Revelation 19:14

And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean. THE ARMIES ... IN HEAVEN - (cf. .) The glorified saints whom God "will bring with" Christ at His advent: both the living transfigured, and those raised and meeting the Lord in the air (1 Thessalonians 4:1: cf. ); also "His mighty angels" (). WHITE AND (SO 'ALEPH (') ORIGEN, ANDREAS) CLEAN - `pure.' A B, Vulgate, Syriac, Cyprian, omit "and....

11-21 Christ, the glorious Head of the church, is described as on a white horse, the emblem of justice and holiness. He has many crowns, for he is King of kings, and Lord of lords. He is arrayed in a vesture dipped in his own blood, by which he purchased his power as Mediator; and in the blood of his enemies, over whom he always prevails. His name is "The Word of God;" a name none fully knows but himself; only this we know, that this Word was God manifest in the flesh; but his perfections cannot be fully understood by any creature. Angels and saints follow, and are like Christ in their armour of purity and righteousness. The threatenings of the written word he is going to execute on his enemies. The ensigns of his authority are his name; asserting his authority and power, warning the most powerful princes to submit, or they must fall before him. The powers of earth and hell make their u...

Verse Revelation 19:14. _THE ARMIES_ WHICH WERE _IN HEAVEN_] Angels and saints over whom Jesus Christ is _Captain_, _CLOTHED IN FINE LINEN_] All holy, pure, and righteous....

AND THE ARMIES WHICH WERE IN HEAVEN FOLLOWED HIM - The heavenly hosts; particularly, it would seem, the redeemed, as there would be some incongruity in representing the angels as riding in this manner. Doubtless the original of this picture is Isaiah 63:3; “I have trodden the wine-press alone, and of the people there was none with me.” These hosts of the redeemed on white horses accompany him to be witnesses of his victory, and to participate in the joy of the triumph, not to engage in the work of blood. UPON WHITE HORSES - Emblems of triumph or victory. See the notes on Revelation 6:2. CLOTHED IN FINE LINEN, WHITE AND CLEAN - The usual raiment of those who are in heaven, as everywhere repres

EXPOSITION REVELATION 19:1 AND AFTER THESE THINGS I HEARD A GREAT VOICE OF MUCH PEOPLE IN HEAVEN, SAYING; _after these things I heard, as it were, a great voice of a great multitude, _etc. The usual introduction to a new phase of a vision (see Revelation 4:1, etc.). The "great voice," as usual, characteristic of the heavenly utterances (see Revelation 5:2, etc.). Again, we are not told whose the utterance is. It may well be that of all the heavenly inhabitants and saints in glory (cf Revelation 7:9). As usual in the Apocalypse, at the termination of a description o

AND THE ARMIES WHICH WERE IN HEAVEN,.... Not the angels, though they are God's host, and are the armies of the heavens; they are in heaven, and dwell there, and follow Christ, attend upon him, and minister to him, and have been sometimes represented by horses and horsemen, 2 Kings 2:11 and they are pure and holy creatures, and will come with Christ to judgment: but this vision refers not to the day of judgment; and besides, the saints are meant, as appears by their habit, for the fine linen, white and clean, is the righteousness of the saints, Revelation 19:8 and the righteousness of angels and saints is not the same. Moreover, these are the same company described in Revelation 17:14. The saints are in a state

Revelation 19:1. _And after these things I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honour, and power, unto the Lord our God: for true and righteous are his judgments for he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt thee earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand. And again they said, Alleluia. And her smoke rose up for ever and ever. And the four and twenty elders and the four beasts fell down and worshipped God that sat on the throne, saying, Amen; Alleluia._ Heaven and earth are equally glad, and they unite to adore the living God when the great apostasy, that has so long cursed the nations, is hurled into the sea. Revelation 19:5. And a voice came out of the throne, sayi

CHAPTER S 19-20:6 The Manifestation of the King and the Millennium _ 1. Heavenly hallelujahs and the marriage of the Lamb (Revelation 19:1)_ 2. Heaven opened and His visible manifestation (Revelation 19:11) 3. The battle of Armageddon (Revelation 19:17) 4. The binding of Satan (Revelation 20:1) 5. The thousand-year reign (Revelation 20:4) Revelation 19:1 . Once more w

THE VISION OF THE TRIUMPHANT CHRIST. This paragraph really forms an introduction to the closing section of the book, where at last, after many pauses and delays, we reach the real _dé nouement._ The last act of the drama falls into five scenes, of which this is the first. In this scene Christ is portrayed as a warrior riding on a white horse to the final conflict with Anti-christ. REVELATION 19:11. A WHITE HORSE: the same imagery is used in Revelation 6:2, but the white horse there does not represent Christ but the spirit of militarism. FAITHFUL AND TRUE: _ cf. Revelation 1:5_, Revelation 3:7;

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