1 00:00:06,760 --> 00:00:12,160 We're doing the final portion of Revelation 19 and obviously the 2 00:00:12,160 --> 00:00:15,400 title tonight is the second coming of Jesus Christ. 3 00:00:16,600 --> 00:00:19,120 We're going to do 11 verses 11 to 21. 4 00:00:20,040 --> 00:00:24,800 John sees heaven open again in chapter 19. 5 00:00:24,800 --> 00:00:29,440 We covered that on Sunday. And now in this passage he says 6 00:00:29,440 --> 00:00:33,480 in verse 11, Now I saw heaven opened, and behold, a White 7 00:00:33,480 --> 00:00:36,160 Horse. He who sat on him was called 8 00:00:36,160 --> 00:00:41,560 faithful and true, and in righteousness he judges and 9 00:00:41,560 --> 00:00:46,360 makes war. John sees heaven open again. 10 00:00:47,920 --> 00:00:52,080 He sees the Lord now who is returning to earth. 11 00:00:52,520 --> 00:00:55,440 Now you and I walk this earth. We live in this world. 12 00:00:56,240 --> 00:00:58,640 Some of you, many of you have been to Israel. 13 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:03,280 Well, we've walked in his footsteps. 14 00:01:03,320 --> 00:01:07,760 Well, he's going to make brand new footsteps at the end of the 15 00:01:07,760 --> 00:01:12,000 tribulation period. His feet will again walk this 16 00:01:12,000 --> 00:01:18,000 earth that we live in. The real Jesus, Jesus, Son of 17 00:01:18,000 --> 00:01:22,360 God, will walk the earth, breathe the air that we have. 18 00:01:24,320 --> 00:01:29,760 Remember back in chapter 4 after chapter 2 and three, obviously 19 00:01:29,760 --> 00:01:34,640 the period of the churches in chapter 4, heaven open and John 20 00:01:34,640 --> 00:01:38,720 saw the throne of God, which was symbolic of the rapture of the 21 00:01:38,720 --> 00:01:43,080 church because from that time on, the church is not mentioned 22 00:01:43,520 --> 00:01:47,800 now until we're going to see it appear again, the bride of 23 00:01:47,800 --> 00:01:55,840 Christ, Chapter 19 in chapter 19 tonight, heaven opens and Jesus 24 00:01:55,840 --> 00:01:59,040 comes out. He is returning and he's 25 00:01:59,040 --> 00:02:03,440 returning. Remember, just as he promised. 26 00:02:03,960 --> 00:02:05,880 This is a thing that you and I got to realise. 27 00:02:06,400 --> 00:02:09,120 Jesus said to his disciples, and we often look at the sobs go, 28 00:02:09,199 --> 00:02:11,480 you know, why didn't you guys believe that Jesus was going to 29 00:02:11,800 --> 00:02:13,880 come from the dead? You and I look back and we go, 30 00:02:14,320 --> 00:02:15,360 they're pretty thick, aren't they? 31 00:02:15,400 --> 00:02:17,280 They were dumb. I mean he how many times did he 32 00:02:17,280 --> 00:02:19,920 say, well maybe you and I tonight. 33 00:02:19,920 --> 00:02:26,640 How many times has God in His Word told you and I that He is 34 00:02:26,640 --> 00:02:35,880 coming back again? Do we go I don't know what 35 00:02:35,880 --> 00:02:38,160 happens when Jesus returns the second time? 36 00:02:38,800 --> 00:02:44,440 Firstly, Bible prophecies fulfilled the greater part of 37 00:02:44,440 --> 00:02:50,600 all Bible prophecy and remember we read back in verse 10 worship 38 00:02:50,600 --> 00:02:54,600 God for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy. 39 00:02:55,880 --> 00:03:00,640 The greater part of Bible prophecy has been preparing us, 40 00:03:01,280 --> 00:03:05,600 pointing us to the second coming of Christ at the end of the age. 41 00:03:05,880 --> 00:03:10,320 When did it all start? Well, biblically we would say 42 00:03:10,560 --> 00:03:16,080 Genesis chapter 3, we were told there's one coming. 43 00:03:16,200 --> 00:03:20,760 He's going to fix everything. The second coming of Christ is 44 00:03:20,760 --> 00:03:25,880 coming at the end of the age. The second coming of Christ is 45 00:03:25,880 --> 00:03:31,320 mentioned 1800 times in the Old Testament. 46 00:03:33,120 --> 00:03:37,880 It's mentioned 300 times in the New Testament. 47 00:03:38,880 --> 00:03:46,960 It's referred to in 27 of the 66 books, 27 of the Old Testament 48 00:03:46,960 --> 00:03:51,840 books. It is referred to in 23 of the 49 00:03:51,840 --> 00:03:58,800 New Testament books. In the New Testament alone, one 50 00:03:58,800 --> 00:04:04,800 out of every 25 verses refers to the second coming of Jesus. 51 00:04:05,040 --> 00:04:10,480 And you got to ask yourself, why don't churches speak about the 52 00:04:10,480 --> 00:04:13,960 coming of the Lord? Must be they're not going 53 00:04:13,960 --> 00:04:16,360 through the Bible. Must be they're not teaching the 54 00:04:16,360 --> 00:04:20,279 Bible because you can't go through the Bible and not and, 55 00:04:20,279 --> 00:04:22,680 and, and miss how many times it's been said. 56 00:04:23,480 --> 00:04:27,120 I got to tell you, I grew up in a traditional church, went there 57 00:04:27,120 --> 00:04:33,320 as a kid, never heard about it. It was the very fact that I 58 00:04:33,320 --> 00:04:35,760 heard how long I'd been married, a year. 59 00:04:36,080 --> 00:04:40,240 And we heard of the second coming of Christ and something 60 00:04:40,400 --> 00:04:42,240 the Holy Spirit grabbed our hearts. 61 00:04:42,240 --> 00:04:45,240 We didn't know then. And we went, so he's coming 62 00:04:45,240 --> 00:04:48,560 back. How do I know when he's coming 63 00:04:48,560 --> 00:04:50,440 back? What would he look like? 64 00:04:50,560 --> 00:04:52,120 What will happen when he comes back? 65 00:04:52,280 --> 00:04:57,920 What do I need to know? And the Holy Spirit drove us to 66 00:04:57,920 --> 00:05:02,280 the word of God. We got saved and that's not 67 00:05:02,280 --> 00:05:08,280 changed since 1977, and since 1977, Helen and I have lived 68 00:05:08,320 --> 00:05:10,840 each day expecting the Lord to come. 69 00:05:12,920 --> 00:05:18,600 For every prophecy on Christ's first coming, there are 8 70 00:05:19,240 --> 00:05:24,920 prophecies on his second coming. When Jesus Jesus returns at this 71 00:05:24,920 --> 00:05:29,240 time, 4 things will happen. I'll give them to you if you're 72 00:05:29,240 --> 00:05:37,000 taking notes. 1 The Saints will be glorified 2 creation Romans 73 00:05:37,000 --> 00:05:41,360 chapter 8 remember has been groaning, groaning. 74 00:05:41,520 --> 00:05:43,920 It's out of whack. Our world is out of whack. 75 00:05:43,920 --> 00:05:46,600 The animals, you know, we you want to get you see the the 76 00:05:46,600 --> 00:05:48,120 birds. You want to get close to a bird 77 00:05:48,120 --> 00:05:50,240 and they're frightened of you. You just want to pet them. 78 00:05:50,840 --> 00:05:53,320 You see a lion, you don't want to get anywhere near a lion. 79 00:05:54,880 --> 00:06:01,040 The world is out of whack. Well, creation which has been 80 00:06:01,040 --> 00:06:05,360 groaning will be liberated, things will change, the devil 81 00:06:06,360 --> 00:06:12,080 will be defeated. And fourthly, Jesus will 82 00:06:12,560 --> 00:06:16,960 personally rule and reign here on earth. 83 00:06:16,960 --> 00:06:19,080 And where will he rule and reign? 84 00:06:19,560 --> 00:06:23,280 Jerusalem, the existing Jerusalem. 85 00:06:24,240 --> 00:06:29,560 Revelation 19 verse 11. Now I John saw heaven opened and 86 00:06:29,560 --> 00:06:35,240 behold a White Horse, and he capital H who sat on him was 87 00:06:35,240 --> 00:06:41,440 called faithful and true and in righteousness he judges and 88 00:06:41,440 --> 00:06:44,160 makes war. Now so that's a a different 89 00:06:44,160 --> 00:06:46,880 picture of General Jesus meek and mile patting all the little 90 00:06:46,880 --> 00:06:51,000 kids on the head. It says he judges and makes war. 91 00:06:52,040 --> 00:06:56,600 As heaven opens, the first thing John sees is a White Horse with 92 00:06:56,600 --> 00:06:59,200 a rider called faithful and true. 93 00:07:00,120 --> 00:07:04,480 So yes, talking to one of our grandkids this week, she asked, 94 00:07:05,480 --> 00:07:10,040 will there be animals in heaven? I've got to go and tell her to 95 00:07:10,080 --> 00:07:14,320 read this passage. Yes, and I don't like horses 96 00:07:14,320 --> 00:07:16,040 myself. Grew up on a stable. 97 00:07:16,200 --> 00:07:18,520 I think horses are the dumbest animal in the world. 98 00:07:18,760 --> 00:07:21,880 I'm not a horse lover. I think I go, I won't go any 99 00:07:21,880 --> 00:07:25,200 further about horses, just a lot of loving horses, people around. 100 00:07:25,840 --> 00:07:28,640 But horses, there will be horses in heaven. 101 00:07:28,640 --> 00:07:30,560 How can we say that? Because it says it. 102 00:07:30,840 --> 00:07:34,560 It says it here. The first thing John sees is a 103 00:07:34,560 --> 00:07:37,080 White Horse with a rider called faithful and true. 104 00:07:37,160 --> 00:07:38,920 So yes, there'll be horses in heaven. 105 00:07:39,200 --> 00:07:43,640 We remember Elijah the prophet was taken to heaven. 106 00:07:43,880 --> 00:07:48,360 How? In a chariot and with horses. 2 107 00:07:48,360 --> 00:07:50,640 Kings 211. Then it happened, as they 108 00:07:50,640 --> 00:07:54,080 continued on and talked, that suddenly a chariot of fire 109 00:07:54,080 --> 00:07:58,040 appeared, with horses of fire separated of the two of them, 110 00:07:58,240 --> 00:08:01,320 and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven. 111 00:08:02,400 --> 00:08:05,800 Jesus came the first time, remember, as a suffering 112 00:08:05,800 --> 00:08:09,800 servant. We remember that Palm Sunday as 113 00:08:09,800 --> 00:08:17,840 he rode into Jerusalem on the fall, the cult of a donkey never 114 00:08:17,840 --> 00:08:22,840 been ridden and he fulfilled the Bible prophecy, Zechariah 9/9. 115 00:08:23,000 --> 00:08:28,400 It was the fulfilment of Bible prophecy, Jesus coming in on 116 00:08:28,400 --> 00:08:32,240 Palm Sunday on that day. And Jesus said to the crowd to 117 00:08:32,240 --> 00:08:37,080 Jerusalem on this thy day. And Daniel, which is the next 118 00:08:37,080 --> 00:08:40,159 book we're going to go into after Revelation, Daniel had 119 00:08:40,159 --> 00:08:46,160 said this is when the Messiah will come in and he gives even 120 00:08:46,160 --> 00:08:50,800 the the the mathematical dates to the day that Christ will come 121 00:08:50,800 --> 00:08:53,200 right again. And he did on palm someday. 122 00:08:53,800 --> 00:08:58,400 Secondly, the second time Jesus comes, he's not coming in as the 123 00:08:58,400 --> 00:09:01,960 suffering St Remember, he came into Jerusalem. 124 00:09:02,120 --> 00:09:04,200 Why was he going there? He's going to die. 125 00:09:05,200 --> 00:09:09,720 He wept over Jerusalem. Oh, if you only knew, if only 126 00:09:09,720 --> 00:09:11,280 you. I've wanted to gather you under 127 00:09:11,280 --> 00:09:14,080 my wings. But if you only knew the crowd 128 00:09:14,080 --> 00:09:17,680 that sang Hosanna, Hosanna, son of David would on Thursday go 129 00:09:17,840 --> 00:09:22,800 crucify him, crucify him, Give us Barabbas instead of him. 130 00:09:25,560 --> 00:09:28,800 But this time, the second coming, Jesus comes as the 131 00:09:29,240 --> 00:09:33,160 conquering king. He's coming to judge and make 132 00:09:33,160 --> 00:09:37,040 war. The White Horse symbolises this. 133 00:09:37,200 --> 00:09:40,120 It's the picture of the the Roman generals. 134 00:09:40,320 --> 00:09:43,400 They would come in on their their stallion and they would 135 00:09:43,400 --> 00:09:46,560 lead the parade after the great victorious battle. 136 00:09:48,440 --> 00:09:51,960 You remember back in chapter 6-4, Horsemen of the Apocalypse, 137 00:09:52,120 --> 00:09:55,360 what was the first horse White, who was riding it? 138 00:09:55,600 --> 00:09:59,040 The Antichrist. He appears on the world 139 00:09:59,040 --> 00:10:02,040 political scene riding on a White Horse. 140 00:10:02,440 --> 00:10:06,280 He has 1 crown and he's carrying a bow, but he has no arrows, 141 00:10:07,200 --> 00:10:12,800 symbolising how he will subdue this anti he's he's coming as a 142 00:10:12,800 --> 00:10:15,880 pretend Messiah. Trouble is, the world's going to 143 00:10:15,880 --> 00:10:19,560 accept him, and trouble is so is Israel initially. 144 00:10:20,840 --> 00:10:24,880 And he comes with a White Horse because he's coming to make 145 00:10:25,160 --> 00:10:30,680 peace, but his peace is only temporary because of the other 146 00:10:30,680 --> 00:10:34,360 horses of war, famine, death, pestilence. 147 00:10:37,080 --> 00:10:40,760 Jesus has this title. John sees Jesus with this title 148 00:10:40,760 --> 00:10:47,280 on this horse, faithful and true, in contrast with Satan who 149 00:10:47,280 --> 00:10:51,080 is the father of all lies. His lying. 150 00:10:51,080 --> 00:10:54,280 Satan's lying. He did it back in Genesis 3 and 151 00:10:54,280 --> 00:10:57,000 he's deceiving. You won't die if you eat him the 152 00:10:57,000 --> 00:10:59,480 fruit. No, God just doesn't want you to 153 00:10:59,480 --> 00:11:01,880 be like him. It's his ammo. 154 00:11:03,040 --> 00:11:07,520 John chapter 844, Jesus said to the religious leaders, you are 155 00:11:07,640 --> 00:11:13,120 of your father the devil. Jesus believes in the devil. 156 00:11:13,120 --> 00:11:15,240 You know there are cults that don't believe in the devil. 157 00:11:16,200 --> 00:11:20,640 Jesus did and the desires of your Father you want to do that 158 00:11:20,640 --> 00:11:24,520 is the devil. He was a murderer from the 159 00:11:24,520 --> 00:11:28,840 beginning. Cain killing Abel does not stand 160 00:11:28,840 --> 00:11:32,160 in the truth. He lies because there is no 161 00:11:32,160 --> 00:11:36,960 truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks 162 00:11:36,960 --> 00:11:40,680 from his own resources. That is, that's his character, 163 00:11:40,840 --> 00:11:45,640 that's who he is for. He is, Jesus says, a liar and 164 00:11:45,640 --> 00:11:51,400 he's the father of it. Jesus is faithful and true also 165 00:11:51,400 --> 00:11:54,640 in regard to faithful and true, keeping his promise. 166 00:11:54,640 --> 00:11:57,640 He says, hey, I'm coming back, I'm coming back. 167 00:11:57,800 --> 00:12:00,680 I'll rise from the dead 3 days, I'll be there. 168 00:12:00,800 --> 00:12:05,520 I'm coming back, I'm coming back that he would indeed return and 169 00:12:05,520 --> 00:12:09,400 He would establish his Kingdom here on earth. 170 00:12:10,360 --> 00:12:15,040 Therefore it says he judges and makes war, verse one. 171 00:12:15,640 --> 00:12:18,560 War with who? With the unsaved. 172 00:12:19,480 --> 00:12:25,160 The church is not here. And He does this now in 173 00:12:25,160 --> 00:12:29,960 righteousness, but He does this how? 174 00:12:30,520 --> 00:12:32,880 When does Jesus come back and judge and make war? 175 00:12:32,920 --> 00:12:37,280 You need to note this. He comes and does this after the 176 00:12:37,280 --> 00:12:41,800 world has been flooded with the gospel of Jesus Christ. 177 00:12:42,320 --> 00:12:46,200 Everyone has had a chance. This is not like, oh, I didn't 178 00:12:46,200 --> 00:12:48,480 know I fired. And no, no, I would, you know, I 179 00:12:48,520 --> 00:12:52,560 would, I would have believed. No, no these are people that are 180 00:12:52,560 --> 00:12:57,680 left are the unsaved who rebelled and blasphemy Jesus. 181 00:12:57,800 --> 00:13:04,400 No matter what happens 144,000 Jewish missionaries go 182 00:13:04,400 --> 00:13:08,360 throughout the world sealed by God unable to be touched by the 183 00:13:08,480 --> 00:13:12,200 the Antichrist or the false prophet and they proclaim the 184 00:13:12,200 --> 00:13:16,640 gospel of Jesus Christ. Secondly, Revelation 11 remember 185 00:13:16,880 --> 00:13:22,480 2 guys, 2 witnesses who will and the world will watch on. 186 00:13:22,480 --> 00:13:25,880 You know how we we all watch the pretend landing on the moon. 187 00:13:25,880 --> 00:13:26,960 I don't know if it was real or not. 188 00:13:26,960 --> 00:13:30,680 Now, I don't know, in July we've taken a day off school watching 189 00:13:30,680 --> 00:13:33,440 the scratchy black and white thing I've got is this, is this 190 00:13:33,440 --> 00:13:36,240 the best it can be? One step for man and one step 191 00:13:36,240 --> 00:13:38,200 for mankind, or whatever it is and joint step. 192 00:13:38,640 --> 00:13:43,920 But anyway, because the we know that the world will watch and 193 00:13:43,920 --> 00:13:47,840 listen to the two witnesses, because when they die, it says 194 00:13:47,960 --> 00:13:51,000 the whole world erupts in a celebration. 195 00:13:51,400 --> 00:13:55,760 Everyone's been watching them, listening to them proclaim the 196 00:13:55,760 --> 00:14:00,840 gospel of Jesus Christ. Then thirdly, here's the other 197 00:14:00,840 --> 00:14:07,120 one and an Angel has encircled the entire earth proclaiming the 198 00:14:07,120 --> 00:14:09,760 everlasting gospel. How often have you said, why 199 00:14:09,760 --> 00:14:11,800 doesn't God just send an Angel to tell everybody? 200 00:14:11,800 --> 00:14:16,960 Well, he did in the end. We have a job to do. 144,000 did 201 00:14:17,120 --> 00:14:20,560 the two witnesses did. But in Revelation chapter 14, 202 00:14:20,560 --> 00:14:24,240 verse 6, then I saw another Angel flying in the midst of 203 00:14:24,240 --> 00:14:29,600 heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach to those who 204 00:14:29,600 --> 00:14:32,880 dwell upon the earth. So the church has been raptured, 205 00:14:33,640 --> 00:14:35,560 the Saints have been killed, they've gone. 206 00:14:36,880 --> 00:14:41,440 And then who did the gospel? Who did the Angel proclaim to 207 00:14:41,800 --> 00:14:47,400 every nation, every tribe, every tongue and people. 208 00:14:47,560 --> 00:14:48,840 There's not going to be anyone to go. 209 00:14:48,840 --> 00:14:50,280 I am. No one told me. 210 00:14:50,920 --> 00:14:53,600 No excuses. No excuses. 211 00:14:54,400 --> 00:14:59,560 Revelation 1912. John sees Jesus, he sees Jesus 212 00:14:59,560 --> 00:15:03,000 eyes and he's on this horse and he sees his eyes were like a 213 00:15:03,000 --> 00:15:07,360 flame of fire. And on his head were many 214 00:15:07,360 --> 00:15:12,880 crowns, not one crown diadems. He had a name written that no 215 00:15:12,880 --> 00:15:15,640 one knew except himself. Now what is that name? 216 00:15:15,840 --> 00:15:16,920 I don't care. I don't know. 217 00:15:16,920 --> 00:15:18,520 I'm never going to tell you and you don't know. 218 00:15:18,680 --> 00:15:21,800 And if anyone says I know the name, no they don't because 219 00:15:21,800 --> 00:15:24,880 Jesus the only one I get caught up in. 220 00:15:25,200 --> 00:15:28,000 Let's have a Bible study and look at Revelation 1912. 221 00:15:28,320 --> 00:15:31,880 What do you think that name? I think it might sorry don't 222 00:15:31,880 --> 00:15:35,840 bother, don't waste your time. His eyes like a flame of fire. 223 00:15:35,880 --> 00:15:41,360 Judgement is always fire. But also Jesus sees everything 224 00:15:42,160 --> 00:15:47,360 and it is now judgement time. He has many crowns. 225 00:15:47,360 --> 00:15:55,320 Why He is the King of Kings. He is also all knowing, 226 00:15:56,720 --> 00:16:01,280 omniscient. He is all powerful, omnipotent. 227 00:16:01,560 --> 00:16:07,920 He's the king of all that He who once wore a crown of thorns that 228 00:16:07,920 --> 00:16:11,320 was forcibly embedded upon his brow. 229 00:16:11,600 --> 00:16:18,280 He now wears many royal diadems. He's the king of Kings. 230 00:16:19,640 --> 00:16:25,560 Jesus will have a new name. No one knows but himself. 231 00:16:27,280 --> 00:16:32,880 Revelation 13. He was clothed with a robe 232 00:16:33,240 --> 00:16:39,360 dipped in blood, and his name is called the word of God. 233 00:16:39,840 --> 00:16:41,400 And many people. Oh, he's dipped in blood. 234 00:16:41,400 --> 00:16:42,920 Yeah, because the memory died on the cross. 235 00:16:42,920 --> 00:16:45,360 And he died on the cross. Hey, read the context. 236 00:16:46,800 --> 00:16:50,920 He's called the Word of God. Interesting it was the apostle 237 00:16:50,920 --> 00:16:55,120 John who wrote at length in the beginning was the Word, the word 238 00:16:55,120 --> 00:16:59,040 was with God and the word was God and the word became flesh. 239 00:16:59,040 --> 00:17:03,600 John 11 John 114. The Jehovah Witnesses had to 240 00:17:03,600 --> 00:17:10,040 rewrite their Bible to change that passage also. 1 John verse 241 00:17:10,040 --> 00:17:13,920 one and 2:00. We, we felt him, we touched him, 242 00:17:14,599 --> 00:17:20,800 we heard him. The word, the word, Christ's 243 00:17:20,800 --> 00:17:25,680 robe, that he's wearing this garment at this time, that he's 244 00:17:25,680 --> 00:17:30,000 on this horse John sees is dipped in blood. 245 00:17:30,640 --> 00:17:33,960 That's a lot of blood. It's not just sprinkled, not a 246 00:17:33,960 --> 00:17:36,440 little bit here and a bit there. It's dipped. 247 00:17:38,240 --> 00:17:42,480 Isaiah 63. Let's turn there so you can read 248 00:17:42,480 --> 00:17:45,640 it and I'll read it to you as well because it's a passage that 249 00:17:45,640 --> 00:17:49,000 you need to know that fits in so beautifully. 250 00:17:49,000 --> 00:17:55,840 Isaiah 63, that fits in so beautifully with explaining how 251 00:17:56,160 --> 00:17:58,760 Jesus looks and why he looks this way. 252 00:17:59,080 --> 00:18:05,920 Isaiah 63 verse one, the prophet says, who is this? 253 00:18:05,920 --> 00:18:10,680 Who comes from Edom? Edom is read from the city of 254 00:18:10,680 --> 00:18:14,840 Basra with his clothing stained red. 255 00:18:14,840 --> 00:18:19,080 Who is this? Who is this in royal robes? 256 00:18:19,080 --> 00:18:23,120 This is the king of kings, marching in his great strength. 257 00:18:24,080 --> 00:18:27,160 It is I, the Lord announcing your salvation. 258 00:18:27,600 --> 00:18:30,840 It is I, the Lord who has the power to save. 259 00:18:31,680 --> 00:18:36,520 Why are your clothes so red, as if you've been treading out 260 00:18:36,680 --> 00:18:39,200 grapes? So the question comes. 261 00:18:40,240 --> 00:18:45,000 I have been treading the wine press alone, God alone, judging. 262 00:18:45,720 --> 00:18:51,760 No one was there to help me. In my anger I have trampled my 263 00:18:51,880 --> 00:18:59,320 enemies as if they were grapes. In my fury, I have trampled my 264 00:18:59,320 --> 00:19:01,720 foes. Their blood. 265 00:19:01,760 --> 00:19:08,000 Their blood has stained my clothes for the time has come 266 00:19:08,560 --> 00:19:15,520 for me to avenge my people, to ransom them from the oppressors. 267 00:19:15,520 --> 00:19:18,680 A great passage that fits in with Revelation 19. 268 00:19:19,040 --> 00:19:22,720 So the blood back to chapter 19 of Revelation. 269 00:19:22,960 --> 00:19:27,280 So the blood on Jesus robe here as he's on the horse represents 270 00:19:29,040 --> 00:19:31,120 the blood from the judgement of his enemies. 271 00:19:31,840 --> 00:19:37,280 Verse 14 and the armies in heaven clothed in fine linen, 272 00:19:37,920 --> 00:19:42,200 white and clean, followed him on white horses. 273 00:19:42,200 --> 00:19:45,040 Now I don't know if you've ever been a horse rider, if ever, if 274 00:19:45,040 --> 00:19:49,320 you've ever done it, but guess what you're going to that's 275 00:19:49,320 --> 00:19:55,000 Hebrew for you're going to but Jesus is not returning alone. 276 00:19:55,120 --> 00:20:00,120 This is the amazing thing as we read this, you and I, we're in 277 00:20:00,120 --> 00:20:02,880 this this is this is outstanding. 278 00:20:04,120 --> 00:20:06,120 He comes with the armies of heaven. 279 00:20:06,400 --> 00:20:11,040 Who were they? Clothed in fine linen, white and 280 00:20:11,040 --> 00:20:13,160 clean, followed him on white horses. 281 00:20:13,360 --> 00:20:18,840 Now back in verse 8 we read, And to her the bride of Christ the 282 00:20:18,840 --> 00:20:24,200 Church, it was granted to be arrayed in fine linen, clean and 283 00:20:24,200 --> 00:20:27,640 bright. For the fine linen is the 284 00:20:27,640 --> 00:20:32,960 righteous acts of the Saints. So the bride, the New Testament 285 00:20:32,960 --> 00:20:39,080 Church, you and I, the Saints who were raptured, chapter 4 up 286 00:20:39,080 --> 00:20:43,160 to heaven by the Lord. And it also includes in these 287 00:20:43,280 --> 00:20:46,680 armies, plural, the tribulation Saints. 288 00:20:46,920 --> 00:20:50,800 Every believer who has denied the Antichrist didn't get the 289 00:20:50,800 --> 00:20:56,160 mark, was killed for their faith, died for their faith is 290 00:20:56,160 --> 00:21:01,680 in this the Old Testament Saints and the holy angels. 291 00:21:01,680 --> 00:21:04,120 Now, I don't know how many angels there are. 292 00:21:04,120 --> 00:21:05,640 There's lots of them, isn't there? 293 00:21:05,960 --> 00:21:09,520 Well, you know, it's and we can't back in 4-5 and six. 294 00:21:09,520 --> 00:21:13,000 We can't number the number of angels because there's so many 295 00:21:13,000 --> 00:21:15,080 of them. How big's this army? 296 00:21:15,120 --> 00:21:17,320 And how do we know there's angels with them as well? 297 00:21:17,520 --> 00:21:23,480 Because Jesus says back in 25 Matthew, Matthew 25, verse 31. 298 00:21:23,840 --> 00:21:30,240 When the Son of Man comes in his glory and all the holy angels 299 00:21:30,240 --> 00:21:33,680 with him, what an army. This is superb. 300 00:21:34,960 --> 00:21:37,400 Then He will sit on the throne of his glory. 301 00:21:38,320 --> 00:21:43,720 Verse 15 Now out of his mouth that's Jesus goes a sharp sword 302 00:21:44,040 --> 00:21:46,080 and it's not a literal sword. What is it? 303 00:21:46,800 --> 00:21:53,240 God speaks that with it he should strike the nation's that 304 00:21:53,240 --> 00:22:00,360 is the nations who have gathered at Megiddo and he himself will 305 00:22:00,360 --> 00:22:05,040 rule them with a rod of iron. And that's that's the kind of 306 00:22:05,040 --> 00:22:11,680 like, not Mammy Pamby, is it? He himself treads the winepress 307 00:22:11,880 --> 00:22:15,640 of the fierceness and wrath of the Almighty God. 308 00:22:16,240 --> 00:22:18,200 This is Jesus coming back. This is dinkum. 309 00:22:18,520 --> 00:22:20,880 This is on. He's coming back. 310 00:22:21,120 --> 00:22:28,000 And this is big day judgement. We the church, however, are not 311 00:22:28,000 --> 00:22:29,840 coming to fight. We're not yet. 312 00:22:29,920 --> 00:22:33,240 Yeah, we're behind you with Jesus with little swords or bows 313 00:22:33,240 --> 00:22:37,120 and arrows or whatever. We don't do any of that because 314 00:22:37,120 --> 00:22:38,840 the Lord fights our battles, doesn't he? 315 00:22:39,680 --> 00:22:44,600 The Lord? We come to simply follow him. 316 00:22:45,520 --> 00:22:48,720 We're an army, but we have no weapons. 317 00:22:49,960 --> 00:22:53,920 We're an army and an army doesn't normally dress in fine 318 00:22:53,920 --> 00:22:56,120 white linen. We don't go to military parades 319 00:22:56,120 --> 00:22:58,720 and get and all the blokes March down the street and they're in 320 00:22:58,880 --> 00:23:05,640 fine white linen, are they? Our King speaks and goes to 321 00:23:05,640 --> 00:23:08,360 battle as you and I. You want to know about the 322 00:23:08,360 --> 00:23:11,960 battle of Armageddon? You'll see it, you witness it. 323 00:23:12,120 --> 00:23:15,160 We've been to Mount Carmel, we've looked out over that. 324 00:23:15,360 --> 00:23:17,640 We're going to visit that place again. 325 00:23:17,960 --> 00:23:20,960 The sharp sword comes out of Jesus mouth. 326 00:23:20,960 --> 00:23:25,720 What is the sharp sword? He speaks Hebrews 412 For the 327 00:23:25,720 --> 00:23:31,640 word of God is living and powerful, sharper than any 2 328 00:23:31,640 --> 00:23:36,760 edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, 329 00:23:37,280 --> 00:23:41,400 of joints and marrow, and it's a discerner of the thoughts and 330 00:23:41,400 --> 00:23:45,360 intents of the heart. So Jesus establishes his 331 00:23:45,360 --> 00:23:51,320 Kingdom, of which He will rule in Jerusalem thousand years with 332 00:23:51,320 --> 00:23:54,160 a rod of iron. What does that actually mean? 333 00:23:54,160 --> 00:23:57,480 Rule with a rod of iron? Well, God is sovereign today, 334 00:23:57,480 --> 00:24:01,520 isn't he? He's still sovereign, but He has 335 00:24:01,520 --> 00:24:05,400 allowed people to exercise their free will. 336 00:24:05,520 --> 00:24:07,000 People can shake their fists at him. 337 00:24:07,880 --> 00:24:10,320 During the tribulation period, people blasphemed him. 338 00:24:11,520 --> 00:24:15,720 But at this time when Jesus returns and his second coming 339 00:24:16,000 --> 00:24:19,960 and he sets up his rule and reign in Jerusalem for that 340 00:24:19,960 --> 00:24:23,640 thousand year reign, things are going to change dramatically. 341 00:24:24,600 --> 00:24:31,560 For then it will be a theocratic dictatorship, and every person 342 00:24:32,120 --> 00:24:38,600 will be in submission to the Lord whether they want to or 343 00:24:38,600 --> 00:24:41,360 not. There's no, no. 344 00:24:42,080 --> 00:24:44,800 Maybe at this time you think, well, yeah, but who would in 345 00:24:44,800 --> 00:24:49,200 their right mind stand up against God as Jesus is ruling 346 00:24:49,200 --> 00:24:52,400 and reigning in Jerusalem? Well, hang on a little bit and 347 00:24:52,680 --> 00:24:59,520 we'll find out the judgement on Christ's return will resemble 348 00:24:59,720 --> 00:25:03,000 the Bible tells us, a wine press, and we saw many wine 349 00:25:03,000 --> 00:25:04,480 presses. There's one in particular. 350 00:25:04,480 --> 00:25:09,040 Remember, we go to Gethsemane and then we go to the the term 351 00:25:09,320 --> 00:25:12,760 which we believe is where Jesus was laid. 352 00:25:13,040 --> 00:25:14,680 And it's an area of a wealthy man. 353 00:25:14,680 --> 00:25:18,080 And there's a winepress there. And even in Nazareth we saw it 354 00:25:18,080 --> 00:25:21,240 where they dig out of the limestone a large hole. 355 00:25:21,520 --> 00:25:24,160 Then they have teared. Then there's a smaller one and a 356 00:25:24,160 --> 00:25:25,960 small one. There's this, this, this 357 00:25:26,160 --> 00:25:29,560 treading out of the wine. As the wine goes, it goes down. 358 00:25:29,560 --> 00:25:32,520 The next one then goes into the next one, but the treading goes 359 00:25:32,520 --> 00:25:37,200 into the big one. With that in mind, this is the 360 00:25:37,200 --> 00:25:40,920 picture that John sees at Megiddo. 361 00:25:42,280 --> 00:25:48,360 All Israel will be like a giant winepress, with the valley of 362 00:25:48,360 --> 00:25:51,960 Megiddo becoming the main up of that. 363 00:25:52,120 --> 00:25:57,240 The place where the grapes go in and the stomping occurs, and 364 00:25:57,240 --> 00:26:02,400 then the battles that soldiers killed by the sword. 365 00:26:02,800 --> 00:26:10,520 The word of God flowing down through and along all over the 366 00:26:10,520 --> 00:26:17,440 land of Israel at this time. And Jesus himself will tread the 367 00:26:17,440 --> 00:26:20,600 winepress. He is the 1 causing the 368 00:26:20,600 --> 00:26:24,480 bloodshed here. Revelation 19 verse 16. 369 00:26:24,920 --> 00:26:29,720 And he has on his robe and on his thigh and name written King 370 00:26:29,720 --> 00:26:36,520 of Kings, Lord of Lords. The time for man's futility and 371 00:26:36,520 --> 00:26:42,320 rebellion is over. This is the third time this 372 00:26:42,320 --> 00:26:46,640 title is given in this chapter. King of Kings, Lord of Lords. 373 00:26:47,280 --> 00:26:51,640 Jesus is vindicated. Everyone will bow down to him. 374 00:26:51,640 --> 00:26:58,360 Verse 17 Then I saw an Angel standing in the sun, and he 375 00:26:58,360 --> 00:27:01,800 cried with a loud voice again. Hey, it's loud. 376 00:27:02,200 --> 00:27:08,680 It's all loud saying to all the birds that fly in the midst of 377 00:27:08,680 --> 00:27:12,680 heaven. So that's every bird come and 378 00:27:12,680 --> 00:27:17,560 gather together for the supper of the great God. 379 00:27:18,560 --> 00:27:25,440 Verse 18 That you may eat the flesh of kings, the flesh of 380 00:27:25,440 --> 00:27:32,680 captains, the flesh of mighty men, the flesh of horses and 381 00:27:32,680 --> 00:27:37,600 those who sit on them, and the flesh of all people, free and 382 00:27:37,600 --> 00:27:40,760 slave, those small and great. In other words, no one's left 383 00:27:40,760 --> 00:27:45,400 out. An Angel summons all the carrion 384 00:27:45,400 --> 00:27:48,040 birds. Now remember, all of the animals 385 00:27:48,040 --> 00:27:50,240 came to the ark, didn't they? No one went. 386 00:27:50,240 --> 00:27:52,400 Well, no, I didn't go out and have to grab them. 387 00:27:52,400 --> 00:27:54,920 And then Shammy got this. I've got these two rhinoceroses. 388 00:27:54,920 --> 00:27:57,000 I've got these two hippos and trying to round up the 389 00:27:57,160 --> 00:27:58,400 elephants, but they can't get them. 390 00:27:58,760 --> 00:28:02,400 The animals came. Well, all the birds are going to 391 00:28:02,400 --> 00:28:09,760 be summoned to Megiddo, because the dead will be scattered far 392 00:28:09,760 --> 00:28:15,240 and wide and piled. So the Angel summons the birds 393 00:28:15,240 --> 00:28:19,800 of the world to this one great battlefield where there are 394 00:28:19,800 --> 00:28:25,120 innumerable dead soldiers, bodies to this massive feast of 395 00:28:25,120 --> 00:28:29,080 the fallen, and the birds will gorge themselves. 396 00:28:30,720 --> 00:28:33,400 Now, these gathered armies, what are they? 397 00:28:33,880 --> 00:28:39,000 Remember, we know that it's the Antichrist and his massive 398 00:28:39,280 --> 00:28:41,280 military might, mainly from Europe. 399 00:28:41,840 --> 00:28:46,400 But also we know that the kings of the East have come too. 400 00:28:46,680 --> 00:28:51,040 They've come to do conflict with the Antichrist and his armies. 401 00:28:51,440 --> 00:28:55,360 But the Antichrist has come with his massive military might for 402 00:28:55,360 --> 00:29:00,360 one purpose, to annihilate Israel, to wipe them off the 403 00:29:00,360 --> 00:29:06,480 face of the earth. And as they arrive, remember 404 00:29:06,480 --> 00:29:08,120 they travelled up the kings of the East. 405 00:29:08,120 --> 00:29:09,840 The review Fridays has been dried up. 406 00:29:11,000 --> 00:29:15,680 The Antichrist has arrived with all his military might, and they 407 00:29:15,680 --> 00:29:19,920 arrived there to wipe out Israel and to fight with one another. 408 00:29:20,840 --> 00:29:30,480 But then Jesus appears suddenly and with his armies now let's us 409 00:29:31,520 --> 00:29:39,400 all the Saints, all the angels, and under the command of Jesus 410 00:29:39,480 --> 00:29:45,560 he speaks, He utters a word, and his death, they're all dead. 411 00:29:49,480 --> 00:29:55,760 The Antichrist will have turned his attention away from fighting 412 00:29:55,960 --> 00:30:00,840 Israel, and he will turn to fight Jesus. 413 00:30:01,040 --> 00:30:05,040 So will the kings of the East, and all the armies will unite to 414 00:30:05,040 --> 00:30:08,760 fight against Christ returning Bible tells us. 415 00:30:12,040 --> 00:30:16,400 But it's over in an instant. There's a lot written about the 416 00:30:16,400 --> 00:30:24,440 Book of Revelation in the battle of Armageddon, the Antichrist 417 00:30:24,920 --> 00:30:33,040 that says a seized the false prophet are judged after they 418 00:30:33,040 --> 00:30:39,960 are captured. It says the beast verse 20 was 419 00:30:39,960 --> 00:30:44,320 captured, and with him the false prophet who worked signed and 420 00:30:44,320 --> 00:30:47,080 his presence, by which he deceived those who received the 421 00:30:47,080 --> 00:30:50,320 mark of the beast and those who worshipped his image. 422 00:30:50,880 --> 00:30:56,960 These two false prophet and the Antichrist were cast alive into 423 00:30:56,960 --> 00:31:02,960 the lake of fire burning with brimstone was 21, and the rest 424 00:31:02,960 --> 00:31:07,080 were killed with the sword which proceeded from the mouth of him 425 00:31:08,400 --> 00:31:13,720 who sat on the horse, and all the birds were filled with their 426 00:31:13,720 --> 00:31:17,000 flesh. The Antichrist and the false 427 00:31:17,000 --> 00:31:22,880 prophet are captured. Judged, cast on the Lake of Fire 428 00:31:22,880 --> 00:31:26,840 immediately, they are both sent directly to the Lake of Fire. 429 00:31:28,080 --> 00:31:32,040 The Lake of Fire is an eternal place of suffering for all 430 00:31:32,040 --> 00:31:34,520 unsaved people and the demons too. 431 00:31:35,360 --> 00:31:39,800 Right now, if you die and you don't know Christ, you go to 432 00:31:40,000 --> 00:31:46,280 Hades and there you are awaiting the second resurrection, where 433 00:31:46,280 --> 00:31:49,080 you'll go to the Great White Throne Judgement, which we'll 434 00:31:49,080 --> 00:31:53,040 get to in the next couple of weeks and stand before Christ. 435 00:31:54,800 --> 00:31:58,520 But now at this time, the Antichrist and the false prophet 436 00:31:58,680 --> 00:32:02,440 are judged immediately, and there they will be, just the two 437 00:32:02,440 --> 00:32:07,760 of them for the next 1000 years, and then others will join them 438 00:32:08,240 --> 00:32:12,920 at the end of that judgement. The great battle of Armageddon, 439 00:32:12,920 --> 00:32:19,960 which so much is written about, famously referred to for so many 440 00:32:19,960 --> 00:32:26,080 years as we read the Bible, it tells us we'll be all over 441 00:32:26,240 --> 00:32:33,160 before it even begins because Jesus will speak and they'll be 442 00:32:33,160 --> 00:32:38,320 dead. All the birds will feast on the 443 00:32:38,320 --> 00:32:43,640 flesh of the bodies of all the unsaved killed in this mass of 444 00:32:43,640 --> 00:32:47,240 slaughter. We read these things and we 445 00:32:47,240 --> 00:32:54,240 think, wow. But the big deal of this for me, 446 00:32:54,440 --> 00:32:58,680 I believe and for you and I is that we're actually there. 447 00:33:01,200 --> 00:33:02,880 Some of you said, well, I wish I would get to Israel. 448 00:33:02,880 --> 00:33:07,600 Well, you, you will. I would like to see the value of 449 00:33:07,760 --> 00:33:09,200 value of Jezreel. I get it. 450 00:33:09,720 --> 00:33:16,760 You will and you will witness this as we ride return. 451 00:33:17,360 --> 00:33:21,400 You see we've been there beginning before the tribulation 452 00:33:21,400 --> 00:33:25,520 started, the rapture of the church, 7 year tribulation 453 00:33:25,520 --> 00:33:29,920 occurs and at the end, because the bride has been married, the 454 00:33:29,920 --> 00:33:34,920 wedding has occurred and then the bride returns, Jesus comes. 455 00:33:34,920 --> 00:33:38,080 Remember we looked on Sunday and the great supper is going to be 456 00:33:38,080 --> 00:33:42,320 held upon the earth. This is staggering. 457 00:33:44,120 --> 00:33:46,400 This is This is why I became a Christian. 458 00:33:47,080 --> 00:33:49,720 I read this and I thought this is all going to happen. 459 00:33:50,120 --> 00:33:51,960 How come people aren't excited about this? 460 00:33:53,680 --> 00:33:57,640 I think people aren't excited about it because they simply two 461 00:33:57,640 --> 00:33:59,720 things. One, they don't know about it 462 00:34:00,800 --> 00:34:05,800 and two, thank you. You know about it. 463 00:34:06,960 --> 00:34:09,960 I'll tell you what, I am excited. 464 00:34:11,239 --> 00:34:13,719 I don't normally say that, but I'm really excited. 465 00:34:14,280 --> 00:34:21,719 I live knowing This is why I turned to Christ, because Jesus 466 00:34:21,719 --> 00:34:23,360 died. He rose again. 467 00:34:23,560 --> 00:34:27,239 That's fact. But all the information, all the 468 00:34:27,239 --> 00:34:30,920 prophecy on the second coming and all these events, more 469 00:34:33,000 --> 00:34:36,120 prophecy than the first time. Are you ready?