My Sheep Hear My Voice- Rev. 19:11

My Sheep Hear My Voice- Rev. 19:11

Before Jesus was crucified He told the disciples to watch and pray, something so simple, but they let their physical bodies take over and they fell back asleep. In these last hours of time you need to hear His voice. When He tells you something, it is very important, but most ignore my voice or just discuss it and go on with what they were doing. You will see many things start to happen shortly and if you do not hear and obey His voice,... it will mean death for some of you....Jesus has only your best interest in mind. Christ knows you heart, and if you are truly His you will hear His voice. He awakes many of you at 3am on the dot, but most will roll over and go back to sleep. There are a few who will get up and pray. Your day is filled with so many things and Jesus is the last thing many of you give your time to. But Christ needs to talk to you,... to fellowship with you and only when you are still and quite (3am) can you hear Him,... the rest of your day is so busy you do not have time for Him,... but you need to make time, for time is short and the Lord has instructions for you.

The Second Coming of Christ

The Rider on a White Horse

“And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war. Rev. 19:11

saw heaven opened... This is proof that the raptured saints go to heaven after meeting Christ in the air and that the marriage supper is held in heaven and not in the air. The One who ascended to heaven (Acts 1:9-11), and had been seated at the Father’s right hand (Heb. 8:1; 10:12; 1 Peter 3:22), will return to take back the earth from the usurper and establish His kingdom (5:1-10). The nature of this event shows how it differs from the Rapture. At the Rapture, Christ meets His own in the air, in this event He comes with them to earth. At the Rapture, there is no judgment, in this event it is all judgment. This event is preceded by blackness, the darkened sun, moon gone out, stars fallen, smoke, then lightning and blinding glory as Jesus comes. Such details are not included in Rapture passages (John 14:1-3; 1 Thess. 4:13-18).

a white horse... Heavenly Horses Mentioned in Scripture

1. Christ rides one (Rev. 19:11, 19:19, 19:21). This is not the same as the white horse in Rev. 6:1-2, which is Antichrist.

2. Armies of heaven ride them (Rev. 19:14).

3. Elijah was taken to heaven in a chariot drawn by horses (2Ki. 2:11-12).

4. Elisha was protected by many chariots drawn by horses (2Ki. 6:17).

5. Zechariah saw many horses—red, speckled, and white—on which rode God’s scouts sent forth into all the earth (Zec. 1:8-11).

6. Zechariah saw horses—red, black, grisled, and bay horses—called spirits of the heavens that were harnessed to chariots going forth through the whole earth with scouts for God (Zec. 6:1-8).

7. Paul taught that in heaven there are creatures like those we have on earth, which means that horses are up there (Rom. 1:20; 1Cor. 2:9)

and he that... Twenty facts about Christ (Rev. 19:11-22:5):

1. rides a white horse (Rev. 19:11, Rev. 19:19-21).

2. He comes from heaven (Rev. 19:11; Zec. 14:4). See 2Th. 1:7-10.

3. He is called Faithful (Rev. 19:11).

4. He is called True (Rev. 19:11).

5. He makes war in righteousness (Rev. 19:11).

6. He judges in righteousness (Rev. 19:11).

7. His eyes are as flames of fire (Rev. 19:12).

8. He has many crowns on His head (Rev. 19:12).

9. His body is clothed with a vesture dipped in blood (Rev. 19:13).

10. He has three names:

(1) A name that no man knows (Rev. 19:12)

(2) The Word of God (Rev. 19:13)

(3) KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS (Rev. 19:16; cp. Mat. 1:21; Rev. 5:5)

11. He is commander-in-chief of all the armies of heaven (Rev. 19:14, 19:19-21; cp. Jdg. 1:14; Zec. 14:5).

12. Out of His mouth goes a sharp sword to smite the nations (Rev. 19:15, 19:21; cp. Rev. 1:12-16; 10:1-2; 14:14-20).

13. He will rule the nations with a rod of iron (Rev. 19:15; Psm. 2:1-12; cp. Rev. 2:26-27; 12:5).

14. He will tread the winepress of the fierceness of the wrath of God (Rev. 19:15, 19:21; 14:14-20; Isa. 63:1-7; Joel 3:13).

15. He will conquer Antichrist at Armageddon (Rev. 19:19-21; 2Th. 2:8-9; Zec. 14:1-21; Joel 3:1-21).

16. He will reign on earth 1,000 years to rid the earth of all rebels and put all enemies under His feet (Rev. 20:1-10; 1Cor. 15:24-28; Eph. 1:10).

17. He will, with the Father, be the eternal sanctuary (Rev. 21:22).

18. He will, with the Father, be the eternal light of the New Jerusalem (Rev. 21:22).

19. He will have a throne on the right hand of God forever (Rev. 22:1; Heb. 1:3).

20. He will reign eternally on earth after all enemies are put down (Rev. 22:5; 11:15; Isa. 9:6-7; Dan. 7:13-14; Luke 1:32-33).

In the Roman triumphal processions, the victorious general rode his white war horse up the Via Sacra to the temple of Jupiter on the Capitoline Hill. Jesus’ first coming was in humiliation on a colt (Zech. 9:9). John’s vision portrays Him as the conqueror on His war horse, coming to destroy the wicked, to over-throw the Antichrist, to defeat Satan, and to take control of the earth (compare 2 Cor. 2:14).

Notice several things about the description of our Lord's return. First, it will be public, obvious, and not restricted to a small group. He says His coming will be like lightning that flashes from the east to the west. Everybody will see it, and there will be no hiding it. Second, He says it will occur "immediately after" the Great Tribulation. Third, His return will be accompanied by "mourning" on the part of "all the tribes of the earth". The mourning of sadness on the part of the Jewish nation, that it so long rejected Christ as Messiah, as well as the mourning of despair on the part of the ungodly, who reject Him as King even as He appears in the sky.

This opening of heaven is not to go in, but is the opening for Jesus and His followers to come out.

Again, as we saw in chapter four, a door opened in heaven. The door to heaven has never been closed for the Christians to enter in. The "horse" symbolizes war, and the fact that it is "white", symbolizes victory. White, also symbolizes holiness and righteousness. This tells us that this war is a holy war, and Jesus is victorious.

Faithful and True... True to His word, Jesus will return to earth (Matt. 24:27-31; see 3:14).

Just the fact that "Faithful and True" have initial caps, lets us know that this figure is God the Son who has been made Lord of lords and King of kings, Jesus is the Judge. He is always faithful to His promises and what He speaks is always true.

in righteousness he... (see 20:11-15; compare Matt. 25:31ff; John 5:25-30; Acts. 17:31). We are assured that His judgments are right. He has been sitting at the Right Hand of the Father in heaven, but now He is about to set up His kingdom here on the earth.

and makes war... This startling statement, appearing only here (and 2:16), vividly portrays the holy wrath of God against sinners (compare Psalm 7:11). God’s patience will be exhausted with sinful, rebellious mankind.

The most detailed description of the (“Second Coming”), was given by our Lord Himself in Matthew:

Matthew 24:27 “For as the lightning comes from the east and flashes to the west, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be”.

Matthew 24:29-31 “Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken”. “Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory”. “And He will send His angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they will gather together His elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other”.

The Revelation Of The Rider On The White Horse (Rev. 19:11-13)

As John gazed into heaven, he saw Christ on a white horse. Though some have identified this rider with the rider in Rev. 6:2, the context is entirely different. In Rev. 6:2 the rider is the world ruler of the Great Tribulation, while here the rider is a ruler who obviously comes from heaven itself. The white horse is a sign of His coming triumph. It was customary for a triumphant Roman general to parade on the Via Sacra, a main thoroughfare of Rome, followed by evidences of His victory in the form of booty and captives (cf. 2Cor. 2:14). The white horse is thus a symbol of Christ’s triumph over the forces of wickedness in the world, the details of which follow.

The horse’s rider is called Faithful and True for, as John declared, With justice He judges and makes war.