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The Book Of Revelation (Revelation 19)
Contributed by Dr. Odell Belger on Apr 20, 2022 (message contributor)
Summary: The Lord Jesus made many promises in the scriptures but one of the greatest promises He made was that He was going to return for His church.
Revelation 19 tells us how Jesus will fulfill His promise.
When Jesus comes again, it will be as a husband coming for His bride… It will be a time of excitement and rejoicing such as you’ve never known or experienced before, because Jesus will be coming, just as He promised.
Illus: For example, the Bible teaches God is a loving heavenly Father, but if you happen to be un-fortunately enough to have a earthly father that was not loving it is difficult for us to understand how God the father is a loving heavenly Father.
With all the fouled up marriages today it is difficult to understand the great love the Lord has for the bride of Christ.
Illus: I heard about a woman said to her husband what would you do if I won a million dollars?
• He said, I would give you a half million and tell you to hit the road.
• She said, I just won $12.00 dollars from a scratch card, here is your half …hit the road.
The Lord Jesus loves His bride (Church) and one of these days He has promised his bride He was going to return to the earth and get his bride.
Illus: A small country church was holding a Revival and the building was packed. It was so crowded that night that they had to put up chairs everywhere, even up by the pulpit. The Evangelist was preaching about the 2nd coming of Christ that night and he had really was putting everything in this sermon. He was one of those fire and brimstone speakers that literally marched up and down the pulpit. And at one point of his sermon he leaned over toward the audience and shouted out Jesus’ promise: “I am coming soon!”
He marched up and down the stage some more and then leaned out again over the edge of the stage and cried out “I am coming soon!”
Several minutes went by and again he shouted out “I am coming soon!” BUT this time, he got tangled up in the microphone cord and lost his balance.
Tumbling off the stage, he landed on the lap of a couple sitting in the front row of chairs.
The husband looked at his wife and said: “Well, I guess we shouldn’t be upset. He warned us 3 times He was coming!”
Jesus, made a similar promise nearly 2000 years ago – “I am coming soon!” He’s made a promise and He intends to fulfill it at the end of time.
The first five verses show heaven's response to the judgment of the harlot.
Look at Revelation 19:1-5 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 the 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. And a voice came out of the throne, saying, Praise our God, all ye his servants, and ye that fear him, both small and great.
Notice these words in verse 1, “And after these things...” is spoken in reference to the judgment of the great harlot which is SPIRITUAL BABYLON and COMMERCIAL BABYLON.
The Bible tells us HE HATH JUDGED THE GREAT HARLOT!
Now He is getting ready in Revelation chapter 19 and 20 to bring to a climax the Book of Revelation with the return of Christ to establish His Earthly Kingdom.
The multitude in heaven praises God for judging the great (Religious Babylon and Commercial Babylon, the harlot)
It is going to be a great day in the life of believers when the Lord Jesus defeat the DEVIL and remove him from our lives.
There is no wonder that we read at the beginning of Revelation chapter 19 these words, 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:
This chapter is one of the most dramatic chapters in all the Bible. In it, the Church returns with Christ in His Triumphal Second Coming (Rev. 19:11-21).
The people mentioned here are distinct from the other beings in heaven, for they are singing a song of salvation.
This scene incorporates believers:
1) The Old Testament saints,
2) The Church age saints,
3) The Tribulation saints.
Together they join this great chorus proclaiming "Alleluia!"
The scene now shifts from the earth where it has been since chapter 6, to heaven.
