Chapter 16.19
Rejoicing in Heaven
Hallelujah Chorus
Rider
on the White Horse – Return of Christ in Judgment
Victory
over the Beast - The Marriage Supper of the Lamb
Hallelujah Chorus
Notice that there is Four HALLELUJAH’S
ü
God
is on His throne,
ü
Sin
has been judged,
ü
Every
Believer everywhere sings praises
ü
The
marriage of the Lamb has come.
Revelation 19:1 - AFTER THIS
I heard what sounded like
THE ROAR of a great multitude in heaven
shouting: "HALLELUJAH! Salvation and glory (and
honor)
and power belong
to our God,
After THESE THINGS;
which is after the
rapture
of the church then after that, the agony
and terror that took place during the GREAT tribulations period, John is emotionally
taken back by the WONDER and
PLEASURE of hearing this great
ROAR
of rejoicing.
In my Belief
System, since the twenty-four elders represents the church that
was raptured earlier, this great multitude
would be the voices of the MARTYRED SAINTS from the tribulation
period.
FIRST
HALLELUJAH; alleluia
or
Hallelujah in the Greek means “Praise Jehovah”. NOTE; the word “honor”
is missing in some manuscripts, but it’s in the KJV.
In my BS
this seems to be reported out of chronical
order as this shouting for
joy is at the
mid-point of the tribulation period, with all
that is remaining is for Christ to destroy all His enemies and that’s coming up
next.
Revelation 19:2-3 - For TRUE and JUST are his judgments.
He has condemned the great prostitute
who corrupted the earth by her adulteries.
He has AVENGED on her the blood of his
servants."
3 And again they shouted: "HALLELUJAH!
The smoke from her goes up for ever and ever."
SECOND HALLELUJAH; God has now AVENGED the death of
his servants, the blood that was spilt for their testimony. The SMOKE that goes up from the LAKE
OF FIRE is
symbolic
of JUDGMENT that will ascend up forever and ever.
We all have a Belief System of
what is True
and Just
or the way
we would have done things.
Perhaps we would have not let believers be martyred, or even let Satan exist;
but that is because our understanding is limited, we can only see through a
glass dimly,[1] we DO NOT know the plans of God...
BUT WE WILL, one day when
we are with Him, we will be able to see His Plan from the
end to the beginning. [2] We are not the Judge anyway; VENGEANCE is God’s prerogative alone. [3]
Slain
in the Spirit - Shekinah Glory
Revelation 19:4 - The twenty-four elders and the four living creatures
FELL DOWN and worshiped
God, who was seated on the throne.
And they cried: "Amen, HALLELUJAH
THIRD
HALLELUJAH; The Omnipotent (all powerful) God is on His throne and is worthy of
praise, honor and glory. Don’t you know
that the “Hallelujah
Chorus” was just so overpowering to hear and His SHEKINAH GLORY was so strong
that the 24
Elders legs become like SILLY PUTTY and they are
unable to stand and they just fall to the ground! I was fortunate enough to sing “Handel’s
Messiah” with my church choir on some 20 occasions.
As a teenager, seven schools came together at my church which could hold
about 700 people to sing the Hallelujah Chorus, I practiced with about 40
other kids just
my mundane part.
Sitting on the front row of the Church I heard the orchestra begin and
then everyone started singing in HARMONY their mundane part. I
was so stunned, the SOUND was just so over the top, the words just
vibrated in my body, I was so touched, that tears filled my eyes and I could
hardly sing. I think I know what John
was trying to describe.
In my BS,
I thing in order for Handel to be able to write such a great piece of music, that
he must have had a visitation from the Angel of God.
All Heaven Sings
Revelation 19:5-6 - Then a voice came from the throne, saying:
"Praise our God, all you his SERVANTS, you who fear him, both small and
great!"
6 Then I heard what sounded like a GREAT MULTITUDE,
like the ROAR of rushing waters and like
LOUD PEALS of thunder, shouting:
HALLELUJAH! For our Lord God Almighty reigns.
FOURTH
HALLELUJAH;
This time John hears a LOUD ROAR that he could
feel in his body, that of a Great Multitude that
included the twenty-four
elders, the four living creatures, PLUS ALL the servants of God everywhere joining in with SINGING PRAISES to the Lord God
Almighty who reigns forever and ever.
Marriage Supper of the Lamb – The Bridge
Revelation 19:7-8 - Let us rejoice and be glad and give him
glory!
For the WEDDING
OF THE LAMB
has come,
and HIS
BRIDE has made herself ready.
8 Fine linen,
bright and clean, was given her to wear."
(Fine linen is symbolic for the righteous acts of the saints.)
TWO
EVENTS will occur before Christ returns with us to take His throne.
- Babylon and its religious
system will
be judged and destroyed.
- The Marriage Supper of the
Lamb will be celebrated
with the saints.
It is the Lamb that is rejoicing over the bride. The LAMB is Christ; His BRIDE is the
saints, who are clothed in the FINE
LINEN of righteous. This supper bridges the time between the Tribulation
Period and the longed for Millennial Reign of Jesus Christ.
ü
Each of us will be wearing the wedding garment of our own making according to our righteous deeds. All spots and blemishes will have already been
taken away at the Judgment seat of Christ.
ü
The Bride is has now become His wife, not through
works, but by His grace. [4] The Bride is
the Gentiles
– The
believing Jewish nation of Israel will be gathered in
later.[5]
ü
The Wedding has come or rather “has been
completed” and the MARRIAGE
SUPPER is
now ready to be served.
Marriage/Wedding Supper
Revelation
19:9 - Then the angel
said to me, "Write: `BLESSED are those
who are
invited to the WEDDING
SUPPER OF THE LAMB!'"
And he
added, "These
are the true words of God."
The
traditional marriage was in THREE parts:
1)
The
Contract where
the price is paid (The cross),
2)
The
Wedding,
where the groom goes and gets his bride (The rapture) and [6]
3)
The
Wedding Supper when he takes her to his home. (His presence
forever)[7]
Heaven is where the MARRIAGE
OF THE LAMB will
be held; not in the air or on the earth
Earth is where the MARRIAGES
SUPPER[8] will be held. It
happens on the eve of His “Revelation”, which is His return to earth for His 1,000 year reign.
Bond Servant
Revelation 19:10 - At this I fell at his feet to worship him. But he said
to me, "Do not do it! I am a FELLOW SERVANT with you
and with your brothers who hold to the testimony of Jesus.
Worship God! For the testimony of Jesus is
the spirit of prophecy."
A BOND SERVANT was someone who wanted to and chose to be
the slave or servant of the master forever;[9]
such was the case here. John was so
overwhelmed that he fell at the feet of
the Angel and was promptly rebuked.
Throughout scripture an angel was never worshipped. However, when the angel actually represented
Jesus the Christ they were not rebuked... It’s in the Book.
We have direct
access to God.[10]
We do not need or an angel, a Saint, Priest, or Mary the mother of Jesus, to
intercede for us.[11] Some Christian Denomination today allow men
to pay homage and respect to them, to bow down before them, kiss their hand or
feet. This
is idolatry;[12] only Jesus the Christ is worthy of praise and
honor.
The Second Coming
Revelation 19:11 - 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.
John begins to write as the
heavens open. The bride is now
in the heavenly home. This
is what all creation has been waiting for; this is the Second
Coming of Jesus Christ to earth.
God has now OPENED THE
HEAVENS for Jesus to return to earth to establish
His kingdom.
Jesus rode into Jerusalem on a donkey,
as our suffering GENTLE SAVIOR, now
in contrast He is coming in WRATH as JUDGE ridding in on a WAR Stallion.
ü
At the beginning of the Tribulation period,
The Antichrist,
impersonating Christ came riding on a WHITE HORSE.
ü At the end of the Tribulation period, in contrast,
the rider on the WHITE HORSE is our faithful
and true Savior, Jesus the Christ, riding
triumphantly with His army, the OT
saints, the raptured Church and the angels.
A New Name – That no one
knows
Revelation 19:12-13 - 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 himself.
13 He is dressed in a ROBE DIPPED IN BLOOD,
and His NAME is the WORD
of God.
The blood is of the slain Lamb of God, and of the
martyred saints. Jesus the Christ is the Word.[13]
The Armies of Heaven
Revelation 19:14-15 - The ARMIES
OF HEAVEN were following him, riding on white horses and dressed
in fine
linen, white and clean.
15 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.
The army on white horses
is the legions of angels and the redeemed saints, the Bride of Christ.
ü
The
sharp sword is His word; He just speaks and it is done.
ü
With
an iron scepter[14]
He is treading on those who have rejected the true living God.
Christ is no longer on a donkey
with tears in His eyes and His body stripped of clothes and His head with a
crown of thorns. He is riding a STALLION, adorned with a dazzling robe and a crown of victory. He is no longer alone, but with armies of
saints. What a Contrast!
Matthew 24:29-31
-
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.'
30 They will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky, with POWER and great GLORY.
31 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.
NIV
Another Name - Written upon Him
Revelation 19:16 - On his robe and on his thigh
he has this name written:
KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.
Christ
returns to the Mount of Olives from where he had first ascended
after his crucifixion[15]
and now as he touches down the mountain splits in half.[16]
Great Supper of God – War of Armageddon
Revelation 19:17-18 - 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,
18 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."
God summons the birds and vultures they
fly in midair circling the carcasses ready to come down to THE GREAT SUPPER OF GOD which
is the bodies of all the unbelievers that have been slain during the battle
of Armageddon.[17] This is in contrast to THE MARRIAGE SUPPER OF THE LAMB that was
given for the saved, the
redeemed.
NOTE: Some Students of the Word BS
embrace that the Marriage Supper of the Lamb will
be eaten for a duration of 1,000 years during the entire Millennium reign of Christ.
This comes from the scripture that says, to the Lord a DAY
is but a 1,000 years and a 1,000 years is but a DAY.[18]... Cool huh...
Kings Gather
Revelation 19:19 - 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.
The gathered armies
are the Kings of the East, Egypt and Russia
plus the ten kingdom Federation of Europe which is the REVIVED ROMAN EMPIRE. They are gathered on the Plain of Esdraelon in
Palestine, a natural battlefield at the mount of Megiddo, thus the name Armageddon.
The kings all make their plans and the God in heaven
just laughs at them.[19]
Hell Opened - Antichrist & Prophet Chunked
Revelation 19:20 - 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.
Before the battle begins
the ANTICHRIST and the FALSE PROPHET have the distinguishing
honor of being the FIRST to be thrown into the Lake of Fire
that was prepared for them; then the rest of the armies are defeated. Satan and the dead in
Hell
will follow them into the lake of fire next.
Revelation 19:21 - 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.
I think it is neat to see that the sword that
slays the Anti-Christ comes out of the mouth of Jesus Christ, it is just His Word. Jesus just spoke and the world came into
existence, it is His breath that saves us, and now He just speaks and His
enemies are vanquished, destroyed big time and you hear a call for
CLEAN UP ON ISLE 13.
THE
BIRD’S SUPPER is a smorgasbord of goodies. I won’t describe it all here, but they eat
their eyes first. Yum, Yum.
Isaiah 11:4
4 He will give justice to the poor and make fair decisions for the exploited. The earth will shake at the force of his word,
AND ONE BREATH FROM HIS MOUTH
WILL DESTROY THE WICKED.
(NLT)
Hebrews 4:12
12 For the WORD OF GOD is
alive and powerful.
It is SHARPER
THAN THE SHARPEST TWO-EDGED SWORD,
cutting between soul and spirit, between
joint and marrow.
It exposes our innermost thoughts and desires. (NLT)
Summary
of the LAST DAY of the
Tribulation Period
ü
The Last
Day of the tribulation
a great
earthquake will cause an upheaval of
nature which will alter the shape of the earth, possibly returning earth to its
correct axis.
ü
The Two Witnesses rotting
in the street are resurrected and raptured.
ü
Men actually hear God’s voice as He calls to
them.
ü
Great fear grips the hearts of man as the light of
this day that is known to the Lord, is
“NOT NIGHT, NOR DAY”[20]
ü
Satan is bound by an
Angel and cast into the bottomless pit for
1,000 years
ü
Jesus returns as King of Kings and Lord of Lords with
millions of the redeemed to fight the Antichrist and
his armies at the
battle of Armageddon where they are
defeated[21]
ü
This last day marks the first day of the 1,000 year
reign of Christ.
ü
His Saints will rule over those that did not take
the “Mark of
the Beast”.
ü
The remnant nations, those that survived, those that
refused the Antichrist
will inhabit the earth and multiply and every year come to
worship King Jesus in Jerusalem.[22]
ü
All Israel – (The Jews that
were “SAVED”) return to city
of Jerusalem.[23]
[1] 1 Corinthians 13:12 - For now we see
through a glass, darkly; NOW I KNOW IN PART; but then shall I know even as also I am
known
[2] Ecclesiastes 3:11 - PEOPLE
CANNOT SEE THE WHOLE SCOPE OF GOD’S WORK FROM BEGINNING TO END. - Isaiah
55:8-9 - For
my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways - MY WAYS ARE HIGHER
THAN YOUR WAYS,
and MY THOUGHTS ARE HIGHER THAN YOUR THOUGHTS.
[3] Romans 12:19 - Beloved, DO NOT AVENGE yourselves, for it is
written, "VENGEANCE IS MINE, I will repay," says the Lord
[4] Ephesians 5:26-27 - That
he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word, That he might present it to himself a glorious
church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or
any such thing; but that it should be holy and
without blemish
[5] Isaiah 54:6-8 - The LORD will call you back as if you were a wife
deserted and distressed in spirit--a wife who married young, only to be
rejected, For a brief moment I abandoned you, but with deep compassion I will bring you back,
but with everlasting kindness I will have
compassion on you -- Hosea 2:23 - I will say to those called `NOT MY PEOPLE,' ...`YOU ARE MY
PEOPLE';
[6] Matthew 25:1-10 - The kingdom of heaven is like ten VIRGINS, which took their lamps,
and went forth to meet the bridegroom
[7] Matthew 25:10 - The
bridegroom came; and those ready WENT IN WITH
HIM TO THE MARRIAGE: AND THE DOOR WAS SHUT
[8] Matthew 25:1-13 - Then the five bridesmaids
WHO WERE READY went in with him to the marriage feast, and
THE DOOR WAS LOCKED. Later,
when the other five bridesmaids returned, they stood outside, calling, ‘Lord! Lord! Open the door for us!’ But
he called back, ‘Believe me, I don’t know you!’
[9] Exodus 21:5-6 - And if
the servant shall plainly say, I LOVE MY MASTER, my wife, and my children; I WILL NOT
GO OUT FREE Then
his master shall bring him unto the judges; he shall also bring him to the
door, or unto the door post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an
aul; AND HE SHALL SERVE HIM FOR EVER
[10] Hebrews 1:1-3 - In the past God spoke to our forefathers through the
prophets but in these last days he has
spoken to us by HIS SON, whom he appointed heir of
all things
[11] 1 Timothy 2:5 - For there
is ONE
GOD
and ONE MEDIATOR between God and men, THE MAN
CHRIST JESUS
-- 1 John 2:1-2 - If anybody does sin, we have one who speaks to the Father in our defense-JESUS
CHRIST, the Righteous One
[12] Acts 10:24-26 - When Peter entered, Cornelius met him, fell at his feet, and worshiped him. But Peter helped him up and
said, “STAND UP! I MYSELF AM ALSO A MAN
[13] John 1:1-2 - In the beginning was the Word, the Word was with God, THE WORD
WAS GOD. He was with God in the beginning.
[14] Psalm 2:9 - You will rule
them with an IRON SCEPTER; you
will dash them to pieces like pottery -- Psalm 2:9 - You will break them with an IRON ROD and
smash them like clay pots.’”
[15] Acts 1:9-11 - After he
said this, he was taken up before their very eyes,
and a cloud hid him from their sight. THIS SAME JESUS, WHO HAS BEEN TAKEN
FROM YOU INTO HEAVEN, WILL COME BACK IN THE SAME WAY YOU HAVE SEEN HIM GO INTO
HEAVEN -- Matthew
24:27 - For as lightning that comes from the east is visible even in the west, so will be the
coming of the Son of Man
[16] Zechariah 14:4 - And in that day His feet will stand on the Mount
of Olives, and the Mount of Olives shall be split in two,
From east to west, Making
a very large valley;
[17] Ezekiel 39:17 - I am
preparing for you, the great sacrifice Call out to
every kind of bird and all the wild animals: There
you will eat flesh and drink blood
[18] 2 Peter 3:8 - With the
Lord one DAY is as a
thousand years, and a thousand
years as one DAY
[19] Psalm 2:1-4 - Why do the
nations conspire and the peoples plot in vain? The rulers gather together
against the LORD
and against his Anointed One. THE ONE
ENTHRONED IN HEAVEN LAUGHS; THE LORD SCOFFS AT THEM.
[20] Zechariah 14:6-7 - On
that day there will be no light, no cold or frost. It will be a unique day, without daytime or
nighttime-a day known to the LORD. When evening comes, there
will be light
[21] Zechariah 14:12 - This
plague; their flesh will rot while they are still
standing on their feet, their eyes will rot in their sockets, and their tongues
will rot in their mouths.
[22] Zechariah 14:16 - THE
SURVIVORS from
all the nations will go up to Jerusalem year after year to worship the King,
the LORD
Almighty, and to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles
[23] Zechariah 14:9 - The LORD will be king over the whole
earth. On that day there will be one LORD, and HIS NAME THE
ONLY NAME
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