Revelation 19
- God is love. It’s not something He does. It’s who He is. He is relational, and wants to be deeply involved with us in partnership forever.
- We can only understand God’s purposes, when we understand who He is.
- We think of Jesus as a great king, but sometimes we think of Him as distant. We think His main interest is to save us so we will worship Him.
- He’s looking for something more than affirmation and a free workforce.
- The bridegroom message is about Jesus’ emotions for us. It’s about His commitment to us. It also involves our radical commitment back to Him.
- Old Testament – Israel understood Messiah was a king, with power. However, Isaiah said He’s more than a King with power. He’s a bridegroom who wants relationship. He wants to rule with you. Hosea, his contemporary, also got this message. Israel didn’t get this. How could God stoop so low?
- Jesus opens His heart, and shares with us. This is not sensual or romantic.
- When a King gives an order, He does not want conversation. As a bridegroom, He wants conversation. As a King, He rules over us. As a bridegroom, He rules with us. As a King, He wants obedience. As a bridegroom, He wants loyal love (Loyal love is expressed by obedience). As a King, He receives worship. As a bridegroom, He is moved by worship.
- After Revelation 17-18, Revelation 19:1, 7 = bride. They agree with Jesus with rejoicing on her wedding day. For the first time, all of God’s people agree with Jesus’ leadership over the nations. People usually get offended over His judgments. But in this instance, everyone is now in agreement. We can’t grow in love if we’re offended at Jesus’ leadership.
- People now know that His judgments have brought about salvation, glory, love, honor and power to God, not the opposite.
- Two main sins of the harlot religion: corruption of world, and oppression of the saints. Both related to attacking bride’s love for Jesus. As you engage in immorality, love for Jesus decreases.
- When the saints come in agreement with Jesus, they function as His inheritance.
- Verse 6: voice of many waters, and thunders = supposed to be God, but in this instance, it’s the voice of the bride. We will have the authority of God, and sound like God.
- No shame, no fear, full confidence, face-to-face with God. Everybody will be God-centered. Jesus will be main thing on their heart. He will be their magnificent obsession.
- Revelation 19:7 – Bride made herself ready. There’s a cooperation in grace of God. God provides inspiration, power, forgiveness, etc. We must respond. Emphasis is that she wanted to respond.
- Revelation 19:8 – There will be other garments given to people, based on the way you loved Him on this Earth (for the righteous acts the saints did now). It will be a response to how He feels about the way you loved Him in this age. It’s not about boasting in front of other believers. It’s not about superiority.
- 2 places where Jesus reveals Himself in most detail: Revelation 1 and Revelation 19. John must have seen so much more undoubtedly.
- Jesus of Armageddon wages war to bring peace to all the Earth.
- Why is this day so violent? Nations will be blaspheming God violently. Light will get lighter, dark will get darker as time goes on. So church will rise, as darkness rises.
- No one knows day or hour of this. Occult will explode, immorality will rise.
- If you go back to Old Testament, you can insight into Revelation 19. Psalm 45…Hebrews 1, the Father is speaking behind the Psalmist, to the Son. Psalm 45:3, Jesus told to gird on his sword, get ready for battle. Devil is going to try to take out Jews.
- Christians don’t understand the Israel connection. Israel storyline related to Jesus’ return is a very important part of Jesus’ return.
- 12 aspects of Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem. 8 of these aspects are in verse 11-16, describing Jesus as king of kings. He’s on a white horse, which means military context. The next thing we see, five different actions that the Holy Spirit highlights: judges the nations, makes war, strike nation with sword, rule nation with rod, and treads winepress of wrath of God (Isaiah 63)
- 4 activities to the final battle itself: gathers all the birds together. The birds are the clean-up strategy. All of creation is under His command; He’s going to gather the kings of the Earth together. The devil first gathers the kings to exterminate the Jews. Jesus gathers them together to gather all the kings together in one place, to exterminate them, in order to replace all the governments of the Earth. Blood will flow four feet deep throughout the land;
- In Revelation 19, you don’t know that He’s outside Jerusalem. When you put it with rest of Bible, He’s outside Jerusalem, marching in. Isaiah 63:1 – Edom, ancient name for Jordan, which is next door to Israel. Habakkuk 3 describes this, too. Isaiah 63:2 – Treading in the winepress. They would harvest all the grapes, bring them in. They would put all the grapes and put them in 2-3 feet deep in the wine vat. Then the workers would step into big area, and stomp on the grapes, and smash them. In the time of Israel’s harvest, the grape juice would get all over them. Isaiah is confused that a King would have grape juice all over Him.
- Jesus’ answer: It’s not grape juice. Isaiah is 700 years before Jesus’ incarnation. In Revelation 19, John quotes Isaiah twice. Revelation 14:20 – the wine vat geographically. Jesus executes all the leaders then. Psalm 110 talks about this.
- Students: We mandate you to challenge us. If you can’t see it with your eyes, in your bibles, then don’t say it (I think we should do this).
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