Revelation 19:11-16 (2)

The return of Jesus Christ is the revelation of …

v The One from heaven (v11).  One of Jesus’ ways of stating His deity was as the One from heaven (John 3:13,31; 8:23-24).  As was true for redemption in His first coming, so the time of regeneration of all things (Matt. 19:28) in His second coming requires a visitation of heaven.  Christ has been waiting at His Father’s right hand (Heb. 1:3; Psalm 110:1), making intercession for believers (Rom. 8:34), preparing a place for His Bride to be with Him (John 14:1-4; Eph. 5:25-27).  This same Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will so come in like manner as you saw Him go into heaven (Ac. 1:11).

v The Victorious Conqueror (v11,12).  When Jesus first came He had offered Himself as King when He rode into Jerusalem on a donkey, a colt, the foal of a donkey (Matt. 21:5; Zech. 9:9).  In His return He rides as conqueror on the mighty, white war horse.  The pretentious antichrist on his white horse (Rev. 6:2) will be destroyed by the One on whose head are many crowns!

v The One who is called Faithful and True (v11).  These are the perfections of God (Isa. 25:1).  His first coming was the fulfillment of many promises in the Old Testament.  But many of those promises had aspects that were yet unfulfilled.  One of the most well-known was from Isa. 61:1-3.  Jesus had read half of that prophecy in the synagogue in Nazareth, the part fulfilled in His first coming (Luke 4:18-19).  But the last half of the prophecy was not read because it would not be fulfilled until He returns.  Remember, brothers and sisters in Christ, our Lord has revealed Himself to us in the same way, as the One who is faithful and true (Rev. 3:7,14).  You can, you must, trust Him.

v The righteous Judge (v11,12,15).  All judgment has been given to the Son (John 5:22-23,26-27).  He judges righteously because He seeks not His own but the will of His Father (John 5:30) according to His word (John 12:47-48), the sword that comes from His mouth.  His judgment is righteous because His eyes, like flames of fire, penetrate to the hearts of those He judges.  He is the Judge of the nations as pictured in Matt. 25:31-46 where He separates the sheep and the goats on the basis of their treatment of His brethren, the redeemed nation of Israel.

v The mysterious One (v12).  True to His nature as the incomprehensible God, we find that in His revelation there is still truth about Christ that is not revealed.  We can obviously say very little about this except to bow before Him in worship as the great I AM!

What a wonderful hope we have that our Lord will return in power and great glory.  Tomorrow we will continue to see Him in His revelation.  But we are already filled with awe in our King in waiting!  Worship Him in the beauty of holiness.