ISB ~ Revelation 19 v11 - 21

Christ appears as the warrior Messiah, riding into battle with a full cavalry of angels trailing behind him. His mission:to execute judgment on the beast and the false prophet who allied themselves against him and his followers. This is the battle of Armageddon, for which preparations were made in 16:14-16.

• The depiction of Christ dressed in a robe covered with blood (19:13) and treading the wine press of wrath (19:15) recalls Is 63:1-6, where the Lord marches forth to war, his garments splattered with enemy blood and his feet stomping down the nations in a wine press. The depiction of Christ as the Word (19:13) who swings a sharp sword (19:15) recalls Wis 18:15-16, where the divine word leaps down from heaven as a warrior armed with a sword.