REVELATION 19:11-21

Part 2

Are you assured that Jesus is really the truth? Are you daily pouring out all your sadness, anxieties and woes on Him? Only Jesus can give us the rest and peace that all will be well in Him. Remember His offer in

Matthew 11:28-30  “28 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.

30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.

SECONDLY, JESUS OFFERS US THE ENJOYMENT OF INTIMACY WITH HIM

Revelation 19:12 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. Salvation is the greatest offer of all. A personal, always present relationship with the Majesty on High. Think of it, the  One who is the very center of all that ever will be. He reminds us to remember what salvation is:

1. John 10:27  “My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:(KJV)

2. John 17:3  “And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent. (KJV)

Are you enjoying an intimate relationship with Jesus ? Do you know Him personally? Do you enjoy talking with Him? How about reading His letters to you; are they at the top of your pile? What do you know of Jesus that  only comes by long hours shared?

THIRDLY, JESUS OFFERS US TO REST IN HIS REDEMPTION REVELATION 19:13 (KJV) And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God. The blood of Christ is the scarlet thread that ties all of the Word into one. It is in His shed blood that we hope.

1. Ephesians 1:7 In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace; (KJV)

2. 1 John 1:7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. (KJV)

3. Revelation 1:5 And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood, (KJV)

Are you resting in Christ’s perfect redemption? What are you holding onto to get you to God? Is it simply the sacrifice of Jesus for you? Is it only that He died in your place, shedding His blood? Is it all that He did and only that you trust His redeeming blood?

FOURTHLY, JESUS ASKS US TO TRUST IN HIS FAITHFULNESS Revelation 19:14 And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean. (KJV) Not one of the members of His armies  is lost, missing, AWOL. He has and always will faithfully care for them through sickness, health, adversity, prosperity, loneliness and joy. He is Faithful. The very character of God is that of Faithfulness.

1. 1 Corinthians 1:9  God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.(KJV)

2. 1 Thessalonians 5:24  Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it.(KJV)

3. 2 Thessalonians 3:3 But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil. (KJV)

4. 1 Peter 4:19 Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator.(KJV)

Are you resting in His faithful provision for your needs right now? Are you confident in any adversity that God is above all and working through it His glory? How about your health, is it in His Faithful hands? Your children, marital hopes, childbearing desires and, college dreams — are they all given to the Faithful One?

FIFTHLY, JESUS REMINDS US TO WAIT FOR HIS JUDGEMENT Revelation 19:15 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. (KJV)

At last it comes, the judgment falls. Jesus sends is a “compression into a sudden flash the inevitable results of wrong doing.”   As the Red Sea for Pharaoh was the demonstration of the danger to any human power that defies the Supreme power of God. So the judgment on Sodom was about those who trifle with sexual promiscuity, the return of Jesus is the judgment of God upon sin.

FINALLY, JESUS ASKS US TO SUBMIT TO HIS AUTHORITY Revelation 19:16 “And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.” (KJV)

Like Job we must trust Him even when we can’t understand.

 Jeremiah 9:23-24 Thus saith the LORD, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches:

24But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the LORD which exercise loving kindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the LORD. (KJV)

THE ABSOLUTE FUTILITY OF RESISTING

THE POWER OF JESUS  (REVELATION 19:17-21)(KJV)

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.

What does the Lord show us are the elements of this futile resistance against God?

1. v. 17 The Inescapable Plan/Program of God. Remember Ahab and the bowshot I Kings 22:34? YOU CAN RUN BUT YOU’LL NEVER HIDE FROM GOD!

2. v. 18 The Inescapable Humiliation of Pride by God. Remember Satan’s “I wills” in Isaiah 14? YOU CAN TRY BUT NEVER SUCCEED IN EXALTING SELF!

3. v. 19 The Inescapable POWER of God

4. v. 20 The Inescapable JUDGMENT of God

5. v. 21 The Inescapable EXECUTION by God

Why does the Lord give such a horribly graphic view of these His enemies? To remind us of the Absolute Futility of Resisting the Power of Jesus. What should be our response? Look back at verse 10. There are two gems:

1. WORSHIP God.

2. SEE Jesus.

How are we to do this? Simply as His Word has instructed us:

1. GIVE JESUS YOUR CONSECRATION: Focus on the reverent presentation of all we have to God as Rom 12.1-2 says is our spiritual worship.

* Romans 12:1-2 (KJV)

1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.

2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove  what is that good,

and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

2. GIVE JESUS YOUR DEVOTION: Let Jesus show Himself to you in every page of His book as He did to the two

on the road to Emmaus in Lk. 24:27-31 and I Peter 1.10-11.

* YIELDEDNESS: Luke 24:27-31 (KJV)

27 And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the

 things concerning himself.

28 And they drew nigh unto the village, whither they went: and he made as though he would have gone further.

29 But they constrained him, saying, Abide with us: for it is toward evening, and the day is far spent.

 And he went in to tarry with them.

30 And it came to pass, as he sat at meat with them, he took bread, and blessed it, and brake, and gave to them.

31 And their eyes were opened, and they knew him; and he vanished out of their sight.

* EARNESTNESS: 1 Peter 1:10-11 (KJV)

10 Of which salvation the prophets have enquired and searched diligently, who prophesied

 of the grace that should come unto you:

11 Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify,

 when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow.