Christ Jesus and the "Rod of Iron"!
Question: Is it true that Jesus (Revelation 19:13) is the only one who has the ability to see the figurative sword and Rod of Iron in Revelation 19:15, but nobody else has such abilities to use it”?
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Rev. 19: V.12 (a)His eyes a flame of fire, and on His head were many crowns; and He has a name written, that no man knew, but He Himself.
V.13 (b)And He was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and (c)His name is called The Word of God.
(a) This clearly is Jesus the Christ (John 1:1), arriving in Power and Glory, about to defeat the great enemy Satan, particularly at Armageddon.
(b) The “vesture dipped in blood”; representing the “Blood of the Lamb”, “that takes away the sin of the world”! (Luke 22:44), (John 6:54), (John 19:34-35), (Col. 1:20), (Heb. 9.7, 9:12, 9:20, 9:22 & 10:19), (1Peter 1:2), (1John 1:7, 5:6), (Rev. 5:9, 7:14 & 12:11).
However; here He is shown to be ready for war and to judge! Christ Jesus is known for His gentleness, and that is what is mostly taught to children etc. The teachings that should be given to adults (but is not generally) is that Christ has a yet to be function of death and destruction of people and powers, to rescue remnant Israel, judge the Gentile Nations, divide people into “sheep and goats”; and to initiate the Millennial Reign!
These events are all to be hard and ruthless, and are necessary for Righteousness to prevail, and to bring to fulfilment the O.T. prophecies, oft repeated. Hence the descriptions in vs. 11, 12 and 13.
(c) “His name, The Word of God”; from the first use of this phrase “Word of God”, there are 25 occurrences until the last! The first to Samuel (1Sam. 9:27), the last, (Rev. 20:4). One of the most beautiful and moving usages is, (John 1:1-13). The most profound being, (John 1:14).
V.14 (a)And the armies in Heaven followed Him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and pure.
(a) These armies of white and pure linen clad (people)? are likely to be angelic, possibly the redeemed of His Body, or both.
V.15 (a)And out of His mouth goes a sharp sword, that with it He should (b)smite the Nations: (c)and He shall rule them with a Rod of Iron: (d)and He treads the winepress of the fierceness of the wrath of Almighty God.
V.16 (e)And He has on His garment and on His thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.
(a) When our Lord was before His accusers, prior to His execution, “He opened not His mouth”; (Psm. 38:13), see also the Gospel accounts. Now has come a change, (Isa. 11) and many other references.
(b) “Smite the Nations”; (see whole of Isaiah 11, but particularly (11:4-5), and many other O.T. passages.
(c) See Rev. 2:27, 12:5, and notes. Also Psm. 2:9.
(d) See Rev. 14:19-20, and notes.
(e) This long awaited moment has arrived. The Messiah to the Jews, rejected by them during His flesh life, and after, finally at Acts 28:28; after which the life giving Gospel focused on the Gentiles (see: The Changing Mission of Paul because of Acts 28 ).
The Lord, Saviour to many millions who trust Him for Salvation (being made whole before God). He now arrives as predicted in O.T. prophecy to set up His 1000 years reign on Earth at Jerusalem, as KING OF KINGS and LORD OF LORDS. This He will do after He has crushed the enemies of Israel, and of God the Father, Jehovah Zebaoth. See Zechariah, Isaiah, Jeremiah & Ezekiel, and touching most of the O.T. prophets! (See whole of Psm. 2).
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