“The 2nd Coming of Jesus” | Revelation 19 | Pastor Keith | Midweek Study

We're doing the final portion of Revelation 19 and obviously the

title tonight is the second coming of Jesus Christ.

We're going to do 11 verses 11 to 21.

John sees heaven open again in chapter 19.

We covered that on Sunday. And now in this passage he says

in verse 11, Now I saw heaven opened, and behold, a White

Horse. He who sat on him was called

faithful and true, and in righteousness he judges and

makes war. John sees heaven open again.

He sees the Lord now who is returning to earth.

Now you and I walk this earth. We live in this world.

Some of you, many of you have been to Israel.

Well, we've walked in his footsteps.

Well, he's going to make brand new footsteps at the end of the

tribulation period. His feet will again walk this

earth that we live in. The real Jesus, Jesus, Son of

God, will walk the earth, breathe the air that we have.

Remember back in chapter 4 after chapter 2 and three, obviously

the period of the churches in chapter 4, heaven open and John

saw the throne of God, which was symbolic of the rapture of the

church because from that time on, the church is not mentioned

now until we're going to see it appear again, the bride of

Christ, Chapter 19 in chapter 19 tonight, heaven opens and Jesus

comes out. He is returning and he's

returning. Remember, just as he promised.

This is a thing that you and I got to realise.

Jesus said to his disciples, and we often look at the sobs go,

you know, why didn't you guys believe that Jesus was going to

come from the dead? You and I look back and we go,

they're pretty thick, aren't they?

They were dumb. I mean he how many times did he

say, well maybe you and I tonight.

How many times has God in His Word told you and I that He is

coming back again? Do we go I don't know what

happens when Jesus returns the second time?

Firstly, Bible prophecies fulfilled the greater part of

all Bible prophecy and remember we read back in verse 10 worship

God for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.

The greater part of Bible prophecy has been preparing us,

pointing us to the second coming of Christ at the end of the age.

When did it all start? Well, biblically we would say

Genesis chapter 3, we were told there's one coming.

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He's going to fix everything. The second coming of Christ is

coming at the end of the age. The second coming of Christ is

mentioned 1800 times in the Old Testament.

It's mentioned 300 times in the New Testament.

It's referred to in 27 of the 66 books, 27 of the Old Testament

books. It is referred to in 23 of the

New Testament books. In the New Testament alone, one

out of every 25 verses refers to the second coming of Jesus.

And you got to ask yourself, why don't churches speak about the

coming of the Lord? Must be they're not going

through the Bible. Must be they're not teaching the

Bible because you can't go through the Bible and not and,

and, and miss how many times it's been said.

I got to tell you, I grew up in a traditional church, went there

as a kid, never heard about it. It was the very fact that I

heard how long I'd been married, a year.

And we heard of the second coming of Christ and something

the Holy Spirit grabbed our hearts.

We didn't know then. And we went, so he's coming

back. How do I know when he's coming

back? What would he look like?

What will happen when he comes back?

What do I need to know? And the Holy Spirit drove us to

the word of God. We got saved and that's not

changed since 1977, and since 1977, Helen and I have lived

each day expecting the Lord to come.

For every prophecy on Christ's first coming, there are 8

prophecies on his second coming. When Jesus Jesus returns at this

time, 4 things will happen. I'll give them to you if you're

taking notes. 1 The Saints will be glorified 2 creation Romans

Romans 8 · chapter mention

chapter 8 remember has been groaning, groaning.

It's out of whack. Our world is out of whack.

The animals, you know, we you want to get you see the the

birds. You want to get close to a bird

and they're frightened of you. You just want to pet them.

You see a lion, you don't want to get anywhere near a lion.

The world is out of whack. Well, creation which has been

groaning will be liberated, things will change, the devil

will be defeated. And fourthly, Jesus will

personally rule and reign here on earth.

And where will he rule and reign?

Jerusalem, the existing Jerusalem.

Revelation 19 verse 11. Now I John saw heaven opened and

Revelation 19:11

behold a White Horse, and he capital H who sat on him was

called faithful and true and in righteousness he judges and

makes war. Now so that's a a different

picture of General Jesus meek and mile patting all the little

kids on the head. It says he judges and makes war.

As heaven opens, the first thing John sees is a White Horse with

a rider called faithful and true.

So yes, talking to one of our grandkids this week, she asked,

will there be animals in heaven? I've got to go and tell her to

read this passage. Yes, and I don't like horses

myself. Grew up on a stable.

I think horses are the dumbest animal in the world.

I'm not a horse lover. I think I go, I won't go any

further about horses, just a lot of loving horses, people around.

But horses, there will be horses in heaven.

How can we say that? Because it says it.

It says it here. The first thing John sees is a

White Horse with a rider called faithful and true.

So yes, there'll be horses in heaven.

We remember Elijah the prophet was taken to heaven.

How? In a chariot and with horses. 2

Kings 211. Then it happened, as they

continued on and talked, that suddenly a chariot of fire

appeared, with horses of fire separated of the two of them,

and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.

Jesus came the first time, remember, as a suffering

servant. We remember that Palm Sunday as

he rode into Jerusalem on the fall, the cult of a donkey never

been ridden and he fulfilled the Bible prophecy, Zechariah 9/9.

It was the fulfilment of Bible prophecy, Jesus coming in on

Palm Sunday on that day. And Jesus said to the crowd to

Jerusalem on this thy day. And Daniel, which is the next

book we're going to go into after Revelation, Daniel had

said this is when the Messiah will come in and he gives even

the the the mathematical dates to the day that Christ will come

right again. And he did on palm someday.

Secondly, the second time Jesus comes, he's not coming in as the

suffering St Remember, he came into Jerusalem.

Why was he going there? He's going to die.

He wept over Jerusalem. Oh, if you only knew, if only

you. I've wanted to gather you under

my wings. But if you only knew the crowd

that sang Hosanna, Hosanna, son of David would on Thursday go

crucify him, crucify him, Give us Barabbas instead of him.

But this time, the second coming, Jesus comes as the

conquering king. He's coming to judge and make

war. The White Horse symbolises this.

It's the picture of the the Roman generals.

They would come in on their their stallion and they would

lead the parade after the great victorious battle.

You remember back in chapter 6-4, Horsemen of the Apocalypse,

what was the first horse White, who was riding it?

The Antichrist. He appears on the world

political scene riding on a White Horse.

He has 1 crown and he's carrying a bow, but he has no arrows,

symbolising how he will subdue this anti he's he's coming as a

pretend Messiah. Trouble is, the world's going to

accept him, and trouble is so is Israel initially.

And he comes with a White Horse because he's coming to make

peace, but his peace is only temporary because of the other

horses of war, famine, death, pestilence.

Jesus has this title. John sees Jesus with this title

on this horse, faithful and true, in contrast with Satan who

is the father of all lies. His lying.

Satan's lying. He did it back in Genesis 3 and

he's deceiving. You won't die if you eat him the

fruit. No, God just doesn't want you to

be like him. It's his ammo.

John chapter 844, Jesus said to the religious leaders, you are

of your father the devil. Jesus believes in the devil.

You know there are cults that don't believe in the devil.

Jesus did and the desires of your Father you want to do that

is the devil. He was a murderer from the

beginning. Cain killing Abel does not stand

in the truth. He lies because there is no

truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks

from his own resources. That is, that's his character,

that's who he is for. He is, Jesus says, a liar and

he's the father of it. Jesus is faithful and true also

in regard to faithful and true, keeping his promise.

He says, hey, I'm coming back, I'm coming back.

I'll rise from the dead 3 days, I'll be there.

I'm coming back, I'm coming back that he would indeed return and

He would establish his Kingdom here on earth.

Therefore it says he judges and makes war, verse one.

War with who? With the unsaved.

The church is not here. And He does this now in

righteousness, but He does this how?

When does Jesus come back and judge and make war?

You need to note this. He comes and does this after the

world has been flooded with the gospel of Jesus Christ.

Everyone has had a chance. This is not like, oh, I didn't

know I fired. And no, no, I would, you know, I

would, I would have believed. No, no these are people that are

left are the unsaved who rebelled and blasphemy Jesus.

No matter what happens 144,000 Jewish missionaries go

throughout the world sealed by God unable to be touched by the

the Antichrist or the false prophet and they proclaim the

gospel of Jesus Christ. Secondly, Revelation 11 remember

2 guys, 2 witnesses who will and the world will watch on.

You know how we we all watch the pretend landing on the moon.

I don't know if it was real or not.

Now, I don't know, in July we've taken a day off school watching

the scratchy black and white thing I've got is this, is this

the best it can be? One step for man and one step

for mankind, or whatever it is and joint step.

But anyway, because the we know that the world will watch and

listen to the two witnesses, because when they die, it says

the whole world erupts in a celebration.

Everyone's been watching them, listening to them proclaim the

gospel of Jesus Christ. Then thirdly, here's the other

one and an Angel has encircled the entire earth proclaiming the

everlasting gospel. How often have you said, why

doesn't God just send an Angel to tell everybody?

Well, he did in the end. We have a job to do. 144,000 did

the two witnesses did. But in Revelation chapter 14,

Revelation 14:6

verse 6, then I saw another Angel flying in the midst of

heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach to those who

dwell upon the earth. So the church has been raptured,

the Saints have been killed, they've gone.

And then who did the gospel? Who did the Angel proclaim to

every nation, every tribe, every tongue and people.

There's not going to be anyone to go.

I am. No one told me.

No excuses. No excuses.

Revelation 1912. John sees Jesus, he sees Jesus

eyes and he's on this horse and he sees his eyes were like a

flame of fire. And on his head were many

crowns, not one crown diadems. He had a name written that no

one knew except himself. Now what is that name?

I don't care. I don't know.

I'm never going to tell you and you don't know.

And if anyone says I know the name, no they don't because

Jesus the only one I get caught up in.

Let's have a Bible study and look at Revelation 1912.

What do you think that name? I think it might sorry don't

bother, don't waste your time. His eyes like a flame of fire.

Judgement is always fire. But also Jesus sees everything

and it is now judgement time. He has many crowns.

Why He is the King of Kings. He is also all knowing,

omniscient. He is all powerful, omnipotent.

He's the king of all that He who once wore a crown of thorns that

was forcibly embedded upon his brow.

He now wears many royal diadems. He's the king of Kings.

Jesus will have a new name. No one knows but himself.

Revelation 13. He was clothed with a robe

dipped in blood, and his name is called the word of God.

And many people. Oh, he's dipped in blood.

Yeah, because the memory died on the cross.

And he died on the cross. Hey, read the context.

He's called the Word of God. Interesting it was the apostle

John who wrote at length in the beginning was the Word, the word

was with God and the word was God and the word became flesh.

John 11 John 114. The Jehovah Witnesses had to

rewrite their Bible to change that passage also. 1 John verse

one and 2:00. We, we felt him, we touched him,

we heard him. The word, the word, Christ's

robe, that he's wearing this garment at this time, that he's

on this horse John sees is dipped in blood.

That's a lot of blood. It's not just sprinkled, not a

little bit here and a bit there. It's dipped.

Isaiah 63. Let's turn there so you can read

it and I'll read it to you as well because it's a passage that

you need to know that fits in so beautifully.

Isaiah 63, that fits in so beautifully with explaining how

Jesus looks and why he looks this way.

Isaiah 63 verse one, the prophet says, who is this?

Who comes from Edom? Edom is read from the city of

Basra with his clothing stained red.

Who is this? Who is this in royal robes?

This is the king of kings, marching in his great strength.

It is I, the Lord announcing your salvation.

It is I, the Lord who has the power to save.

Why are your clothes so red, as if you've been treading out

grapes? So the question comes.

I have been treading the wine press alone, God alone, judging.

No one was there to help me. In my anger I have trampled my

enemies as if they were grapes. In my fury, I have trampled my

foes. Their blood.

Their blood has stained my clothes for the time has come

for me to avenge my people, to ransom them from the oppressors.

A great passage that fits in with Revelation 19.

So the blood back to chapter 19 of Revelation.

So the blood on Jesus robe here as he's on the horse represents

the blood from the judgement of his enemies.

Verse 14 and the armies in heaven clothed in fine linen,

white and clean, followed him on white horses.

Now I don't know if you've ever been a horse rider, if ever, if

you've ever done it, but guess what you're going to that's

Hebrew for you're going to but Jesus is not returning alone.

This is the amazing thing as we read this, you and I, we're in

this this is this is outstanding.

He comes with the armies of heaven.

Who were they? Clothed in fine linen, white and

clean, followed him on white horses.

Now back in verse 8 we read, And to her the bride of Christ the

Church, it was granted to be arrayed in fine linen, clean and

bright. For the fine linen is the

righteous acts of the Saints. So the bride, the New Testament

Church, you and I, the Saints who were raptured, chapter 4 up

to heaven by the Lord. And it also includes in these

armies, plural, the tribulation Saints.

Every believer who has denied the Antichrist didn't get the

mark, was killed for their faith, died for their faith is

in this the Old Testament Saints and the holy angels.

Now, I don't know how many angels there are.

There's lots of them, isn't there?

Well, you know, it's and we can't back in 4-5 and six.

We can't number the number of angels because there's so many

of them. How big's this army?

And how do we know there's angels with them as well?

Because Jesus says back in 25 Matthew, Matthew 25, verse 31.

Matthew 25:31

When the Son of Man comes in his glory and all the holy angels

with him, what an army. This is superb.

Then He will sit on the throne of his glory.

Verse 15 Now out of his mouth that's Jesus goes a sharp sword

and it's not a literal sword. What is it?

God speaks that with it he should strike the nation's that

is the nations who have gathered at Megiddo and he himself will

rule them with a rod of iron. And that's that's the kind of

like, not Mammy Pamby, is it? He himself treads the winepress

of the fierceness and wrath of the Almighty God.

This is Jesus coming back. This is dinkum.

This is on. He's coming back.

And this is big day judgement. We the church, however, are not

coming to fight. We're not yet.

Yeah, we're behind you with Jesus with little swords or bows

and arrows or whatever. We don't do any of that because

the Lord fights our battles, doesn't he?

The Lord? We come to simply follow him.

We're an army, but we have no weapons.

We're an army and an army doesn't normally dress in fine

white linen. We don't go to military parades

and get and all the blokes March down the street and they're in

fine white linen, are they? Our King speaks and goes to

battle as you and I. You want to know about the

battle of Armageddon? You'll see it, you witness it.

We've been to Mount Carmel, we've looked out over that.

We're going to visit that place again.

The sharp sword comes out of Jesus mouth.

What is the sharp sword? He speaks Hebrews 412 For the

word of God is living and powerful, sharper than any 2

edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit,

of joints and marrow, and it's a discerner of the thoughts and

intents of the heart. So Jesus establishes his

Kingdom, of which He will rule in Jerusalem thousand years with

a rod of iron. What does that actually mean?

Rule with a rod of iron? Well, God is sovereign today,

isn't he? He's still sovereign, but He has

allowed people to exercise their free will.

People can shake their fists at him.

During the tribulation period, people blasphemed him.

But at this time when Jesus returns and his second coming

and he sets up his rule and reign in Jerusalem for that

thousand year reign, things are going to change dramatically.

For then it will be a theocratic dictatorship, and every person

will be in submission to the Lord whether they want to or

not. There's no, no.

Maybe at this time you think, well, yeah, but who would in

their right mind stand up against God as Jesus is ruling

and reigning in Jerusalem? Well, hang on a little bit and

we'll find out the judgement on Christ's return will resemble

the Bible tells us, a wine press, and we saw many wine

presses. There's one in particular.

Remember, we go to Gethsemane and then we go to the the term

which we believe is where Jesus was laid.

And it's an area of a wealthy man.

And there's a winepress there. And even in Nazareth we saw it

where they dig out of the limestone a large hole.

Then they have teared. Then there's a smaller one and a

small one. There's this, this, this

treading out of the wine. As the wine goes, it goes down.

The next one then goes into the next one, but the treading goes

into the big one. With that in mind, this is the

picture that John sees at Megiddo.

All Israel will be like a giant winepress, with the valley of

Megiddo becoming the main up of that.

The place where the grapes go in and the stomping occurs, and

then the battles that soldiers killed by the sword.

The word of God flowing down through and along all over the

land of Israel at this time. And Jesus himself will tread the

winepress. He is the 1 causing the

bloodshed here. Revelation 19 verse 16.

Revelation 19:16

And he has on his robe and on his thigh and name written King

of Kings, Lord of Lords. The time for man's futility and

rebellion is over. This is the third time this

title is given in this chapter. King of Kings, Lord of Lords.

Jesus is vindicated. Everyone will bow down to him.

Verse 17 Then I saw an Angel standing in the sun, and he

cried with a loud voice again. Hey, it's loud.

It's all loud saying to all the birds that fly in the midst of

heaven. So that's every bird come and

gather together for the supper of the great God.

Verse 18 That you may eat the flesh of kings, the flesh of

captains, the flesh of mighty men, the flesh of horses and

those who sit on them, and the flesh of all people, free and

slave, those small and great. In other words, no one's left

out. An Angel summons all the carrion

birds. Now remember, all of the animals

came to the ark, didn't they? No one went.

Well, no, I didn't go out and have to grab them.

And then Shammy got this. I've got these two rhinoceroses.

I've got these two hippos and trying to round up the

elephants, but they can't get them.

The animals came. Well, all the birds are going to

be summoned to Megiddo, because the dead will be scattered far

and wide and piled. So the Angel summons the birds

of the world to this one great battlefield where there are

innumerable dead soldiers, bodies to this massive feast of

the fallen, and the birds will gorge themselves.

Now, these gathered armies, what are they?

Remember, we know that it's the Antichrist and his massive

military might, mainly from Europe.

But also we know that the kings of the East have come too.

They've come to do conflict with the Antichrist and his armies.

But the Antichrist has come with his massive military might for

one purpose, to annihilate Israel, to wipe them off the

face of the earth. And as they arrive, remember

they travelled up the kings of the East.

The review Fridays has been dried up.

The Antichrist has arrived with all his military might, and they

arrived there to wipe out Israel and to fight with one another.

But then Jesus appears suddenly and with his armies now let's us

all the Saints, all the angels, and under the command of Jesus

he speaks, He utters a word, and his death, they're all dead.

The Antichrist will have turned his attention away from fighting

Israel, and he will turn to fight Jesus.

So will the kings of the East, and all the armies will unite to

fight against Christ returning Bible tells us.

But it's over in an instant. There's a lot written about the

Book of Revelation in the battle of Armageddon, the Antichrist

that says a seized the false prophet are judged after they

are captured. It says the beast verse 20 was

captured, and with him the false prophet who worked signed and

his presence, by which he deceived those who received the

mark of the beast and those who worshipped his image.

These two false prophet and the Antichrist were cast alive into

the lake of fire burning with brimstone was 21, and the rest

were killed with the sword which proceeded from the mouth of him

who sat on the horse, and all the birds were filled with their

flesh. The Antichrist and the false

prophet are captured. Judged, cast on the Lake of Fire

immediately, they are both sent directly to the Lake of Fire.

The Lake of Fire is an eternal place of suffering for all

unsaved people and the demons too.

Right now, if you die and you don't know Christ, you go to

Hades and there you are awaiting the second resurrection, where

you'll go to the Great White Throne Judgement, which we'll

get to in the next couple of weeks and stand before Christ.

But now at this time, the Antichrist and the false prophet

are judged immediately, and there they will be, just the two

of them for the next 1000 years, and then others will join them

at the end of that judgement. The great battle of Armageddon,

which so much is written about, famously referred to for so many

years as we read the Bible, it tells us we'll be all over

before it even begins because Jesus will speak and they'll be

dead. All the birds will feast on the

flesh of the bodies of all the unsaved killed in this mass of

slaughter. We read these things and we

think, wow. But the big deal of this for me,

I believe and for you and I is that we're actually there.

Some of you said, well, I wish I would get to Israel.

Well, you, you will. I would like to see the value of

value of Jezreel. I get it.

You will and you will witness this as we ride return.

You see we've been there beginning before the tribulation

started, the rapture of the church, 7 year tribulation

occurs and at the end, because the bride has been married, the

wedding has occurred and then the bride returns, Jesus comes.

Remember we looked on Sunday and the great supper is going to be

held upon the earth. This is staggering.

This is This is why I became a Christian.

I read this and I thought this is all going to happen.

How come people aren't excited about this?

I think people aren't excited about it because they simply two

things. One, they don't know about it

and two, thank you. You know about it.

I'll tell you what, I am excited.

I don't normally say that, but I'm really excited.

I live knowing This is why I turned to Christ, because Jesus

died. He rose again.

That's fact. But all the information, all the

prophecy on the second coming and all these events, more

prophecy than the first time. Are you ready?