Good morning,
This week we will look at Revelation 19-20. It begins with praise in heaven and ends with judgement for those who were not found in the book of life.
3) The Rider on the White Horse (19:11-16)
“And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.12 His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself.13 And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.14 And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean. 15 And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.16 And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, King Of Kings, And Lord Of Lords.”
Here the True Messiah returns in victorious conquest.
4) Supper of the great God (19:17-18)
“And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God;18 That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great.”
God calls the fowls or birds of the sky to gather to eat the flesh of those who have died in the battle of Armageddon (cf. 16:14, 16, 19:21, Ezek. 39:17-20).
Tom Stearns, WASI Chaplain, 907 715-4001 chaplain@alaskaseniors.com
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