Revelation 19:1: And after these things I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honour, and power, unto the Lord our God

In Revelation 18:20, God the Father commanded the righteous saints in heaven to rejoice for the destruction of Modern Babylon during the Third Woe at the Second Coming.¹ And after these things,² or in accordance with God's command, the heavens do rejoice in Revelation 19:1.³ John therefore heard a great voice of much people in heaven.⁴ Some scholars say this much people in heaven is the great multitude that John was surprised to see in celestial paradise in Revelation 7:9-10, that no man could number ... and cried with a loud voice.⁵ However, in John's vision of the great multitude in Revelation chapter 7 he saw disembodied spirits of exaltation-worthy saints in celestial paradise⁶ before they resurrect in the morning of the first resurrection at the end of the Second Woe.⁷ Therefore, the rejoicing people in this verse are the 144,000 Servants from Revelation chapter 14 and they rejoice for their redemption, and also because Christ has destroyed Modern Babylon.⁸

The great voice of much people shouts alleluia (Heb. hallelujah),⁹ which means praise ye Jehovah.¹⁰ This word appears here for the first time in the New Testament, and it is repeated four times (the world number) in chapter 19.¹¹ The Old Testament Psalms frequently use hallelujah to praise the Lord¹² for destroying Israel's ancient enemies.¹³ In like manner, the four alleluias in Revelation chapter 19 praise Jesus Christ for destroying Israel's modern enemies,¹⁴ collectively called Modern Babylon.¹⁵ The hallelujah of the Old Testament and alleluia of the New Testament praise the same Lord Jesus Christ for his victories.¹⁶

At the Second Coming the redeemed of the Lord¹⁷ will praise Jehovah (Jesus Christ)¹⁸ as [the] salvation, and [the] glory, and [the] honour and [the] power, with the definite article¹⁹ to express his greatness.²⁰ This song of praise²¹ has four parts, using again the world number,²² to symbolize that Jesus Christ reigns supreme²³ in every quarter of Modern Babylon.²⁴ He rules on earth²⁵ and is called the Lord our God.²⁶ He is the salvation of Zion and her citizens²⁷ just as he is the destruction of Babylon and her citizens.²⁸ This four-part doxology²⁹ is antitypical of the four-part doxology of the salvation, the strength, the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ in Revelation 12:10. The doxology in Revelation 12:10 came from a loud voice of premortal spirits that praised Jehovah for their redemption when the war in heaven ended.³⁰

Revelation 19:2: For true and righteous are his judgments: for he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.

Christ will severely judge Modern Babylon at the Second Coming³¹ because she must fully answer for her crimes described in the cries and petitions of her victims.³² However, these judgments must also be true and righteous.³³ Christ is the judge of wicked Babylon³⁴ and his judgments must be true and righteous because these are his godly attributes.³⁵ His word is true³⁶ and without deviation,³⁷ and he is a righteous³⁸ sovereign.³⁹ In truth and righteousness Christ will destroy the Great Whore of false religion⁴⁰ because she did corrupt the earth [by] her fornication with the leaders of modern nations.⁴¹ For this reason, Christ will also avenge, or exact retribution,⁴² for the blood of his servants at her hand⁴³ from every age.⁴⁴

Revelation 19:3: And again they said, Alleluia. And her smoke rose up for ever and ever.

The great multitude proclaims a second joyful alleluia as a point of emphasis.⁴⁵ The first praise in Revelation 19:1 focused on Christ's power to save Zion and her righteous people.⁴⁶ The second praise is focused on Christ's power to destroy Babylon and her wicked people.⁴⁷ The second praise of alleluia also celebrates Babylon's permanent destruction,⁴⁸ which is symbolized by the smoke of her burning that rose up for ever and ever.⁴⁹ The double alleluia also corresponds to Babylon's double punishment, which includes both her spiritual fall at the time of Adam-ondi-Ahman and her physical fall at the Second Coming.⁵⁰