The whole Bible, condensed into a single term!

(John Angell James, "Christian Hope" 1859)

I heard the sound of a vast crowd in heaven shouting,
"Hallelujah! Salvation is from our God!" Revelation 19:1

Salvation! What a word! And what a blessing!

One word--but containing millions of ideas!

It is the whole Bible, condensed into a single term!

God's eternal councils;
Christ's redeeming work;
the Spirit's sanctifying power;
all the riches of divine grace;
all the blessings of eternal glory,
are in substance comprehended in those few syllables!

That one word is a boundless, fathomless ocean
of blessedness--it passes knowledge!

All that preachers have ever said;
all that authors have ever written;
all that Christians have ever felt, imagined, hoped for,
leave its full meaning yet to be explained.

It can be comprehended only in heaven!

It can be developed only in eternity!

I heard the sound of a vast crowd in heaven shouting,
"Hallelujah! Salvation is from our God!" Revelation 19:1