Revelation 15:1-2

The victory over the beast Revelation 15:1-2: God's judgment was to be poured out on the wicked. It would be judgment without mercy. The judgment would be complete. When God's judgment had been seen earlier in the book of Revelation it was mixed with mercy. Often only one-third of the number was affected. Now His wrath is to be poured out "without mixture." "The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb." (Revelation 14:10)

John is given a brief glimpse of saints on life's other side. "And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God." (Revelation 15:2) In the early pictures given in the book of Revelation the sea pictured God as perfect and that man could not approach Him. Later the sea will be no more and then man is allowed intimate fellowship with the Almighty. God's people give Him praise as symbolized by the harps. The sea of glass mingled with fire pictured the judgment of God.