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The Song of Triumph
Revelation 11.15-19
Inscribed over the high altar in Westminster Abbey, one of the most famous churches in the world, is the King James Version translation of verse 15, which reads, ‘The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ.’ It is an impressive text for an impressive location, looking down as it does not only on the altar and its magnificent surroundings but on the Cosmati pavement in front of it, where for a thousand years kings and queens have been crowned. The text is designed as a solemn reminder to these monarchs, and to their subjects, that their crowns are at best temporary and in any case borrowed. The sovereignty, the kingdom, belongs to the one true God and to his Messiah...