Revelation Chapter 19 Commentary

Revelation 19:1 And after these things I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honor, and power, unto the Lord our God: 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. 3 And again they said, Alleluia. And her smoke rose up for ever and ever. 4 And the four and twenty elders and the four beasts fell down and worshipped God that sat on the throne, saying, “Amen; Alleluia.” 5  And a voice came out of the throne, saying, “Praise our God, all ye his servants, and ye that fear him, both small and great.” 6 And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, “Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.” 7 “Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honor to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.” 8 And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints  9 And he saith unto me, “Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb.” And he saith unto me, “These are the true sayings of God.” 10 And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, “See thou do it not: I am thy fellow-servant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.” 11 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. 17 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.” 19 And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army. 20 And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone. 21 And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh.

Before we get into our verse by verse I have to address what first hits me as I read these passages – and that is from the mouth of John, and the mouth of Angels, and the mouth of heavenly hosts, we have some real differentiations going on here in the descriptions of God and the Lamb.  You may not see them, hear them, nor care – but I do – and I think that they are important because Jesus at this point is in Heaven with the Father and yet there remains these key distinctions.  Therefore, I have taken the time to write these keys saying out on the white board to highlight these distinctions so as to address them clearly before we move on.  So let’s re-read these passages and look to the board as to how they are categorized by scripture, not by me.

The YELLOW SPEAKS OF GOD DIRECTLY

THE GREEN SPEAKS OF JESUS, THE WORD, DIRECTLY

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: 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. 3 And again they said, Alleluia. And her smoke rose up for ever and ever. 4 And the four and twenty elders and the four beasts fell down and worshipped God that sat on the throne, saying, “Amen; Alleluia.” 5  And a voice came out of the throne, saying, “Praise our God, all ye his servants, and ye that fear him, both small and great.” 6 And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, “Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.” 7 “Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honor to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.”  8 And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints 9 And he saith unto me, “Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb.” And he saith unto me, “These are the true sayings of God.” 10 And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, “See thou do it not: I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.” 11 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. 17 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.” 19 And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army. 20 And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone. 21 And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh. 

In summary we see

GOD the Father being described in following ways

• LORD OUR GOD (theos)
• AVENGED THE BLOOD OF HIS SERVANTS
• WORSHIPPED GOD WHO SAT ON THE THRONE (theos)
• PRAISE OUR GOD (theos)
• FOR THE LORD GOD  OMNIPOTENT REIGNETH (theos)
• HONOR TO HIM
• THE TRUE SAYING OF GOD (theos)
• WORSHIP GOD (theos)
• God ALMIGHTY (theos)
• The Great Supper of God (theos)

And the Lord and Savior Jesus described in these following ways. . .

• Marriage of the LAMB is come
• Supper of the LAMB
• The Testimony of Jesus
• The Testimony of Jesus is the Spirit of Prophecy
• Faithful and True
• In righteousness he doth judge and make war
• His eyes were as a flame of fire
• On his head were many crowns
• Had a name written which no one knew but He Himself
• Clothed with a vesture dipped in blood
• Name is called the Word of God (logos of theos)
• Out of His mouth a sharp sword
• Shall rule with a rod of Iron
• Treads the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of . . .
• On vesture and thigh a name written
• King of KINGS and LORD of LORDS (not King of God’s or Lord of God’s – King of ALL kingd and Lord of ALL Lords)
• He sat on the horse
• Sword of him proceeded out of His mouth

From all of this I still maintain that there is One God, even the Father as scripture repeatedly calls Him.  He is God Almighty and He sits on the Throne alone. I also maintain that there is also one Lord and Savior, the Word of the One God Almighty made flesh, who having overcome all things, reigns over the eternal Kingdom God His Father gave Him.

However, I also maintain that after the death, resurrection, ascension and return of the Son to the earth, that the Father and the Son are one, now and for the first time in scripture  being referred to as the LORD GOD ALMIGHTY (Revelation 4:8) and that He, the One True God, now sits on the throne in the glorified body of who was once Jesus of Nazareth.