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The Revelation of Jesus Christ: An Illustrated Overview
Session 21: Chapter 19
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7 Core
Messages
14:14-20 – 2 Great Harvests: Grain / Grace harvest concludes past 3 rows’ Winepress of wrath
summarises next 3 rows
2 HarvestsGrace (God’s people); Wrath (God’s enemies)
14:1-5 - The Lamb, standing on Mt Zion with the 144,000 singing
song of Moses & Lamb, with Heaven’s choir
Ch14
14:6-11 - 3 Angelic messengers: 1) Fear God; 2) Fallen is
Babylon; 3) Eternal torment for Beast worshippers
14:12-13 - Call to endure; Blessed are martyrs
11:15-19 - Temple open, ark seen, loud voices declare
‘Kingdom has come’
Ch12-13:8 – 3rd Woe: Satan cast to earth; raises Beast who wars on saints, rules earth for
42m
13:9-10 – Call for saints to endure
Ch12-13
7 Trumps Part II(7th)
Satan’s rage & final stand in this age (3.5 yrs – Great Tribulation)
13:11-18 – Satan raises False Prophet who leads worldwide
worship of Beast for 42m
7 Bowls
Ch15 – Beast Overcomers before throne – Song of Moses
& Lamb; 7 Angels receive 7 Bowls
Ch16 – 1st 6 Bowls poured out, culminating in nations awaiting
Armageddon16:15 - Call to stay awake
16:16-17 - Nations assembled at Armageddon; 7th Bowl poured
out [interlock – Babylon judged]
Ch15-16
God’s rage & final judgmentof Satan’s world & age
7 Songs of Babylon’s Judgment
16:17-17:3a – Voice from temple, lightning, thunder,
earthquake, hail; 1 of 7 angels says ‘Come’
17:3b-18:3 – 7 headed Beast destroys Harlot Babylon, for
deceiving world
18:4-8 – ‘Come out, my people’-Babylon judged for her
wickedness
18:9-19:3 – World mourns Babylon’s destruction; Heaven celebrates [interlock – Heaven
celebrates Babylon’s fate]
Ch17-18
Babylon’s Final judgmentSatanic World system destroyed forever
7 Trumps Part I (1st - 6th)
8:1-5 – 7 Angels & trumps; Saints’ prayers; Coals on earth; thunder, lightning, earthquake;
30m silence
8:6–9:21 - 1st 6 Trumps: 4x 1/3rd
natural disasters from heaven; 2 woes = 2x Demonic Armies
Ch10-11:14 – God’s warnings for 42m preceding 7th Trump, through 2 Witnesses in Jer’m
11:14-15 – 3rd woe to come, 7th
Trump blown [interlock – temple response]
Babylon’s Final warnings 3.5 yrs of Trib’n judgments for World System, a call to repent
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Prologue
7 Letters to 7 Churches
7 Eternal rewards for Church
(Overcomers)
Epilogue
1:10b-20 ; Jesus amongst 7 lampstands, 7 stars in hand
Ch 2 – 3 – 7 Letters to 7 Churches
1:1-10a – Opening address: Divine book through John,
Blessed are doers of it
21:1-9 - Voice from throne, ‘God's home with man’; ‘All
new'; 'Eternal blessing or curse'
22:8-20 – Closing address: Divine book through John,
Blessed are doers of it
21:10 - 22:7 – 7-fold Reward for Overcomers in New Jerusalem(God in midst, Lamb in midst, Eternal City (New Jerusalem), River of life, Tree of life, Nothing accursed,
Eternal life & reign)
Ch1b-3
Ch21-22a
Ch22b
Ch1a
Church rewarded
Church sanctified
John & Jesus: John’s Greeting, Jesus’s address, Book’s blessings
John & Jesus: John’s Greeting, Jesus’s address, Book’s blessings
Theophany Judgment event/ statement Interlude: Mercy Culmination & interlockAuthor’s address
Level 4: Theophany initiated sequence of Prophetic Septet Judgment & Mercy events / statementsLevel 3:
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Ch 19-20 describe Christ’s completion of His redemption plan at His 2nd coming
(in antithetical symmetry with Ch 8-11, which describes Babylon’s final warnings – the 7 trumps)
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19:1-10 – Worship at throne, Babylon destroyed, marriage of
Lamb has come, Bride ready
19:11-20:3 – Christ returns, destroys armies; 2 Beasts
damned; Mil’m;
20:4-6 – Saints reign with Christ for 1000 years
20:7-14 - Gog & Magog; Satan damned; Final Judgment,
Wicked, Death, Hades damned [interlock –voice from throne]
Ch19-20
Christ Completes redemption plan: by return & 7 eternal judgments (evicting illegitimate tenants)
7 SealsCh4-5 – Jesus (Lamb, 7 horns, 7
eyes) takes 7 sealed scroll. 7 Songs
Ch6 – 1st 6 Seals: 4 Horse Riders, Martyrs’ pray for judgm’t,
Sign of Day of Lord’s Wrath
Ch7 – 2 Protected peoples, 2 types of victory: 144,000 Jews
(temporal); God’s saints (eternal)
8:1-2 – 7th Seal opened, 7 angels given 7 trumpets [interlock - 7 angels]
Ch4-7
Christ Initiates redemption plan by opening 7 Seals
CHAPTER 19-20: Christ completes His redemption plan
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COMMENTS ON
REV CH19
1. The climax of book of
Revelation: >10 ‘Inclusio’s’
terminate in Revelation 19
2. The fulfilment of bible
prophecy: Most OT prophecy
culminates in Christ’s 2nd
coming in Revelation Ch 19;
Many OT Chapters speak
directly about these events:
1. AT least 9 Prophets
2. At least 10 Chapters in
Isaiah
3. At least 8 Psalms
3. The summit of revelation:
most detailed description of
Christ as coming King in the
bible, & of his confrontation of
& victory over evil
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3 DIRGES MOURNING BABYLON’S FALL (CH 18)
HEAVEN CELEBRATES DESTINY OF THE 2 WOMEN (19:1-10)
A. Celebration 1: by multitude in heaven: Babylon’s fall (19:1-6)
B. Celebration 2: Lamb’s Wedding supper (Rev 19:6-10)
RETURN OF THE KING & ARMAGEDDON (19:11-21)
C. Return of King: Glorious King leads heaven’s armies to battle;
He goes to tread the winepress of God’s wrath (19:11-16)
D. Feast: Angel invites carrion birds to messianic banquet (v17-18)
E. Armageddon; Warrior King destroys AC, False Prophet, &
armies with breath of His mouth; 2 Beasts cast into hell (v19-21)
19A
19B
19C,D,E
19A,B. Heaven celebrates destiny
of the 2 Women
19C. Return of the King; D. God’s great
feast; E. Armageddon
Things that areThings seen
PRO-LOGUE: Vision & Comm-ission
CHURCH JUDG’D NATIONS JUDGED: ‘Day of the Lord’ plan to judge the nations & redeem His people
1st 6 Seals
7th Seal; 1st 6 Trumps
IN: Harlot Babylon JudgedIN: God’s
people
1
6 7 8 9 10 11a,b 12 13 14 18 191 2 3
IN: God’s Final warnings to nations
IN:Satansquest7t
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7 Eternal Judgments
7 Bowls of wrath
15
Beast kingdom
IN: 2 Great Harvests
11c
OUTCOME8
20 211716
7 Trumps 7th Trump
3 4 5 6 7
7 Eternal rewards in
N.Jer’m
‘Day of the Lord’: Plan to redeem & judge the earthO.T
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8-9 11C 13
7 Bowls (30d)
15-16 19
7A 7B 10 11A,B 12B 17A 17B-18 14B 14C1 14A14C2
Mill’m & Final Judgm’t Eternity
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Contrast 2: The 2 Womens’
destinies
Contrast 3: The 2 Feasts: enemies
ARE feast; saved are guestsContrast 4, 5:
2 kings;
2 armies with 2 experiences of
Christ’s return;
Allusion19:11-16 19:11-16 19:17-18 19:19-21
Dan 7:10-27* Isa 63:1-3 Ezek Ch 38-39 Zech Ch 10-14
OT Passage
content
• Jesus returns on clouds of fire to take over Gov’t of earth, by confronting & destroying AC armies at Armageddon
• Man coming from Jordan area, with crimson stained garments from treading the winepress of God
• Battle of Gog & Magog. destroys multiple nations gathered for war against Israel. Birds feast on flesh the those armies
• God gathers all nations to Jer’m, defends Israel, destroys enemy armies, leads Israel to accept Christ as Messiah, restores Israel
Type of
Allusion
• Parallel passages, fulfilment • Parallel passage, fulfilment • Parallel Passage, fulfilment • Parallel Passage, fulfilment
Implications
for Book of
Rev
• Rev 19 fulfils the prophecies of the Son of Man coming to drive evil off the planet & establish God’s kingdom forever
• Rev Ch 19 is the fulfilment of Isa Ch 63
• Ezek Ch 38-39 describes same events as Rev 19, adds insight into Jesus’ 2nd coming, e.g. which nations lead rebellion
• Just before Jesus’ 2nd coming, Israel’s remnant will accept Christ & call on Him. At His return He will fight for them & deliver them
Contrast 1: 2 reactions to Babylon’s
fall: world mourns; heaven rejoices
* See also Mt 24:29–31; 16:27; Lk 21:27; Mk 14:62; 2 Thes 2:8
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After these things I heard a loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying, “Alleluia! Salvation and glory and honorand power belong to the Lord our God! For true and righteous are His judgments,
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because He has
judged the great
harlot who
corrupted the
earth with her
fornication; and
He has avenged
on her the blood
of His servants
shed by her.”
Again they said,
“Alleluia! Her
smoke rises up
forever and
ever!”
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…because He has judged the great harlot who corrupted the earth with her fornication; and He has avenged on her the blood of His servants shed by her.” Again they said, “Alleluia! Her smoke rises up forever and ever!”
And the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and
worshiped God who sat on the throne, saying, “Amen! Alleluia!” 8
And the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God who sat on the throne, saying, “Amen! Alleluia!”
Then a voice came from the throne, saying, “Praise our God, all you His servants and those who fear Him, both small and great!”
And I heard, as it were, the voice of a great multitude, as the sound of many waters and as the sound of mighty thunderings, saying, “Alleluia! For the Lord God Omnipotent reigns!
Let us be glad and rejoice and give Him glory, for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His wife has made herself ready.” And to her it was granted to be arrayed in fine linen, clean and bright, for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints.
Then he said
to me, “Write:
‘Blessed are
those who are
called to the
marriage
supper of the
Lamb!’ ” And
he said to me,
“These are the
true sayings of
God.”
Then he said to me, “Write: ‘Blessed are those who are called to the marriage supper of the Lamb!’ ” And he said to me, “These are the true sayings of God.”
And I fell at his
feet to worship
him. But he said
to me, “See that
you do not do
that! I am your
fellow servant,
and of your
brethren who
have the
testimony of
Jesus. Worship
God! For the
testimony of
Jesus is the spirit
of prophecy.”
And I fell at his feet to worship him. But he said to me, “See that you do not do that! I am your fellow servant, and of your brethren who have the testimony of Jesus. Worship God! For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.”
Then I saw heaven opened…
… and behold,
a white horse.
And He who
sat on him was
called Faithful
and True, and
in
righteousness
He judges and
makes war.
… and behold, a white horse. And He who sat on him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He judges and makes war.
His eyes were like a flame of fire, and on His head were many crowns. He had a name written that no one knew except Himself.
He was clothed with a robe dipped in blood, and His name is called The Word of God.
And the armies in heaven, clothed in fine linen, white and clean, followed Him on white horses.
Now out of His mouth goes a sharp sword, that with it He should strike the nations.
And He Himself will rule them with a rod of iron.
He Himself treads the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.
And He has on His robe and on His thigh a name written: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS
Then I saw an angel
standing in the sun; and he
cried with a loud voice,
saying to all the birds that
fly in the midst of heaven,
“Come and gather together
for the supper of the great
God, that you may eat the
flesh of kings, the flesh of
captains, the flesh of mighty
men, the flesh of horses
and of those who sit on
them, and the flesh of all
people, free and slave, both
small and great.”
Then I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the birds that fly in the midst of heaven, “Come and gather together for the supper of the great God, that you may eat the flesh of kings, the flesh of captains, the flesh of mighty men, the flesh of horses and of those who sit on them, and the flesh of all people, free and slave, both small and great.”
And I saw the beast, the
kings of the earth, and their
armies, gathered together
to make war against Him
who sat on the horse and
against His army.
And I saw the beast, the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against Him who sat on the horse and against His army.
Then the beast was captured, and with him the false prophet who worked signs in his presence, by which he deceived those who received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image. These two were cast alive into the lake of fire burning with brimstone.
And the rest were killed with the sword which proceeded from the mouth of Him who sat on the horse. And all the birds were filled with their flesh. (Re 19:1–21)
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3 DIRGES MOURNING BABYLON’S FALL (CH 18)
HEAVEN CELEBRATES DESTINY OF THE 2 WOMEN (19:1-10)
A. Celebration 1: by multitude in heaven: Babylon’s fall (19:1-6)
B. Celebration 2: Lamb’s Wedding supper (Rev 19:6-10)
RETURN OF THE KING & ARMAGEDDON (19:11-21)
C. Glorious King leads heaven’s armies to battle; He goes to
tread the winepress of God’s wrath (19:11-16)
D. Angel invites carrion birds to messianic banquet (v17-18)
E. Armageddon; Warrior King destroys AC, False Prophet, &
armies with breath of His mouth; 2 Beasts cast into hell (v19-21)
19A
19B
19C,D,E
19A,B. Heaven celebrates destiny
of the 2 Women
19C. Return of the King; D. God’s great
feast; E. Armageddon
Things that areThings seen
PRO-LOGUE: Vision & Comm-ission
CHURCH JUDG’D NATIONS JUDGED: ‘Day of the Lord’ plan to judge the nations & redeem His people
1st 6 Seals
7th Seal; 1st 6 Trumps
IN: Harlot Babylon JudgedIN: God’s
people
1
6 7 8 9 10 11a,b 12 13 14 18 191 2 3
IN: God’s Final warnings to nations
IN:Satansquest7t
h
7 Eternal Judgments
7 Bowls of wrath
15
Beast kingdom
IN: 2 Great Harvests
11c
OUTCOME8
20 211716
7 Trumps 7th Trump
3 4 5 6 7
7 Eternal rewards in
N.Jer’m
‘Day of the Lord’: Plan to redeem & judge the earthO.T
1
Church Age
2-3
42m 42m 30d
12A
7 Seals
6
7 Trumps (TRIBULAT’N - Daniel’s 70th ‘week’)
8-9 11C 13
7 Bowls (30d)
15-16 19
7A 7B 10 11A,B 12B 17A 17B-18 14B 14C1 14A14C2
Mill’m & Final Judgm’t Eternity
20 21-22
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22
7 LETTERS
TO 7 CHURCHES
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Lamb takes 7-Sealed scroll
7 Seals
2
Things to come`
Scroll
4-5
4
Contrast 2: The 2 Womens’
destinies
Contrast 3: The 2 Feasts: enemies
ARE feast; saved are guestsContrast 4, 5:
2 kings;
2 armies with 2 experiences of
Christ’s return;
Allusion19:11-16 19:11-16 19:17-18 19:19-21
Dan 7:10-27* Isa 63:1-3 Ezek Ch 38-39 Zech Ch 10-14
OT Passage
content
• Jesus returns on clouds of fire to take over Gov’t of earth, by confronting & destroying AC armies at Armageddon
• Man coming from Jordan area, with crimson stained garments from treading the winepress of God
• Battle of Gog & Magog. destroys multiple nations gathered for war against Israel. Birds feast on flesh the those armies
• God gathers all nations to Jer’m, defends Israel, destroys enemy armies, leads Israel to accept Christ as Messiah, restores Israel
Type of
Allusion
• Parallel passages, fulfilment • Parallel passage, fulfilment • Parallel Passage, fulfilment • Parallel Passage, fulfilment
Implications
for Book of
Rev
• Rev 19 fulfils the prophecies of the Son of Man coming to drive evil off the planet & establish God’s kingdom forever
• Rev Ch 19 is the fulfilment of Isa Ch 63
• Ezek Ch 38-39 describes same events as Rev 19, adds insight into Jesus’ 2nd coming, e.g. which nations lead rebellion
• Just before Jesus’ 2nd coming, Israel’s remnant will accept Christ & call on Him. At His return He will fight for them & deliver them
Contrast 1: 2 reactions to Babylon’s
fall: world mourns; heaven rejoices
* See also Mt 24:29–31; 16:27; Lk 21:27; Mk 14:62; 2 Thes 2:8
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Text CommentaryAfter this I heard what seemed to be the loud
voice of a great multitude in heaven, crying out,
“Hallelujah! Salvation and glory & power belong to
our God, for his judgments are true and just; for he
has judged the great prostitute who corrupted the
earth with her immorality, & has avenged on her
the blood of his servants.” Once more they cried
out, “Hallelujah! The smoke from her goes up
forever and ever.” & the twenty-four elders & the
four living creatures fell down & worshiped God
who was seated on the throne, saying, “Amen.
Hallelujah!” & from the throne came a voice
saying, “Praise our God, all you his servants, you
who fear him, small & great.”” (Rev 18:21–19:5)
‘Day of the Lord’: Plan to redeem & judge the earthO.T
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Church Age
2-3
42m 30d
12a
7 Seals
6
7 Trumps (TRIBULAT’N - Daniel’s 70th ‘week’)
8-9 11C 13
7 Bowls (30d)
15-16 19
7A 7B 10 11A,B 12b 17a 17b-18 14b 14c1 14a14c2
Mill’m & Final Judgm’t Eternity
20 21-22
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today
today
42m
A. CELEBRATION IN HEAVEN: GOD’S JUSTICE FOR DESTROYING BABYLON (19:1-5)
Main Point: God will avenge the blood of His people on ‘Harlot Babylon’ – godless &
idolatrous, materialistic society. She will be totally destroyed forever
• ‘a great multitude in heaven crying out “Hallelujah’ for he has judged the great prostitute –
CONTRAST 1: REACTION TO BABYLON’s FALL. Earth-dwellers mourn (Ch18)
heaven’s response is ‘Hallelujah!’. The contrast of responses magnifies how far the
hearts of the kings & merchants of the earth (ch 18) are from God
• God’s angels & elect will celebrate 5 things:
i. ‘Salvation & glory & power belong to our God’ – His greatness ii. ‘for his judgments are true and just’ –His judgments
iii. ‘for he has judged the great prostitute who corrupted the earth’ – Babylon’s judgment,which she deserves for corrupting the world. All suffering & death is her fault
iv. ‘& has avenged on her the blood of his servants’ – retribution for the saints
v. ‘her smoke goes up forever’ – she will never be rebuilt. There will never again be a
lasting wicked society. There will be an everlasting reminder of her destruction
• Celebration anticipates completion of Babylon’s judgment at Christ’s return. This is
God’s answer to the saints’ prayers in Ch 6:
A. Celebration 1: Babylon destroyed B. Celebration 2: Lamb’s wedding feast C. King of kings, riding to war D. Great Feast for Carryon Birds E. Armageddon
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that unusual phrase mean?’
Click to edit Master title style1st ‘Inclusio’ of Ch 19
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7 Seals
6
7 Trumps (TRIBULAT’N - Daniel’s 70th ‘week’)
8-9 11C 13
7 Bowls
15-16 19
7A 7B 10 11A,B 12b 17a 17b-18 14b 14c1 14a14c2
42m
“How long before you will
judge & avenge our blood
on those who dwell on the
earth?”
(Re 6:10)
Hallelujah!...His judgments are true
& just; for he has judged the great
prostitute… & has avenged on
her the blood of his servants.”
(Re 19:2)
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The phrase ‘judge & avenge our blood’ appears twice, forming an ‘inclusio’
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[3] “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
[4] “Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.
[5] “Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.
[6] “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.
[7] “Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy.
[8] “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.
[9] “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.
[10] “Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the kingdom
of heaven.
(Mt 5:1-10)
example
An ‘inclusio' is a literary device used to structure written materials. The writer states the main theme or idea at both the beginning and end of a literary section, by using similar words or phrases, which therefore act as ‘bookends’ to the section.
Also known as bracketing, or enveloping, it's intended to introduce and conclude a section by clearly stating the main point or theme. Everything in-between the ‘bookends’ is an expansion on the main theme. An ‘inclusio' defines sections.
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definition
An inclusio is used to bring structure to literary works by defining sections, and to
emphasise and clarify the main points or themes of those sections
Click to edit Master title styleFulfilment of OT eschatological themes at Christ’s coming
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7 Seals
6
7 Trumps (TRIBULAT’N - Daniel’s 70th ‘week’)
8-9 11C 13
7 Bowls
15-16 19
7A 7B 10 11A,B 12b 17a 17b-18 14b 14c1 14a14c2
42m
“How long before you will
judge & avenge our blood on
those who dwell on the earth?”
(Re 6:10)
Hallelujah!...His judgments are true &
just; for he has judged the great
prostitute… & has avenged on her the
blood of his servants.”
(Re 19:2)
( )
The ‘judge & avenge our blood’ ‘inclusio’ tells us the judgment of Babylon at Christ’s return will
fulfil the ancient eschatological theme that God will vindicate & avenge His people
PSALM 79
O God, the nations have come into your inheritance; they have defiled your holy temple; they have laid Jerusalem in ruins.
They have given the bodies of your servants to the birds of the heavens for food, the flesh of your faithful to the beasts of the earth. They
have poured out their blood like water all around Jerusalem, and there was no one to bury them.
We have become a taunt to our neighbors, mocked and derided by those around us.
How long, O LORD? Will you be angry forever? Will your jealousy burn like fire? Pour out your anger on the nations that do not know you,
and on the kingdoms that do not call upon your name! For they have devoured Jacob and laid waste his habitation.
Do not remember against us our former iniquities; let your compassion come speedily to meet us, for we are brought very low. Help us, O
God of our salvation, for the glory of your name; deliver us, and atone for our sins, for your name’s sake!
Why should the nations say, “Where is their God?” Let the avenging of the outpoured blood of your servants be known among the nations
before our eyes! Let the groans of the prisoners come before you; according to your great power, preserve those doomed to die! Return
sevenfold into the lap of our neighbors the taunts with which they have taunted you, O Lord!
But we your people, the sheep of your pasture, will give thanks to you forever; from generation to generation we will recount your praise.
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7 Trumps (TRIBULAT’N - Daniel’s 70th ‘week’)
8-9 11C 13
7 Bowls
15-16 19
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“behold, a white horse! & its rider had a bow,
and a crown was given to him (Re 6:1–2)
A beast rising… with 10 crowns… &
blasphemous names (Re 13:1–2)
“How long before you will judge & avenge our
blood?” (Re 6:10)
The kings of the earth & the great ones &
the generals & the rich & the powerful, &
everyone, slave & free, hid themselves… from
[God] & the wrath of the Lamb (Re 6:15–17)
“Salvation belongs to our God … Blessing &
glory… & power … to our God!” (Re 7:10–12)
“The salvation & the power & the kingdom of
our God &… his Christ have come (12:10)
“Fallen is Babylon… The smoke of their
torment goes up forever & ever (Re 14:8-11)
“The kingdom of the world has become the
kingdom of our Lord & his Christ, & he shall
reign forever… you have begun to reign…
your wrath came, & the time for… destroying
the destroyers of the earth (Re 11:18)
The kings of the whole world… gather…for
battle on the great day of God…. & they
gathered at … Armageddon. (Re 16:14–16)
“Fear God and give him glory (Re 14:7)… Who
will not fear, O Lord, & glorify your name? …
All nations will come & worship you, for your
righteous acts have been revealed.” (Re 15:4)
‘behold, a white horse! [it’s rider] is called
Faithful & True…[with] many crowns… [&] a
sharp sword… he is called The Word of
God… [&] King of kings (19:11-16)
he has judged the great prostitute… & has
avenged on her [our] blood” (Re 19:2)
“Eat the flesh of kings… of generals… of
mighty men… and… all men, both free &
slave, both small & great.”
(Re 19:17–18)
“Hallelujah! Salvation & glory & power belong
to our God, for his judgments are true and just
(Re 19:1–2)
“So will Babylon… be thrown down… he has
judged [her] who corrupted the earth… her
smoke goes up forever ” (Re 18:21-19:3)
“Hallelujah! For the Lord our God the Almighty
reigns. (Re 19:6)
“& I saw the beast & the kings of the earth with
their armies gathered [for] war against [the
Lamb] (Re 19:17–19)
Praise our God, all you his servants, you who
fear him, small and great…. “Hallelujah! For
the Lord our God the Almighty reigns.
(Re 19:4-6)
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)• God’s Anointed Servant - The Messiah, The King of kings, will
establish God’s kingdom on earth
• God will avenge His saints’ blood
• God will judge all wickedness on
“the Great Day of His Wrath”
• God will fully save / deliver His people, when
He establishes His Kingdom on earth
• Babylon will Fall – God will
judge the wicked society
that persecutes His people
• All will be judged justly - God
will reward the righteous &
punish the wicked
All major eschatological themes climax with Jesus’ 2nd Coming
A beast rising out of the sea… then I saw
another beast rising (Re 13:1–2)
the beast was captured… with the false
prophet … & thrown … into the lake of fire (Re
19:11–20)
• The ‘Man of Lawlessness’,
son of destruction, will fall( )
• All people will acknowledge
& worship God
• God will triumph in The Final
Great Battle (Armageddon)
The winepress was trodden… & blood
flowed from the winepress (Re 14:20) He will tread the winepress of the fury of the
wrath of God the Almighty. (Re 19:15) ( )• Jesus will crush the nations
in the winepress of God’s
wrath in the Last Day
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7th Seal7th Trump
7th Bowl
Christ’s 2nd Coming in CH 19 is also the culmination of the Book of Revelation.
(The presence of the Inclusio’s also support the ‘telescopic structure’ of the book)
6th Seal
The kings of the earth & the great ones & the generals & the
rich & the powerful, & everyone, slave & free, hid
themselves… from [God] & the wrath of the Lamb, for the great
day of their wrath has come” (Re 6:15–17)
“Eat the flesh of kings… of
generals … of mighty men…
and… all men, both free & slave,
both small & great.”
(Re 19:17–18)
7th Trump
“The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our
Lord and of his Christ, & he shall reign forever… you have…
begun to reign… your wrath came, & the time for… destroying
the destroyers of the earth (Re 11:18)
“he has judged the great
prostitute who corrupted the
earth with her immorality…
Hallelujah! For the Lord our God
the Almighty reigns. (Re 19:6)
6th Bowl
The kings of the whole world… gather…for battle on the great
day of God…. & they gathered at … Armageddon.
(Re 16:14–16)
“Gather for the great supper of
God… & I saw the beast & the
kings of the earth with their
armies gathered [for] war against
[the Lamb] & his army (19:17–19)
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Christ’s return,
Armageddon
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Text CommentaryAfter this I heard what seemed to be the loud
voice of a great multitude in heaven, crying out,
“Hallelujah! Salvation and glory & power belong to
our God, for his judgments are true and just; for he
has judged the great prostitute who corrupted the
earth with her immorality, & has avenged on her
the blood of his servants.” Once more they cried
out, “Hallelujah! The smoke from her goes up
forever and ever.” & the twenty-four elders & the
four living creatures fell down & worshiped God
who was seated on the throne, saying, “Amen.
Hallelujah!” & from the throne came a voice
saying, “Praise our God, all you his servants, you
who fear him, small & great.”” (Rev 18:21–19:5)
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A. Celebration in Heaven: God’s justice for destroying Babylon (19:1-5)
• Jesus’ 2nd coming culminates Babylon’s 3 phase judgment: 1) Harlot destroyed in civil
war at mid-point of Gr-Trib (Ch 17); 2) AC’s global network of wicked idolatrous cities,
destroyed at 7 Bowls (Ch16); 3) AC, False Prophet, wicked kings & their armies
Armageddon (Ch19)
• Past tense guarantees Babylon’s judgment
• Note the threefold salvation theme: 1) Saints’ salvation & reward goes hand in hand
with 2) destruction of the wicked, and 3) the coming of God’s kingdom. There can be
no worldwide Zion without the destruction of worldwide Babylon. Christ’s must judge
A. Celebration 1: Babylon destroyed B. Celebration 2: Lamb’s wedding feast C. King of kings, riding to war D. Great Feast for Carryon Birds E. Armageddon
“We give thanks to you, Lord God
Almighty… for you have… begun
to reign. The nations raged, but
your wrath came, and the time
for the dead to be judged, and
for rewarding your servants… for
destroying the destroyers of the
earth.” (Re 11:17–18)
Hallelujah! Salvation & glory & power
belong to our God… for he has judged
the great prostitute who corrupted the
earth… & has avenged on her the
blood of his servants….
The Lord… reigns. “Hallelujah!... for the
marriage of the Lamb has come, and
his Bride has made herself ready;
(Re 19:1–7)
( )• Conclusion: Encouragement for God’s people: Trust in God, wait on Him. God will
vindicate you; He will mete out justice to those who persecute His people. Therefore
wait patiently for the time of salvation, when God will make all things right
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Text Commentary“Then I heard what seemed to
be the voice of a great multitude,
like the roar of many waters and
like the sound of mighty peals of
thunder, crying out, “Hallelujah!
For the Lord our God the
Almighty reigns. Let us rejoice
and exult and give him the glory,
for the marriage of the Lamb has
come, and his Bride has made
herself ready; it was granted her
to clothe herself with fine linen,
bright and pure”— for the fine
linen is the righteous deeds of
the saints. And the angel said to
me, “Write this: Blessed are
those who are invited to the
marriage supper of the Lamb.”
And he said to me, “These are
the true words of God.” Then I
fell down at his feet to worship
him, but he said to me, “You
must not do that! I am a fellow
servant with you and your
brothers who hold to the
testimony of Jesus. Worship
God.” For the testimony of Jesus
is the spirit of prophecy.
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B. CELEBRATION 2: LAMB’S WEDDING FEAST (19:6-10)Main point: In antithetical contrast to Babylon, the reward that awaits God’s faithful saints
is a new life of unprecedented intimacy with God & infinite blessing under His care
• Hallelujah!’ – celebration of Christ’s coming. Celebrating 2 particular things
i. ‘the Lord… Almighty reigns’ –• ‘God’s reign is a direct consequence of his judgment of Babylon. He’s
demonstrated He’s the Omnipotent divine king by deposing Babylon
• Ends 7th Trump phase: Ch 19’s events bring to a close the 7th Trump phase. This phrase serves to ‘close the brackets’ which ‘opened’ with the same phrase
at 11:17, at the sound of the 7th trump.
ii. ‘marriage of the Lamb has come’ – CONTRAST 2: HARLOT BABYLON’s FATE BRIDE’s FATE. In contrast to Harlot, who was destroyed by ‘her man’, Jesus
will consummate His eternal love covenant with us at His return. Contrast magnifies awful fate of God’s enemies, & wonderful reward of the faithful
• No actual ceremony: There is only a declaration that the Bride is ready, and the wedding feast has come. Revelation does not actually portray the wedding itself. This
section is not placed here for chronological reasons, but for rhetorical reasons. 19B
juxtaposes the destiny of God’s Bride against the fate of the Harlot in 19A.
• So when does the wedding feast take place? After Christ’s coming. His 2nd coming to
receive His Bride after an extended and undefined period of absence from her corresponds to the presentation of the Bride to the Groom, after an extended and
undefined period of absence, in Jewish marital tradition.
A. Celebration 1: Babylon destroyed B. Celebration 2: Lamb’s wedding feast C. King of kings, riding to war D. Great Feast for Carryon Birds E. Armageddon
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Text Commentary“Then I heard what seemed to
be the voice of a great multitude,
like the roar of many waters and
like the sound of mighty peals of
thunder, crying out, “Hallelujah!
For the Lord our God the
Almighty reigns. Let us rejoice
and exult and give him the glory,
for the marriage of the Lamb has
come, and his Bride has made
herself ready; it was granted her
to clothe herself with fine linen,
bright and pure”— for the fine
linen is the righteous deeds of
the saints. And the angel said to
me, “Write this: Blessed are
those who are invited to the
marriage supper of the Lamb.”
And he said to me, “These are
the true words of God.” Then I
fell down at his feet to worship
him, but he said to me, “You
must not do that! I am a fellow
servant with you and your
brothers who hold to the
testimony of Jesus. Worship
God.” For the testimony of Jesus
is the spirit of prophecy.
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B. CELEBRATION 2: LAMB’S WEDDING FEAST
• ‘Bride has made herself ready’ –Bride is all of ‘the saints’, His believing people.
In fulfilment of Isa 61-62
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For your Maker is your husband, the LORD of hosts is his name; and the Holy One of
Israel is your Redeemer, the God of the whole earth he is called. (Is 54:5)
The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me, because the LORD has anointed me to bring good
news to the poor… to proclaim… the year of the LORD’s favor, and the day of vengeance
of our God…. I will greatly rejoice in the LORD; my soul shall exult in my God, for he has
clothed me with the garments of salvation; he has covered me with the robe of
righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself like a priest with a beautiful headdress,
and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels. (Is 61:10)
For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not be quiet, until her
righteousness goes forth as brightness, and her salvation as a burning torch… You shall
be a crown of beauty in the hand of the LORD, and a royal diadem in the hand of your God.
You shall no more be termed Forsaken, and your land shall no more be termed Desolate,
but you shall be called My Delight Is in Her… for the LORD delights in you… as the
bridegroom rejoices over the bride, so shall your God rejoice over you. (Is 62:1–5)
I will betroth you to me in faithfulness. And you shall know the LORD. (Ho 2:20)
“When I passed by you again and saw you, behold, you were at the age for love, and I
spread the corner of my garment over you and covered your nakedness; I made my
vow to you and entered into a covenant with you, declares the Lord God, and you
became mine. (Eze 16:8–10)
“The days are coming… when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the
house of Judah, not like the [Old covenant], my covenant that they broke, though I was
their husband, declares the LORD. For this is the covenant that I will make…: I will put
my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they shall
be my people. [and] they shall all know me [intimately]” (Je 31:31–34)
For I feel a divine jealousy for you, since I betrothed you to one husband, to present you
as a pure virgin to Christ. (2 Co 11:2)
Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her… so
that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such
thing, that she might be holy and without blemish… “Therefore a man shall leave his
father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.” This
mystery is profound, and I am saying that it refers to Christ and the church.
However, let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she
respects her husband. (Eph 5:25–33)
“The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who gave a wedding feast for his
son, and sent his servants to call those who were invited to the wedding feast, but they
would not come… [some] seized his servants, treated them shamefully, and killed them.
The king was angry, and he sent his troops and destroyed those murderers and burned
their city. Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding feast is ready, but those invited were
not worthy. Go therefore to the main roads and invite to the wedding feast as many
as you find.’ And those servants went out into the roads and gathered all whom they
found, both bad and good. So the wedding hall was filled with guests. “But when the king
came in to look at the guests, he saw there a man who had no wedding garment. And he
said to him, ‘Friend, how did you get in here without a wedding garment?’ And he was
speechless. Then the king said to the attendants, ‘Bind him hand and foot and cast him
into the outer darkness. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’ For
many are called, but few are chosen.” (Mt 22:1–14)
OLD TESTAMENT NEW TESTAMENT
Marriage metaphor describes an eternal future of intimate Communion with God,
which will commence with the 2nd coming of Jesus, & fulfils Isa 61-62 promises
1) Happens at time of the Day of Vengeance of the Lord
2) Wedding clothes are ‘garments of salvation’ – fruit of saving faith
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Text Commentary“Then I heard what seemed to
be the voice of a great multitude,
like the roar of many waters and
like the sound of mighty peals of
thunder, crying out, “Hallelujah!
For the Lord our God the
Almighty reigns. Let us rejoice
and exult and give him the glory,
for the marriage of the Lamb has
come, and his Bride has made
herself ready; it was granted her
to clothe herself with fine linen,
bright and pure”— for the fine
linen is the righteous deeds of
the saints. And the angel said to
me, “Write this: Blessed are
those who are invited to the
marriage supper of the Lamb.”
And he said to me, “These are
the true words of God.” Then I
fell down at his feet to worship
him, but he said to me, “You
must not do that! I am a fellow
servant with you and your
brothers who hold to the
testimony of Jesus. Worship
God.” For the testimony of Jesus
is the spirit of prophecy.
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B. CELEBRATION 2: LAMB’S WEDDING FEAST
• made herself ready– has 2 meanings:
• Collective: the full harvest has come in (Rev 14:15-16; Rom 11:25)
• Individual: responsibility for our state of readiness at His coming
• fine linen is the righteous deeds of the saints – Our eternal attire will be our ‘righteous
deeds’ in this life. Another element of the contrast between Babylon & Zion: those of Babylon focus on ornate & expensive clothing & earning money needed to pay for their
Vanity Fair; saints prepare heavenly attire by devotion to good works, not fashion
• it was granted her to clothe herself with fine linen, bright & pure – our righteousness
originates in grace. First, we are washed & made clean by His grace. Then grace
automatically produces good deeds (the new nature). The righteous deeds are neither of the flesh (legalism), nor absent (since grace results in righteous living):
• “By grace you have been saved through faith… this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a
result of works… For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which
God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.” (Eph 2:8–10) • ‘work out your own salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who works in you, both to will and
to work for his good pleasure.’ (Php 2:12–13)
• “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
gentleness, self-control.” (Gal 5:22–23)
• ENCOURAGEMENT: The saints WILL prepare themselves. This is both the guaranteed result & final proof of salvation. Saints remain “faithful” (2:10, 13; 13:10;
14:12; 17:14), maintain their “testimony for Jesus” (1:9; 6:9; 12:11, 17; 20:4), endure
hardship (1:9; 2:2–3, 19; 3:10; 13:10; 14:12), and obey God’s commands (12:17; 14:12). The Spirit of Christ in us causes this response to hardship
A. Celebration 1: Babylon destroyed B. Celebration 2: Lamb’s wedding feast C. King of kings, riding to war D. Great Feast for Carryon Birds E. Armageddon
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Text Commentary“Then I heard what seemed to
be the voice of a great multitude,
like the roar of many waters and
like the sound of mighty peals of
thunder, crying out, “Hallelujah!
For the Lord our God the
Almighty reigns. Let us rejoice
and exult and give him the glory,
for the marriage of the Lamb has
come, and his Bride has made
herself ready; it was granted her
to clothe herself with fine linen,
bright and pure”— for the fine
linen is the righteous deeds of
the saints. And the angel said to
me, “Write this: Blessed are
those who are invited to the
marriage supper of the Lamb.”
And he said to me, “These are
the true words of God.” Then I
fell down at his feet to worship
him, but he said to me, “You
must not do that! I am a fellow
servant with you and your
brothers who hold to the
testimony of Jesus. Worship
God.” For the testimony of Jesus
is the spirit of prophecy.
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B. CELEBRATION 2: LAMB’S WEDDING FEAST
• ‘Blessed are those who are invited’ – overcomers: come out of Babylon, are faithful
until the end (Rev 12:11; 15:2; 22:14). Mixed metaphor.
• As a collective, we are the Bride.
• As individuals, we are the guests at His wedding ceremony & end times
banquet (Isa 25:6-7; Mt 22:1-14;)
• ‘the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy’ – the ultimate acid test of true prophecy: Jesus Christ is exalted as Saviour & Eternal King
• CONCLUSION: God gives us a glorious hope to anticipate – The Marriage of the Lamb to (we) His Bride. This marriage is a metaphor for God’s biblical promise of an
eternal paradise characterised by intimate, unbroken Communion with God that commences after the 2nd coming of Jesus & His destruction of God’s enemies.
Contrasting this hope to the fate of Babylon should keep us faithful to Jesus until the
end
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Ch 1
Ch 2-3
Ch 4-5
Ch 6-18
Ch 19 Ch 21-22
Son of Man (Dan 7)
Head of His Church
Worthy Lamb of God
Kinsman Redeemer
King of kings, Word of
God, Just & Enraged
Judge Eternal King
Ch 20
Merciful Judge
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Text CommentaryThen I saw heaven opened, &
behold, a white horse! The
one sitting on it is called
Faithful & True, & in
righteousness he judges &
makes war. His eyes are like
a flame of fire, & on his head
are many diadems, & he has
a name written that no one
knows but himself. He is
clothed in a robe dipped in
blood, & the name by which
he is called is The Word of
God. & the armies of heaven,
arrayed in fine linen, white &
pure, were following him on
white horses.
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C. RETURN OF THE KING OF KINGS (19:11-16)
Main points:
1) Jesus is the true King of kings.
2) He will return as a man of war to judge the nations, and establish God’s kingdom
on earth.
3) At His 2nd coming He will fulfil all the OT prophecies of the coming Messiah.
• ‘heaven opened’ - God is about to act on earth in a decisive way (cf. 11:19 &
15:5, where heavenly temple is opened prior to great interventions of War in
Heavens, and then the 7 Bowls of Wrath)
• a white horse! One sitting on it – this is the most glorious description of Christ
as Warrior King & Messiah in scripture
• Roman Triumphal march imagery used: white horse; crowns; title; army
following.
• Triumph imagery used before battle because victory is so certain
A. Celebration 1: Babylon destroyed B. Celebration 2: Lamb’s wedding feast C. King of kings, riding to war D. Great Feast for Carryon Birds E. Armageddon
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Son of Man
is going to
come with
his angels
in the glory
of his
Father”
(Mt16:27)
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from the east & shines
as far as the west, so
will be the coming of the
Son of Man. … the sun
will be darkened, and
the moon will not give
its light, and the stars
will fall from heaven…
Then will appear in
heaven the sign of the
Son of Man, & all the
tribes of the earth will
mourn, & they will see
the Son of Man coming
on the clouds of heaven
with power and great
glory. (Mt 24:27–31)
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Text CommentaryThen I saw heaven opened, &
behold, a white horse! The
one sitting on it is called
Faithful & True, & in
righteousness he judges &
makes war. His eyes are like
a flame of fire, & on his head
are many diadems, & he has
a name written that no one
knows but himself. He is
clothed in a robe dipped in
blood, & the name by which
he is called is The Word of
God. & the armies of heaven,
arrayed in fine linen, white &
pure, were following him on
white horses.
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C. RETURN OF THE KING OF KINGS (19:11-16)
• 3 categories of Christ’s characteristics revealed in Rev 19:
1) 2x General; 2) 3x Judicial; 3) 4x Kingly
1) GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS & MISSION
i. Faithful & True – perfectly faithful to Father God & us; acts in truth
ii. in righteousness he judges & makes war- 2nd coming is to judge & war
against & destroy all opposition to His eternal gov’t of perfect justice
2) JUDICIAL CHARACTERISTICS
iii. ‘the name by which he is called is The Word of God’ – He is the
manifestation of perfect wisdom. Hence He is qualified to judge in truth
iv. From his mouth comes a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations’–
• Power of life & death - Sword was symbol of Roman authority over life &
death, held by emperor & his governors. But Christ alone has final
authority of life & death.
• Emphasises Jesus’ judicial role, & instrument - the Word of Power.
He spoke the universe into being (Jn 1), by His Word He upholds the
universe (Heb 1:3), & each life owes its existence to Him (Col 1:17). He
simply speaks His will & it is done. Judgm’t merely requires His Word.
• Fulfils Isa 11 expectation of Messiah (see (1) below).
v. ‘eyes like a flame’– sees our hearts & minds, judges truly, based on
perfect knowledge
A. Celebration 1: Babylon destroyed B. Celebration 2: Lamb’s wedding feast C. King of kings, riding to war D. Great Feast for Carryon Birds E. Armageddon
Source: (1) Charts on the Book of Revelation (Kregel Charts of the Bible & Theology) (2007); Mark Wilson
(1)
Click to edit Master title styleCH 19: The Return of the King
Text CommentaryThen I saw heaven opened, &
behold, a white horse! The
one sitting on it is called
Faithful & True, & in
righteousness he judges &
makes war. His eyes are like
a flame of fire, & on his head
are many diadems, & he has
a name written that no one
knows but himself. He is
clothed in a robe dipped in
blood, & the name by which
he is called is The Word of
God. & the armies of heaven,
arrayed in fine linen, white &
pure, were following him on
white horses.
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C. RETURN OF THE KING OF KINGS (19:11-16)
3) KINGLY CHARACTERISTICS
vi. ‘on his head are many diadems…On his robe & thigh he has a name
written, King of kings & Lord of lords’ –
• Fulfils Dan 7 & Ps 2 Messianic expectation – the King of kings. But
Jesus is the One given all power & authority in heaven & on earth (Mt
28:16-20; Dan 7:14; Ps 2)
• In contrast to Caesar (at time of writing) & AC (in end times), who are
wrongly addressed by the same title.
CONTRAST #4: Christ is repeatedly presented as the TRUE King of kings,
in true majesty & glory, juxtaposed against the usurper the AC
A. Celebration 1: Babylon destroyed B. Celebration 2: Lamb’s wedding feast C. King of kings, riding to war D. Great Feast for Carryon Birds E. Armageddon
Click to edit Master title styleCH 19: The Return of the King
Text CommentaryThen I saw heaven opened, &
behold, a white horse! The
one sitting on it is called
Faithful & True, & in
righteousness he judges &
makes war. His eyes are like
a flame of fire, & on his head
are many diadems, & he has
a name written that no one
knows but himself. He is
clothed in a robe dipped in
blood, & the name by which
he is called is The Word of
God. & the armies of heaven,
arrayed in fine linen, white &
pure, were following him on
white horses.
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C. RETURN OF THE KING OF KINGS (19:11-16)
3) KINGLY CHARACTERISTICS (cont…):
vii. name written that no one knows but himself – Infinite majesty. Was
common in ancient times to believe all beings had a hidden name that
contained their true essence. Revelation of His name = revealing HIM in a
way previously unknown (see Ex 6:3). Only part of His infinitely wonderful
nature has been revealed to date. Some of His majesty will be revealed at
His 2nd coming. More to discover in the next life.
viii. ‘clothed in a robe dipped in blood’ –
• Fulfils calling of Isa 63 Messianic Warrior King
• Personally involved in releasing the 7 Bowls of wrath, & then
Armageddon, destruction & death on mankind blood spattered robes
ix. ‘& the armies of heaven, arrayed in fine linen, white & pure, were following
him on white horses’–
• Armies are primarily the saints – ‘They will make war on the Lamb, &
the Lamb will conquer … those with him are called & chosen & faithful.’
(Re 17:14)
• Armies of heaven can easily drive evil off the planet. But in mercy, God
gives time to repent, until the time for vengeance
A. Celebration 1: Babylon destroyed B. Celebration 2: Lamb’s wedding feast C. King of kings, riding to war D. Great Feast for Carryon Birds E. Armageddon
Click to edit Master title styleCH 19: The Return of the King
Text CommentaryThen I saw an angel
standing in the sun, & with
a loud voice he called to
all the birds that fly
directly overhead, “Come,
gather for the great
supper of God, to eat the
flesh of kings, the flesh of
captains, the flesh of
mighty men, the flesh of
horses and their riders, &
the flesh of all men, both
free & slave, both small &
great.”
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D. GREAT FEAST OF GOD FOR CARRION BIRDS (19:17-18)
Main point: Jesus’ 2nd Coming will fulfil the prophecies of the great end times battle between God & His enemies
• to all the birds… “gather for the great supper of God, to eat the flesh of kings, the flesh of captains, the flesh of
mighty men… & the birds were gorged with their flesh’ –
• Fulfilment of Gog & Magog battle (Ezek Ch 38-39)
A. Celebration 1: Babylon destroyed B. Celebration 2: Lamb’s wedding feast C. King of kings, riding to war D. Great Feast for Carrion Birds E. Armageddon
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(tangent… Gog & Magog
The Gog & Magog prophesy (EzekCh 38-39):
1) When does it happen?
2) Is it the same as Armageddon?
3) How does it relate to other end times battles in prophecy?
1. G&M appears to be the final Armageddon battle since Many outcomes of G&M appear to be
the same outcomes only true after Armageddon. In Ezel Ch 38-39, after G&M: o It is the time of God restoring Israel's fortunes, spiritually and materially (39:25-29)o Israel will have no more enemies (39:26)o God will pour His Spirit on Israel - this definitely happens post-armageddon (39:29)o The nations will know that God is God (38:19; 29:6-7)o God's name will not be profaned anymore o Israel will know that God is their God from that day forward (39:21-23)o The nations will know Israel went into captivity for sinning against God (39:21-23)
2. YET there appear to be contradictory scriptures which make it seem that G&M is unlikely to be
Armageddon
i. Israel will be living in peace, not under threat of war, when G&M attacks. Only time Israel is
likely to have peace before the Millennium is 1st half of tribulationo Before Tribulation - surrounded by Islamic nations sworn to destroy Israel, plus the
heightened conflict around Israel rebuilding the templeo After AOD – ‘war decreed until the end’ (Dan 9:27; Dan 11-12), and the AC will hate Israel
and invade Israel several times (Dan 11:29-45)
ii. Gog will be buried in Israel - vs. AC thrown alive into lake of fire
• Yet Gog could be an underling of AC - not AC himself. This could be merely one of
many forces coming against Israel
iii. G&M invasion force seems to be a different group of nations with a different intent to the
Armageddon force. G&M war is a major group of nations going to plunder Israel,; Armageddon
is all nations going up against God in Israel
• But G&M could be merely one of many armies coming into Israel
3. There are only 2 ways to harmonise all of these ‘clues’ with the end times storyline:
1. G&M is likely to take place within first 3.5 yrs of Tribulation
2. G&M is the Armageddon battle. The reason Israel is at peace is because they have
accepted their Messiah & have confidence in Him despite AC
4. #1 poses 2 difficulties : o Why would the Lord deliver Israel in this G&M battle, only to later deliver Israel up to her enemies
in the next battle (AOD, Zech 13)?
- Potentially to reveal to the whole world that the God of Israel is the true God and Allah is a
deception? o Why does it seem like the outcome of G&M is that Israel and the nations know that God is God, if
the Great Tribulation follows (where the Nations are in rebellion against God)?
- Maybe the G&M battle is viewed as a part of the broader process of God judging the earth
and delivering Israel's enemies. Hence, although in the specific battle there are some
differences vs. the actual final battle of Armageddon, the outcomes described by Ezekiel are
the outcomes of the broader judgment process over the 7 year tribulation
5. More likely, the answer is #2 – G&M IS the Armageddon battle. Israel is at peace at this time
because they have accepted their Messiah and have confidence in God delivering them,
despite their extremely hostile surroundings
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Click to edit Master title styleCH 19: The Return of the King
Text CommentaryThen I saw an angel
standing in the sun, & with
a loud voice he called to
all the birds that fly
directly overhead, “Come,
gather for the great
supper of God, to eat the
flesh of kings, the flesh of
captains, the flesh of
mighty men, the flesh of
horses and their riders, &
the flesh of all men, both
free & slave, both small &
great.”
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D. GREAT FEAST OF GOD FOR CARRION BIRDS (19:17-18)
Main point: Jesus’ 2nd Coming will fulfil the prophecies of the great end times battle between God & His enemies
• to all the birds… “gather for the great supper of God, to eat the flesh of kings, the flesh of captains, the flesh of
mighty men… & the birds were gorged with their flesh’ –
• Fulfilment of Gog & Magog battle (Ezek Ch 38-39)
• Therefore, Ezek 38-39 sheds much more light on this battle, esp. key nations
• Symbolic of being scorned & detested by God. Ancient M-Eastern cultures feared lack of proper burial,
some suspicious about effects in afterlife. Culturally, a proper burial was expected; failure to do so was a
sign of utmost scorn. For jews, it was a curse for corpse to be eaten by birds & beasts (Deut 28)
• CONTRAST #3: 2 Feasts. Saints invited to Lamb’s Feast. Rebels ARE the feast for carrion birds
• ‘of all men, both free & slave, both small & great’ –
• Forms inclusio with 6th Seal
• Inclusio informs us that the events anticipated by men in 6th Seal now find their conclusion in Rev Ch
19: ‘the great day of their wrath has come”. The broad ‘day of God’s wrath’ begins at 7th Seal, proceeds in
escalating intensity through the Tribulation, & climaxes with the 7 bowls of God’s wrath & Christ’s return
• CONCLUSION: Christ is God’s prophesied Saving Warrior King. At His return, He will destroy God’s enemies
A. Celebration 1: Babylon destroyed B. Celebration 2: Lamb’s wedding feast C. King of kings, riding to war D. Great Feast for Carrion Birds E. Armageddon
The kings of the earth & the great ones & the
generals & the rich & the powerful, & everyone,
slave & free, hid themselves…” (Re 6:15–17)
“Come, gather… to eat the flesh of kings, …of
generals… of mighty men, … & of all men, both free
and slave, both small and great.” (Re 19:17–18)
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Text Commentary& I saw the beast & the kings of
the earth with their armies
gathered to make war against him
who was sitting on the horse &
against his army. & the beast was
captured, & with it the false
prophet who in its presence had
done the signs by which he
deceived those who had received
the mark of the beast & those who
worshiped its image. These two
were thrown alive into the lake of
fire that burns with sulfur. & the
rest were slain by the sword that
came from the mouth of him who
was sitting on the horse, & all the
birds were gorged with their flesh.”
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E. ARMAGEDDON (19:19-21)
Main point: Armageddon is not even a battle. Jesus will crush the AC, False Prophet, all hostile kings &
armies all together, in an instant, merely by showing up
THOSE WHO WAR AGAINST HIM – ALL PEOPLE WHO ALLY WITH WICKEDNESS
• I saw the beast & the kings of the earth with their armies gathered to make war against him’ -
• This is a straight continuation of 7th Bowl of wrath, & describes the actual battle at Armageddon
• God’s enemies: 1) beast & 2) the kings of the earth 3) their armies.
Due to demonic deception released at 6th Bowl, Beast will succeed in deluding world Rulers & military
leaders into going to war against Jesus. They will be so demonised & wicked & they will hate Jesus
so much, they will consciously choose war against Him even after seeing Him come in clouds of fire!
• Even though the Beast gathers the nations, God is the ultimate force behind their gathering:
‘I will… put hooks into your jaws, & I… bring you out, & all your army… a great host… In the latter days I will bring you against
my land, that the nations may know me, when through you, O Gog, I vindicate my holiness before their eyes. (Eze 38:4-16)
• CONTRAST #5: Believers experience Christ’s 2nd Coming as a victory over evil followed by a
celebratory feast; Unbelievers experience it as the Final World War, defeat, & judgment
HIS VICTORY – TOTAL, INSTANT, EASY
• ‘beast & false prophet captured … thrown alive into the lake of fire’ –the men & the spirits that possess
them will immediately be thrown into Hell. Fulfilment of Dan Ch 7 victory of God’s Messiah
A. Celebration 1: Babylon destroyed B. Celebration 2: Lamb’s wedding feast C. King of kings, riding to war D. Great Feast for Carrion Birds E. Armageddon
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Click to edit Master title styleRevelation 19: Climax of Old Testament Prophecy (Pg 1 of 4)
Ezekiel
Vision of God onthrone in heaven
Coals poured out on Jer’m, symbolising judgment irreversibly released
Faithful sealed before judgment
Millennial Kingdom, based in Jer’, revolving around
gigantic Temple
Judgm’t of Babylon,the Harlot
Daniel Ch 77:13-14
Son of Man presented before Ancient of Days,
inherits Kingdom
7:3-8, 15-25
Beast kingdom & Beast, blaspheming, destroying saints, until destroyed by God
Daniel Ch10-12Ch10:4-6,14
Vision of Mighty Angel, come to prophesy about Israel’s final days. Daniel loses strength. Angel touches him, he regains strength.
Ch11-12, esp 12:7,11,12
Antichrist kingdom & exploits, incl. Abom. of Des’n, blasphemy, destroying saints for 42m,
until AC supernaturally destroyed
Resurrection of righteous
Resurrection of wicked
12:2a 12:2b
Daniel Ch 9
‘Prince who is to come’ makes strong covenant with many for 1 week / 7 years
9:27a
At ½ way, he ends Jewish worship in Jer’m
9:27b
Decreed end poured out on Desolator
9:27d
‘One who makes desolate’, rises on abominable power
9:27c
Joel
Signs in heavens & earth, sun dark, moon blood, before Day of the Lord
2:30-31
Harvest of wrath, winepress of God’s wrath trodden. All nations gather for war in Israel, destroyed by Lord
3:3-14
Zechariah
2 Witnesses, Olive Trees & Lampstands. Anointed Mission:
rebuild Jewish Temple
4:3-14
Measurement of Jer’m: Will be enlarged even
as Babylon is judged
Ch2
2 Battles of Jer’m. 1st: Jer’m sacked, Jews killed, taken captive. 2nd: God gathers all nations for battle @ Jer’m. Israel
calls on Jesus, He fights for them, defends Jer’m.
Ch10-14
Lament for Tyre, commercial centre
Mighty Angel lifts right hand,declares timeframe for these things: 42m
12:7
Ezek eats small scroll,
told to prophesy
Ezek eats small scroll, told to prophesy
Ch7
Vision of Son of Man
Vision of glorious
divine being
10:5-6
Exodus**Type 10 Plagues on Pharaoh & Egypt, while
His prophet Moses warns Pharaoh
Ch 7-12
Jeremiah
Stubborn Pharoah’s army drowned in Red Sea
Israel enters covenant with God at Sinai
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CHURCH JUDG’D NATIONS JUDGED: ‘Day of the Lord’ plan to judge the nations & redeem His people
7 Seals1st 6
Seals7th Seal;
1st 6 Trumps
IN: Harlot Babylon JudgedIN: God’s
people
1 2
4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11a,b 12 13 14 18 191 2 3
IN: God’s Final warnings to nations
IN:Satansquest7t
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7 Eternal Judgments
7 Bowls of wrath
15
Beast kingdom
IN: 2 Great Harvests
11c
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OUTCOME8
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Lamb takes 7-Sealed scroll
7 Trumps 7th Trump
3 4 5 6 7
7 Eternal rewards in
N.Jer’m
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LOGUE:
Read &
do
22
7 LETTERS
TO 7 CHURCHES
‘Those that pierced Him’ shall see Him & mourn
12:6-10
Song of Moses
15
God’s people persecuted by Pharaoh in Egypt
Ch 1-6
Ch1 Ch10Ch9 Ch40-48Ch16,23 | Ch27-282:8-3:15Ch2-3 Ch38-39
Gog & Magog battle
Gog & Magog battle
7:9-14, 18, 26-27
4 Angelic Horsemen,patrolling earth for God
Ch1:8-12
Elijah will come before Great Day of the Lord
Mal 4:1-5
Lord delivers Israel from nations gathered against her, saves her from ‘the Assyrian’
Mic 4:11-13, 5:5-15
ZephaniaGod gathers all wicked
nations, judges them
3:8
Pure hearted remnant of Israel remain; Nations worship God
3:9-18
Israel in state of rebellion: leaders lead people astray, people love sin, despise God
3:1-7
Babylon destroyed
Jer 50-51
God judges all nations
Jer 25
Other Minor Pr’s
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In the Day of the Lord’s vengeance, people will hide in caves from His wrath
2:6-22
Man of War from Bozrah, tramples
winepress of His wrath
63:2-6
King of Babylon (satan) cast down from heaven
Ch14
Messianic Kingdom from Jerusalem
2:1-5
Jer’m’s glory, &no more death ;
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Judgment on the whole earth
Ch24
Ch13-14
Day of the Lord: Babylon destroyed, whole world judged
62:1-5
Jer’m receives New name; Bride prepared to Marry Lord
49
Servant of Lord judges with sword of mouth; Israel restored,
her enemies judged
31:4-8
The lord protects Jer’m,attacks the Assyrian
42:13-15
Like Man of War, He rises against His foes
59:16-20
Redeemer comes to Zion, to avenge the wicked & & redeem
His repentant people
34
Day of vengeance, recompense for Zion
The Lord judges the Nations
66:7-18
God comes in fire to judge all flesh,
& restore Jer’m & Israel
65:17-25 ; 66:19-24
New Heavens & New Earth; Jer’m again blessed;
Nations brings all Christians to Jer’m,
66:1-5
God loves faithfulness & righteousness;
He hates sacrifices at the temple
65:1-15, 66:4,6
God judges Israel’s unfaithful & unbelieving
61
Day of Vengeance
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Psalms
97
Jesus comes in glory to judge the nations &
establish His kingdom
50:1-3
God comes to judge sinners
79
God’s faithful remnant cry out to Him for deliverance, after Jerusalem has been sacked by her enemies
21:8-12
The Lord finds & destroys all His enemies
2
Nations rage against God’s rule, & His Anointed. God laughs at them. Jesus WILL reign from Zion
22:27-31
All people come to worship God
22:22-26
Jews receive revelation of God
96
Jesus comes in glory to judge the nations &
establish His kingdom
110
Jesus shatters kings & judges the nations on day of His wrath,
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Whole world sees Son of Man coming in glory
1 Thes 4:16 - 5:1-3
Lord returns with angels, Rapture, sudden destruction
on the wicked
2 Thes 2:8
Jesus destroys AC with breath of His mouth
2 Thes 2:3-12
Coming of lawless one, rebellion,
Mt 24: 1-13; Luk 21
Signs preceding the end
Mt 24: 15-28
Abomination of desolation and Great Tribulation
Luk 21:25-27
Whole world sees Son of Man coming in glory
Luk 21:8-19
Signs preceding the end
Luk 21:20-24
Abomination of desolation and Great Tribulation
Luke
1 & 2 Thes
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But on that day… my wrath will be roused in my anger…
- there shall be a great earthquake in the land of Israel… all the people who are on the face of the earth, shall quake at my presence. And
the mountains shall be thrown down, and the cliffs shall fall, and every wall shall tumble to the ground.
- I will summon a sword against Gog on all my mountains, declares the Lord GOD. Every man’s sword will be against his brother.
- With pestilence and bloodshed I will enter into judgment with him
- and I will rain upon him and his hordes… torrential rains and hailstones, fire and sulfur….
- I will give you to birds of prey of every sort and to the beasts of the field to be devoured
(Eze 38:18–23; 39:4–5)
- I will strike every horse with panic
- and its rider with madness
- I [will] strike every horse… with blindness
- Then the clans of Judah [will have] strength through the Lord of hosts… And they shall devour to the right and to the left all the
surrounding peoples
(Zec 12:4–6)
- And this shall be the plague with which the LORD will strike [them]:
- their flesh will rot while they are still standing on their feet
- their eyes will rot in their sockets
- their tongues will rot in their mouths.
- And on that day a great panic from the LORD shall fall on them, so that… the hand of the one will be raised against the hand of the other.
- And a plague like this plague shall fall on the horses, the mules, the camels, the donkeys, and whatever beasts may be in those camps.
(Zec 14:12–15)
Jesus will speak judgment on His enemies at Armageddon, resulting in horrifying
plagues that kill His enemies without Jesus lifting a finger
Click to edit Master title styleLift up your heads, O gates! And be lifted up, O ancient doors, that the King of glory may come in. Who is this King of glory?
The Lord, strong and mighty, the Lord, mighty in battle! Lift up your heads, O gates! And lift them up, O ancient doors, that
the King of glory may come in. Who is this King of glory? The Lord of hosts, he is the King of glory! (Ps 24:7–10)
The Lord says to my Lord: “Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool.” The Lord sends forth from Zion
your mighty scepter. Rule in the midst of your enemies! … he will shatter kings on the day of his wrath. He will execute
judgment among the nations, filling them with corpses; he will shatter chiefs over the wide earth. (Ps 110:1–6)
Who is this who comes from Edom, in crimsoned garments from Bozrah, he who is splendid in his apparel, marching in the
greatness of his strength? “It is I, speaking in righteousness, mighty to save.” Why is your apparel red, and your garments
like his who treads in the winepress? “I have trodden the winepress alone…; I trod them in my anger and trampled them in
my wrath; their lifeblood spattered on my garments, and stained all my apparel. For the day of vengeance was in my heart,
and my year of redemption had come… I trampled down the peoples in my anger; I made them drunk in my wrath, and I
poured out their lifeblood on the earth.” (Is 63:1–6)
Hasten and come, all you surrounding nations, and gather yourselves there. Bring down your warriors, O LORD. Let the
nations stir themselves up and come up to the Valley of Jehoshaphat; for there I will sit to judge all the surrounding nations.
Put in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Go in, tread, for the winepress is full. The vats overflow, for their evil is great.
Multitudes, multitudes, in the valley of decision! For the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision. The sun and the
moon are darkened, and the stars withdraw their shining. The LORD roars from Zion, and utters his voice from Jerusalem,
and the heavens and the earth quake. But the LORD is a refuge to his people, a stronghold to the people of Israel. (Joe
3:11–16)
‘There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of Jesse, and a branch from his roots shall bear fruit. And the Spirit of the
LORD shall rest upon him, the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and might, the Spirit of knowledge
and the fear of the LORD. And his delight shall be in the fear of the LORD. With righteousness he shall judge the poor, and
decide with equity for the meek of the earth; and he shall strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his
lips he shall kill the wicked. (Is 11:4)
OT prophecies regarding the Messianic Warrior King’s final great battle
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“I have cut off nations; their battlements are in ruins; I have laid waste their streets so that no one walks in them; their cities have been made
desolate, without a man, without an inhabitant. I said, ‘Surely you will fear me; you will accept correction. Then your dwelling would not be cut
off according to all that I have appointed against you.’ But all the more they were eager to make all their deeds corrupt. “Therefore wait for
me… for the day when I rise up to seize the prey. For my decision is to gather nations, to assemble kingdoms, to pour out upon them my
indignation, all my burning anger; for in the fire of my jealousy all the earth shall be consumed…Behold, at that time I will deal with all your
oppressors… At that time I [will] gather you together… when I restore your fortunes before your eyes,” says the LORD. (Zep 3:6–8; 19–20)
The LORD reigns, let the earth rejoice; let the many coastlands be glad! Clouds and thick darkness are all around him; righteousness and
justice are the foundation of his throne. Fire goes before him and burns up his adversaries all around. His lightnings light up the world; the
earth sees and trembles. The mountains melt like wax before the LORD, before the Lord of all the earth. The heavens proclaim his
righteousness, and all the peoples see his glory. All worshipers of [idols] are put to shame (Ps 97:1–7)
For he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world in righteousness, and the peoples in his faithfulness. (Ps 96:13)
“The LORD of hosts will come down to fight on Mount Zion and on its hill… the LORD of hosts will protect Jerusalem; he will protect and
deliver it; he will spare and rescue it.” Turn to him from whom people have deeply revolted, O children of Israel. For in that day everyone shall
cast away his idols of silver and his idols of gold, which your hands have sinfully made for you. “And the Assyrian shall fall by a sword, not of
man; and a sword, not of man, shall devour him; and he shall flee from the sword, and his young men shall be put to forced labor. (Is 31:4–8)
A stream of fire issued and came out from before him; a thousand thousands served him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before
him; the court sat in judgment, and the books were opened. “I looked then because of the sound of the great words that the horn was
speaking. And as I looked, the beast was killed, and its body destroyed and given over to be burned with fire. As for the rest of the beasts,
their dominion was taken away, but their lives were prolonged for a season and a time. “I saw in the night visions, and behold, with the clouds
of heaven there came one like a son of man, and he came to the Ancient of Days and was presented before him. (Da 7:10–13)… And the
kingdom and the dominion and the greatness of the kingdoms under the whole heaven shall be given to the people of the saints of the Most
High; his kingdom shall be an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him.’ (Da 7:27)
Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain? The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the
LORD and against his Anointed, saying, “Let us burst their bonds apart and cast away their cords from us.” He who sits in the heavens laughs;
the Lord holds them in derision. Then he will speak to them in his wrath, and terrify them in his fury, saying, “As for me, I have set my King on
Zion, my holy hill…. I will tell of the decree: The LORD said to me, “You are my Son; today I have begotten you. Ask of me, and I will make the
nations your heritage, and the ends of the earth your possession. You shall break them with a rod of iron and dash them in pieces like a
potter’s vessel.” (Ps 2:1–9)
OT prophecies regarding the Messianic Warrior King’s final great battle
Click to edit Master title styleIsa 2The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem. It shall come to pass in the latter days that
the mountain of the house of the LORD shall be established as the highest of the mountains, and shall be lifted up above
the hills; and all the nations shall flow to it, and many peoples shall come, and say: “Come, let us go up to the mountain of
the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob, that he may teach us his ways and that we may walk in his paths.”
For out of Zion shall go the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem. He shall judge between the nations, and shall
decide disputes for many peoples; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks;
nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war anymore. O house of Jacob, come, let us walk in
the light of the LORD.
For you have rejected your people, the house of Jacob, because they are full of things from the east and of fortune-tellers
like the Philistines, and they strike hands with the children of foreigners. Their land is filled with silver and gold, and there is
no end to their treasures; their land is filled with horses, and there is no end to their chariots. Their land is filled with idols;
they bow down to the work of their hands, to what their own fingers have made. So man is humbled, and each one is
brought low— do not forgive them!
Enter into the rock and hide in the dust from before the terror of the LORD, and from the splendor of his majesty. The
haughty looks of man shall be brought low, and the lofty pride of men shall be humbled, and the LORD alone will be
exalted in that day. For the LORD of hosts has a day against all that is proud and lofty, against all that is lifted up—and it
shall be brought low; against all the cedars of Lebanon, lofty and lifted up; and against all the oaks of Bashan; against all
the lofty mountains, and against all the uplifted hills; against every high tower, and against every fortified wall; against all
the ships of Tarshish, and against all the beautiful craft. And the haughtiness of man shall be humbled, and the lofty pride
of men shall be brought low, and the LORD alone will be exalted in that day. And the idols shall utterly pass away. And
people shall enter the caves of the rocks and the holes of the ground, from before the terror of the LORD, and from the
splendor of his majesty, when he rises to terrify the earth. In that day mankind will cast away their idols of silver and their
idols of gold, which they made for themselves to worship, to the moles and to the bats, to enter the caverns of the rocks
and the clefts of the cliffs, from before the terror of the LORD, and from the splendor of his majesty, when he rises to terrify
the earth. Stop regarding man in whose nostrils is breath, for of what account is he? (Is 2)
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Text Commentary& I saw the beast & the kings of
the earth with their armies
gathered to make war against him
who was sitting on the horse &
against his army. & the beast was
captured, & with it the false
prophet who in its presence had
done the signs by which he
deceived those who had received
the mark of the beast & those who
worshiped its image. These two
were thrown alive into the lake of
fire that burns with sulfur. & the
rest were slain by the sword that
came from the mouth of him who
was sitting on the horse, & all the
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E. ARMAGEDDON (19:19-21)
CONCLUSION:
Destroying all evil, immediately & totally, is not difficult for God. The powerful forces of evil do not
challenge His sovereign Omnipotent will. His appointed day to drive all evil off the planet forever will
come.
For now we must trust His leadership, His plan & His timing.
A. Celebration 1: Babylon destroyed B. Celebration 2: Lamb’s wedding feast C. King of kings, riding to war D. Great Feast for Carrion Birds E. Armageddon
And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will kill with the
breath of his mouth and bring to nothing by the appearance of his coming. (2 Th 2:8)
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3 DIRGES MOURNING BABYLON’S FALL (CH 18)
HEAVEN CELEBRATES DESTINY OF THE 2 WOMEN (19:1-10)
A. Celebration 1: by multitude in heaven: Babylon’s fall (19:1-6)
B. Celebration 2: Lamb’s Wedding supper (Rev 19:6-10)
RETURN OF THE KING & ARMAGEDDON (19:11-21)
C. Glorious King leads heaven’s armies to battle; He goes to
tread the winepress of God’s wrath (19:11-16)
D. Angel invites carrion birds to messianic banquet (v17-18)
E. Armageddon; Warrior King destroys AC, False Prophet, &
armies with breath of His mouth; 2 Beasts cast into hell (v19-21)
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19C. Return of the King; D. God’s great
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Allusion19:11-16 19:11-16 19:17-18 19:19-21
Dan 7:10-27* Isa 63:1-3 Ezek Ch 38-39 Zech Ch 10-14
OT Passage
content
• Jesus returns on clouds of fire to take over Gov’t of earth, by confronting & destroying AC armies at Armageddon
• Man coming from Jordan area, with crimson stained garments from treading the winepress of God
• Battle of Gog & Magog. destroys multiple nations gathered for war against Israel. Birds feast on flesh the those armies
• God gathers all nations to Jer’m, defends Israel, destroys enemy armies, leads Israel to accept Christ as Messiah, restores Israel
Type of
Allusion
• Parallel passages, fulfilment • Parallel passage, fulfilment • Parallel Passage, fulfilment • Parallel Passage, fulfilment
Implications
for Book of
Rev
• Rev 19 fulfils the prophecies of the Son of Man coming to drive evil off the planet & establish God’s kingdom forever
• Rev Ch 19 is the fulfilment of Isa Ch 63
• Ezek Ch 38-39 describes same events as Rev 19, adds insight into Jesus’ 2nd coming, e.g. which nations lead rebellion
• Just before Jesus’ 2nd coming, Israel’s remnant will accept Christ & call on Him. At His return He will fight for them & deliver them
Contrast 1: 2 reactions to Babylon’s
fall: world mourns; heaven rejoices
* See also Mt 24:29–31; 16:27; Lk 21:27; Mk 14:62; 2 Thes 2:8
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REV CH19- THE CLIMAX OF
REVELATION & SCRIPTURE
1. The climax of book of
Revelation: >10 ‘Inclusio’s’
terminate in Revelation 19
2. The fulfilment of bible
prophecy: Most OT prophecy
culminates in Christ’s 2nd
coming in Revelation Ch 19;
Many OT Chapters speak
directly about these events:
1. AT least 9 Prophets
2. At least 10 Chapters in
Isaiah
3. At least 8 Psalms
3. The summit of revelation:
most detailed description of
Christ as coming King in the
bible, & of his confrontation of
& victory over evil
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