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Revelation 19

Heaven praises God's righteous judgment as the Lamb's wedding arrives and the victorious rider defeats the powers that oppose him.

A great multitude in heaven praises God for judging the great prostitute and avenging his servants' blood. John hears that the Lamb's wedding has come, then is corrected when he tries to worship the messenger. Heaven opens to reveal a rider on a white horse, followed by heavenly armies. The beast and false prophet are captured and thrown into the lake of fire; their armies fall before the rider's sword.

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1After these things I heard something like a loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying, “Hallelujah! Salvation, power, and glory belong to our God;
2for his judgments are true and righteous. For he has judged the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her sexual immorality, and he has avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.”
3A second said, “Hallelujah! Her smoke goes up forever and ever.”
4The twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God who sits on the throne, saying, “Amen! Hallelujah!”
5A voice came from the throne, saying, “Give praise to our God, all you his servants, you who fear him, the small and the great!”
6I heard something like the voice of a great multitude, and like the voice of many waters, and like the voice of mighty thunders, saying, “Hallelujah! For the Lord our God, the Almighty, reigns!
7Let’s rejoice and be exceedingly glad, and let’s give the glory to him. For the wedding of the Lamb has come, and his wife has made herself ready.”
8It was given to her that she would array herself in bright, pure, fine linen, for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints.
9He said to me, “Write, ‘Blessed are those who are invited to the wedding supper of the Lamb.’” He said to me, “These are true words of God.”
10I fell down before his feet to worship him. He said to me, “Look! Don’t do it! I am a fellow bondservant with you and with your brothers who hold the testimony of Jesus. Worship God, for the testimony of Jesus is the Spirit of Prophecy.”
11I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse, and he who sat on it is called Faithful and True. In righteousness he judges and makes war.
12His eyes are a flame of fire, and on his head are many crowns. He has names written and a name written which no one knows but he himself.
13He is clothed in a garment sprinkled with blood. His name is called “The Word of God.”
15Out of his mouth proceeds a sharp, double-edged sword that with it he should strike the nations. He will rule them with an iron rod. He treads the wine press of the fierceness of the wrath of God, the Almighty.
16He has on his garment and on his thigh a name written, “KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.”
17I saw an angel standing in the sun. He cried with a loud voice, saying to all the birds that fly in the sky, “Come! Be gathered together to the great supper of God,
18that you may eat the flesh of kings, the flesh of captains, the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses and of those who sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and slave, small and great.”
19I saw the beast, the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him who sat on the horse and against his army.
20The beast was taken, and with him the false prophet who worked the signs in his sight, with which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image. These two were thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulfur.
21The rest were killed with the sword of him who sat on the horse, the sword which came out of his mouth. So all the birds were filled with their flesh.
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Key verses
Revelation 19:1The multitude's praise places salvation, power, and glory with God, whose judgment answers the bloodshed suffered by his servants.
Revelation 19:11The opened heaven reveals a rider whose faithfulness and righteousness define the judgment and warfare that follow.
Revelation 19:20The beast and false prophet meet God's judgment, and their signs and deception cannot save them.
Where this chapter reaches

The rider's title, “The Word of God,” connects with John's presentation of Jesus as the Word, while Ephesians shares the marriage imagery for Christ and the church. Psalm shares the iron-rod image of royal rule, and Isaiah shares the winepress imagery of God's judgment.

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Questions people ask about Revelation 19

Who is the rider on the white horse in Revelation 19?

The rider is Jesus Christ, identified through titles including “Faithful and True” and “The Word of God.” His many crowns and supreme royal title declare his authority. He judges in righteousness, leads heaven's armies, and defeats the gathered opposition with the sword that proceeds from his mouth.

What is the wedding supper of the Lamb?

The wedding supper celebrates the union of Christ, the Lamb, with his people, pictured as his wife. The chapter says she has made herself ready and has been given fine linen, identified as the saints' righteous acts. Those called to the supper are blessed; its timing is not explained here.

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