THE BOOK OF REVELATION
Part 40
The Rider on the White Horse
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I saw Heaven standing open and there before me was a white
horse, whose rider is called Faithful and True. With justice He judges and
makes war. His eyes are like blazing fire, and on His head are many crowns. He
has a Name written on Him that no one knows but He Himself. He is dressed in a
robe dipped in blood, and His Name is the Word of God. The armies of Heaven
were following Him, riding on white horses and dressed in fine linen, white and
clean. Out of His mouth comes a sharp sword with which to strike down the
nations. "He will rule them with an iron scepter." He treads the
winepress of the fury of the Wrath of God Almighty. On His robe and on His thigh
He has this Name written: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.
And I saw an angel standing in the sun, who cried in a loud
voice to all the birds flying in midair, "Come, gather together for the
great supper of God, so that you may eat the flesh of kings, generals, and
mighty men, of horses and their riders, and the flesh of all people, free and
slave, small and great."
Then I saw the beast and the kings of the earth and their armies
gathered together to make war against the Rider on the horse and His army. But
the beast was captured, and with him the false prophet who had performed the
miraculous signs on his behalf. With these signs he had deluded those who had
received the mark of the beast and worshiped his image. The two of them were
thrown alive into the fiery lake of burning sulfur. The rest of them were
killed with the sword that came out of the mouth of the Rider on the horse, and
all the birds gorged themselves on their flesh.
Rev 19:11-21 NIV
This is a continuation of the battle that began in
the Valley of Megiddo. The event of “the Rider on the White Horse” will be “The
Second Coming of Christ.” This will take place after “the Wedding Supper of the
Lamb.”
He returns with the armies of Heaven, including the
Bride.
He is called “Faithful and True”—He is Trustworthy
and Just—He passes judgment and wages war in Righteousness. He is called “The
Word of God.” He is “King of kings And Lord of lords”—the All-Ruler—the
Almighty.
Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; Thou shalt dash them
in pieces like a potter's vessel.
Ps 2:9 KJV
“Kiss the Son, lest He be angry, and ye perish from the way…”
Ps 2:12 KJV
Hey!
The Son of God goes to War!
He is mighty and awesome!
The Prophecy against Gog in Ezekiel 39 will be
fulfilled at the Return of Jesus Christ. Even then, “the beast” and his “false
prophet” whose Babylon fell in Revelation 18, will be captured and cast into
the lake of fire. And then, the kings of the Earth and their troops mustered
against the Lord in the Battle of Armageddon shall be slain with the sword that
comes out of the mouth of the Rider on the White Horse.
The Rider on the White Horse comes with the hosts of
Heaven after “the Great Tribulation” on the Earth.
"Immediately after the distress of those days
"'the sun will be darkened,
and the moon will not give its light;
the stars will fall from the sky,
and the heavenly bodies will be shaken.'
"At that time the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the
sky, and all the nations of the Earth will mourn. They will see the Son of Man
coming on the clouds of the sky, with Power and great Glory. And He will send
His angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather His Elect from the
four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.
Matt 24:29-31 NIV
Let's read this same prophecy, from Luke's
perspective.
"There will be signs in the sun, moon and stars. On the earth,
nations will be in anguish and perplexity at the roaring and tossing of the
sea. Men will faint from terror, apprehensive of what is coming on the world,
for the heavenly bodies will be shaken. At that time they will see the Son of
Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. When these things begin to
take place, stand up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing
near."
Luke 21:25-28 NIV
Note that the appearances of darkened sun, blood
moon, partial blood moon, partial eclipse, total eclipse, annular eclipse,
hybrid solar eclipse and the rest 'solar phenomena' are all part of the signs
of the Advent of Christ. They all have prophetic value.
Apostle John records in the first chapter of the
Book of Revelation:
Behold, He cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see Him, and
they also which pierced Him: and all kindreds of the Earth shall wail because
of Him. Even so, Amen.
Rev 1:7 KJV
This time, the Son of Man comes for the Elect
(144,000).
Judgment comes upon the Earth as “The Day of the
Lord” begins.
Prophet Joel Prophesied concerning “The Day of the
Lord.”
The Lord thunders at the head of His army;
His forces are beyond number, and mighty are those who obey His
Command.
The Day of the Lord is great; it is dreadful.
Who can endure it?
Joel 2:11 NIV
The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood
before the coming of the great and dreadful Day of the Lord.
Joel 2:31 NIV
Zephaniah also prophesied it.
The great Day of the Lord is near, it is near, and hasteth greatly,
even the voice of the Day of the Lord: the mighty man shall cry there bitterly.
That Day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day
of wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds
and thick darkness,
A day of the trumpet and alarm against the fenced cities, and
against the high towers.
Zeph. 1:14-16 KJV