The Great Supper of God: The Battle of Armageddon - Revelation 19
Revelation 19:1-10 (ESV)
1 After this I heard what seemed to be the loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, crying out, “Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God, 2 for his judgments are true and just; for he has judged the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her immorality, and has avenged on her the blood of his servants.” 3 Once more they cried out, “Hallelujah! The smoke from her goes up forever and ever.” 4 And the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God who was seated on the throne, saying, “Amen. Hallelujah!” 5 And from the throne came a voice saying, “Praise our God, all you his servants, you who fear him, small and great.” 6 Then I heard what seemed to be the voice of a great multitude, like the roar of many waters and like the sound of mighty peals of thunder, crying out, “Hallelujah! For the Lord our God the Almighty reigns. 7 Let us rejoice and exult and give him the glory, for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and his Bride has made herself ready; 8 it was granted her to clothe herself with fine linen, bright and pure”— for the fine linen is the righteous deeds of the saints. 9 And the angel said to me, “Write this: Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.” And he said to me, “These are the true words of God.” 10Then I fell down at his feet to worship him, but he said to me, “You must not do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers who hold to the testimony of Jesus. Worship God.” For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.
Wedding of Heaven – Dave’s message from a couple weeks ago.
Overwhelming worship
Seeing all this worship of the Lamb and encounter with God’s presence results in worship
HOWEVER – don’t worship the instrument!
We worship pastors, we worship churches, we worship singers, we worship
JESUS HASN’T EVEN APPEARED YET!
Revelation 19:10b
“For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.”
Revelation 19:10 (NLT)
10 Then I fell down at his feet to worship him, but he said, “No, don’t worship me. I am a servant of God, just like you and your brothers and sisters who testify about their faith in Jesus. Worship only God. For the essence of prophecy is to give a clear witness for Jesus.”
Second coming mentioned 8x more than first coming
1845second
1527, 318 NT
Every time atonement mentioned, 2nd coming mentioned 2x
PROPHECY POINTS TO JESUS
HE IS THE AUTHOR AND FINISHER
IT’S ALL ABOUT…. JESUS!
– V. 1-10 focus on what John heard 2x (next section what he SAW -3x)
TIMELINE CHART
Revelation 19:11-16 ESV
11 Then I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse! The one sitting on it is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he judges and makes war. 12 His eyes are like a flame of fire, and on his head are many diadems, and he has a name written that no one knows but himself. 13 He is clothed in a robe dipped in blood, and the name by which he is called is The Word of God. 14 And the armies of heaven, arrayed in fine linen, white and pure, were following him on white horses. 15 From his mouth comes a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations, and he will rule them with a rod of iron. He will tread the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty. 16 On his robe and on his thigh he has a name written, King of kings and Lord of lords.
NOW JESUS!
SO MANY TITLES!
On the White Horse (Air Horse One)
Faithful (never leaves us or forsakes us, He is faithful)
True (he is the way the truth and the life) – contrast Father of lies
Judges in righteousness (judges fairly)
SATAN ATTACKS THESE TITLES (don’t you care? Are you really there)
Makes War (in righteousness)
We don’t attack the people, we need to attack the ideas
Ephesians 6:12 (ESV)
12 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.
2 Corinthians 10:3–6 (ESV)
3 For though we walk in the flesh, we are not waging war according to the flesh. 4 For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy strongholds. 5 We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ, 6 being ready to punish every disobedience, when your obedience is complete.
Revelation 19:12
12 His eyes are like a flame of fire, and on his head are many diadems, and he has a name written that no one knows but himself.
Chapters 1-2 “eyes like a flame of fire” – sees through and burns away pretense, eyes burn a whole, see through us – no pretense, no hiding, no getting away
Many diadems – many crowns – taken from other kings, he is the King of kings – He has all authority
Antichrist
Revelation 6:1–2 (ESV)
1 Now I watched when the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures say with a voice like thunder, “Come!” 2 And I looked, and behold, a white horse! And its rider had a bow, and a crown was given to him, and he came out conquering, and to conquer.
Crown – stephanos (wreath of the victor in games)
Diadem – diadema (crown/diadem of kings)
Revelation 19:12
12 His eyes are like a flame of fire, and on his head are many diadems, and he has a name written that no one knows but himself.
Name = identity – SO MUCH TO EXPLORE ABOUT JESUS
“I know who you are…”
Revelation 19:13
13 He is clothed in a robe dipped in blood, and the name by which he is called is The Word of God.
Word of God (John 1 – the Logos)
“robe dipped in blood” – His own or someone else’s? CONTEXT
Skip to verse 15 –
Revelation 19:15
15 From his mouth comes a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations, and he will rule them with a rod of iron. He will tread the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty.
Isaiah 63:1-4; 6 (ESV)
1 Who is this who comes from Edom, in crimsoned garments from Bozrah, he who is splendid in his apparel, marching in the greatness of his strength? “It is I, speaking in righteousness, mighty to save.” 2 Why is your apparel red, and your garments like his who treads in the winepress? 3 “I have trodden the winepress alone, and from the peoples no one was with me; I trod them in my anger and trampled them in my wrath; their lifeblood spattered on my garments, and stained all my apparel. 4 For the day of vengeance was in my heart, and my year of redemption had come…6 I trampled down the peoples in my anger; I made them drunk in my wrath, and I poured out their lifeblood on the earth.”
REMEMBER REVELATION 14?
3 harvests:
barley (Feast of First Fruits - Jews)
wheat (Pentecost – Church)
grapes (Yom Kippur – the Wicked)
Revelation 14:18–20 (ESV)
18 And another angel came out from the altar, the angel who has authority over the fire, and he called with a loud voice to the one who had the sharp sickle, “Put in your sickle and gather the clusters from the vine of the earth, for its grapes are ripe.” 19 So the angel swung his sickle across the earth and gathered the grape harvest of the earth and threw it into the great winepress of the wrath of God. 20 And the winepress was trodden outside the city, and blood flowed from the winepress, as high as a horse’s bridle, for 1,600 stadia.
MAP
1600 stadia (183 miles) – distance from Staging area of Armageddon in Megiddo to Bozrah/Petra
Revelation 19:14
14 And the armies of heaven, arrayed in fine linen, white and pure, were following him on white horses.
Revelation 19:15-16
15 From his mouth comes a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations, and he will rule them with a rod of iron. He will tread the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty. 16 On his robe and on his thigh he has a name written, King of kings and Lord of lords.
Sharp sword – Rhomphaia – broadsword – stab, piercing
On his robe – name written King of kings and Lord of lords!
Flag – some say tattoo.
Revelation 19:17-18
17 Then I saw an angel standing in the sun, and with a loud voice he called to all the birds that fly directly overhead, “Come, gather for the great supper of God, 18 to eat the flesh of kings, the flesh of captains, the flesh of mighty men, the flesh of horses and their riders, and the flesh of all men, both free and slave, both small and great.”
Battle of Armageddon – all men, slave/free, small/great.
Revelation 19:19-
19 And I saw the beast and the kings of the earth with their armies gathered to make war against him who was sitting on the horse and against his army.
Psalm 2:1–3 (NLT)
1 Why are the nations so angry? Why do they waste their time with futile plans? 2 The kings of the earth prepare for battle; the rulers plot together against the Lord and against his anointed one. 3 “Let us break their chains,” they cry, “and free ourselves from slavery to God.”
Psalm 2:4-9 (NLT)
4 But the one who rules in heaven laughs. The Lord scoffs at them. 5 Then in anger he rebukes them, terrifying them with his fierce fury. 6 For the Lord declares, “I have placed my chosen king on the throne in Jerusalem, on my holy mountain.” 7 The king proclaims the Lord’s decree: “The Lord said to me, ‘You are my son. Today I have become your Father. 8Only ask, and I will give you the nations as your inheritance, the whole earth as your possession. 9 You will break them with an iron rod and smash them like clay pots.’ ”
Psalm 2:10-12 (NLT)
10 Now then, you kings, act wisely! Be warned, you rulers of the earth! 11 Serve the Lord with reverent fear, and rejoice with trembling. 12 Submit to God’s royal son, or he will become angry, and you will be destroyed in the midst of all your activities— for his anger flares up in an instant. But what joy for all who take refuge in him!
Zechariah 14:1–5 (NKJV)
1 Behold, the day of the Lord is coming, and your spoil will be divided in your midst. 2 For I will gather all the nations to battle against Jerusalem; the city shall be taken, The houses rifled, and the women ravished. Half of the city shall go into captivity, but the remnant of the people shall not be cut off from the city. 3 Then the Lord will go forth and fight against those nations, as He fights in the day of battle. 4 And in that day His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, which faces Jerusalem on the east. and the Mount of Olives shall be split in two, from east to west, making a very large valley; half of the mountain shall move toward the north and half of it toward the south… Thus the Lord my God will come, And all the saints with You.
Revelation 19:20-21
20 And the beast was captured, and with it the false prophet who in its presence had done the signs by which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped its image. These two were thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulfur. 21 And the rest were slain by the sword that came from the mouth of him who was sitting on the horse, and all the birds were gorged with their flesh.
2 Thessalonians 2:8 (NLT)
8 Then the man of lawlessness will be revealed, but the Lord Jesus will slay him with the breath of his mouth and destroy him by the splendor of his coming.
Breath = pneuma = Spirit
“Talk about being blown away!”
Beast and False Prophet – thrown into the Lake of Fire - MORE ON THAT IN THE NEXT CHAPTER
You’ve Already Won – Shane and Shane
[Verse 1]
There's peace that outlasts darkness
Hope that's in the blood
There's future grace that's mine today
That Jesus Christ has won
So I can face tomorrow
For tomorrow's in Your hands
All I need, you will provide
Just like you always have
[Chorus]
And I'm fighting a battle
You've already won
No matter what comes my way
I will overcome
Don't know what you're doing
But I know what you've done
And I'm fighting a battle
You've already won
[Verse 2]
There's mercy in the waiting
Manna for today
And when it's gone, I know you're not
You are my hope and stay
When the sea is raging
Your Spirit is my help
He'll fix my eyes on Jesus Christ
I'll say that it is well
Oh, I know that it is well
[Chorus]
I'm fighting a battle
You've already won
No matter what comes my way
I will overcome
Don't know what your doing
But I know what you've done, thank you, God
I'm fighting a battle
You've already won
[Bridge]
I know how the story ends
We will be with you again
You're my Savior, my defense,
No more fear in life or death
[Chorus]
I'm fighting a battle
That You've already won
No matter what comes my way
I will overcome
Don't know what your doing
But I know what you've done,
I'm fighting a battle
You've already won