A Trail of Purity

Day 362: Revelation 19:1-21

"He is clothed in a robe dipped in blood, and the name by which he is called is The Word of God. And the armies of heaven, arrayed in fine linen, white and pure, were following him on white horses." - Revelation 19:13-14 ESV

As we have seen before, heaven (as it is now) is not a somber or quiet place. There is an unending focus on praising God. The angels and those who have died in Christ are constantly erupting in worship, day and night.

Yet when Rome (the prostitute) would be overthrown (400 years from John's writing), heaven was especially loud.

Then our reading for today fast forwards to a time when Jesus leads a charge against the forces of evil at the end of time (He will deal with the Devil in tomorrow's reading). It is almost a Braveheart scene of forces. Yet the war is over before it starts. Jesus wins.

For me, the most powerful scene in the chapter is when Jesus appears on a white horse. But He's making a mess of the white horse with his robe that is dripping with blood. This blood, though, is leaving a trail of white behind Him (verse 13). What a merciful Savior we have. He is committed to making us worthy.

May we continue to make ourselves (collectively) ready for His coming (verse 7).

“When John here calls the warrior Christ the Word of God, he means that here in action is all the power of God’s word; everything that God has said and threatened and promised is embodied in Christ.” - William Barclay, Revelation, Vol 2, Page 204