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Introduction:
We are not entering the realm of the second greatest event in human history; second only His first coming, whill be the second coming of Jesus Christ.
God’s people throughout redemptive history have eagerly anticipated the return of the Lord Jesus Christ to defeat His foes and set up His kingdom.
That will be the time when the destruction of Satan is completed (Gen.
3:15; Rom.
16:20), when the true King receives the ruling scepter (Gen.
49:10), when God will establish the throne of David’s greater Son (2 Sam.
7:13; Isa.
9:7), when the Son will rule the earth with a rod of iron (Ps.
2:6–9), when the armies of Gog and Magog will be shattered (Ezek.
38–39), when the nations will be judged (Joel 3:1–2, 12–14) after their defeat in battle by the returning King (Zech.
14:3–4), when Jerusalem will be the center of Messiah’s kingdom (Zech.
12:3–9), when the angels will gather the wicked for judgment (Matt.
13:41–42; 25:41), when the wicked will face God’s wrath and indignation (Rom.
2:5–9), and when the Lord Jesus Christ will descend visibly (Rev.
1:7) from heaven in flaming fire, bringing retribution on the persecutors of His people (2 Thess.
1:6–9; cf.
Rev. 6:9–11).
The second coming of Jesus Christ is thus the culmination of redemptive history.
Believers of all ages have eagerly anticipated that glorious event (cf.
Isa.
64:1–2).
In fact, the apostle Paul defined Christians as those “who have loved His appearing” (2 Tim.
4:8).
Many believers, however, are enamored by the things of the world and do not love Christ’s appearing as they should.
Certainly the Tribulation believers will have no such problem.
They will be persecuted, hunted outcasts (cf.
13:17), living constantly under the sentence of death (13:15) in an unspeakably vile, demon-infested world.
Christ’s coming will be what they long for and pray for.
Let me, by way of introduction, give you a brief theology of the Second Coming of Jesus Christ.
It is a Personal Coming
2. A Physical Coming
3. A Visible Coming
4. A Sudden Coming
4. A Sudden Coming
5. A Glorious and Triumphal Coming
The Second Coming must be distinguished from the Rapture of the church prior to the seven-year Tribulation; the differing biblical descriptions of the two events indicate that they are distinct from each other.
At the Rapture, Christ comes for His saints (John 14:3; 1 Thess.
4:16–17); at the Second Coming, He comes with them (see the discussion of v. 14 below).
Furthermore, at the Rapture, Christ meets His saints in the air (1 Thess.
4:17) to take them to heaven (John 14:2–3); at the Second Coming, He descends with them from heaven to the earth (Zech.
14:4).
Notice with me the thoughts as we discuss the coming of Jesus Christ.
I.
The Return of the Conqueror (vs.
11-13)
John has a similar vision here that he had back in 4:1 with one very different detail.
In 4:1, heaven was opened to let John in.
This time Heaven is opened to let Jesus out!
The time has come for the full and glorious appearing of the great, sovereign Lord of creation to appear.
Just as Jesus Himself spoke about:
As this scene unfolds, John is transfixed on the regal majesty of Jesus Christ.
The one who the Scriptures said ascended to heaven and is seated at the Father’s right hand making intercession for all of His children is coming back to receive the kingdom that was promised to Him.
Back in Chapter 5 we saw how Jesus Christ received the title deed to the earth and with every seal that was loosened, another judgment was given.
Remember what we said about the title deed?
There were two requirement to be the holder of the title.
You had to have the right to enact what the deed stated.
And you had to have the power to be able to enact what the deed stated.
As Jesus took the title deed in chapter 5 that was the beginning of Him taking back what was rightfully His.
The Lamb of the this current vision is the conquering King.
No longer is Jesus portrayed in His humiliation.
He is now the conquering one who has spent the previous seven years judging, now he comes to rule and to reign.
The one who gave His life for the sins of His people at Calvary and subjected Himself the torture of sinners, has spent the last seven years judging the sin and the sinner that caused His pain.
Now He comes back to rule from the throne of His Father David.
The text tells us first that He comes riding a White Horse.
Revelationn 19:11
The fact the Jesus is riding a white symbolizes purity and victory.
A white horse was the horse that was ridden by victorious Roman Generals in during their procession through the streets of Rome.
Now a good question to ask at this point, if you remember all the way back in Chapter 6 is, “Well, doesn’t the rider is that chapter ride a white horse as well?
How or why to we identify that rider different that the rider in ”?
A number of reasons.
First, we told when we studied that Chapter that the rider of the white horse cannot be Jesus because Jesus is the one that is opening the seal revealing this rider.
Second we told that the crown that the rider is chapter 6 is wearing is a “στέφανος” crown.
That is a crown that you win when you have been victorious in battle or at the Greek games.
What Jesus is wearing in chapter 19 is not a “στέφανος” but a “διάδημα” which is the crown worn by Kings.
You see, the rider of the white horse in chapter 6 was no king, but the rider of the white horse in chapter 19 is a kings.
Another difference is the rider of the white horse in chapter 6 carries a bow but no arrows.
But Jesus Christ comes welding a sharp sword.
So heaven opens and revels Jesus Christ riding His White Horse.
Then the text tells us that the one that sat on the horse on the horse was called faithful and true.
This, of course, can only refer to Jesus Christ.
This is another difference between the rider of chapter 6 and chapter 19.
The rider of chapter 6 is associated with the one that is called by our Lord, “the father of lies.”
There is no more appropriate word that could be said of Christ.
He is faithful to His promises, what He speaks will always happen because he cannot speak a lie.
2 Corinthians
Though some would like to pick and choose which teachings of Jesus they wish to accept, He is just as faithful to His promises of wrath and judgment as He is to His promises of grace and salvation.
The very fact that He is coming as He said He would is proof that He is faithful and true.
Next, because Jesus is faithful and true it follows that He judges in righteousness.
His holy nature demands a holy, righteous reaction to sin.
And because He always does what He says, He must judge the wicked
Jesus came the first time as Savior; He will return as Judge.
When He came the first time, wicked people, including Pilate, Herod, Annas, and Caiaphas judged Him; when He returns, He will judge all wicked people (Acts 17:31).
And He will not only be their judge, but also their executioner (vv.
15, 21).
Angels may gather the wicked for judgment (Matt.
13:41), but the Lord Jesus will pass sentence on them.
No longer the Suffering Servant of His incarnation, the Lord Jesus Christ is seen in this vision as the warrior King who wages war against His foes.
He is the executioner of all ungodly, unbelieving sinners.
The only other reference in Scripture to Jesus waging war is in 2:16, when He warned the worldly church at Pergamum, “Repent; or else I am coming to you quickly, and I will make war against them with the sword of My mouth.”
This is not out of keeping with God’s character, however.
After their deliverance from the Egyptian forces at the Red Sea, Israel sang,
Jesus’ adversaries this time will be the hardened sinners who have defied His judgments and scorned the gospel message during the Tribulation.
Despite all the devastating judgments they will have experienced, and the powerful gospel preaching they will have heard, they will stubbornly refuse to repent (9:20–21; 16:9, 11).
Since neither judgment nor preaching moves them to repent, Jesus will return to destroy them and send them to hell.
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