Revelation Chapter 19 Verse 15

 The sharp sword goes out of His mouth! The word for sword indicates

this is broad sword size, like a sword so formidable that it is carried

over the shoulder. He-Man style! And this one is sharp! The word in

the Greek indicates an element of speed as well. Like it is quick!

Swift! It is effective and it is fast! And John says it goes out of His

mouth! One of the coolest words in the Greek, “ekporeuomai,”

meaning it is a projection of Him, like an emotion, an affection, a

personality going forth from Him as He presents Himself. It is His

presence!

 What is this sharp swift sword? According to the Bible, it’s the Word

of God. Hebrews 4:12 says, “The Word of God is living and powerful,

and sharper than any two-edged sword.” And 2 Timothy 3:16 (ESV)

says, “All scripture is breathed out by God,” (from His mouth), “and

profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in

righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for

every good work.”

 It’s His weapon. His only weapon at all in fact. And it is the Word of

God, the Logos of God, the standard of perfection containing the only

recipe, description, requirement, the only way a person can be saved,

through faith alone in Jesus Christ alone! So quite practically and

literally, it is by this sword that the world will be sliced and diced.

Divided and decided as it says here that Jesus with this sword strikes

the nations, establishes His rule and accomplishes the righteousness of

God.

 There’s a subtle pattern here for you and for me. With the sword, the

Word of God, Jesus/God first strikes, then He rules and finally His

rule completely straightens all things out as it says here it is like a rod

of iron.

 So, here’s the principle. You’ve got to allow, another way to say bend

your will, another way to say submit and surrender, and truly if you

know the Lord, if you worship the Lord, submission and surrender

isn’t even part of the equation, this is your request, your demand for

yourself because you see the way, the truth and the life that is in Jesus

Christ!

 You welcome, allow, demand, request, whatever word you’d like to

use for wherever you are in your faith, if the Word of God strikes you

at your heart, your mind, the way you think, and is allowed to

challenge you towards learning wisdom and righteousness, (what is

right), then you are essentially giving Jesus authority, jurisdiction and

get this, responsibility over your life. What becomes of you, the kind

of person you mature to be, and the kind of life you find yourself

living!

 If it’s His word that strikes, slices and dices, then it will be His rule

over your life. And the best part about that, Jesus straightens

everything out. All aspects and avenues of life when you trust Him,

take in His Word, and put to work His Word in your life! Proverbs

3:5-6 says, “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, lean not on your

own understanding, in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will

make straight your path.” Matthew 6:33, “Seek first the kingdom of

God and His righteousness and all these things shall be added to

you.”

 Jeremiah 17:7-8, “Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, and

whose hope is in the Lord. For he shall be like a tree planted by

waters, which spreads out its roots by the river, and will not fear when

heat comes; But its leaf will be green, and will not be anxious in the

year of drought, nor will cease from yielding fruit!” This is the desire

of God, what He wants to do with MY life. It’s my job to match my

desire to His!

 In the end, Revelation 19, His second coming, the time of His rule has

come! A procession of celebration to some, a disaster to others.

Depends on how the Word of God strikes you!

Revelation Chapter 19 Verse 16

 Fourth name! He is the King of kings and the Lord of lords. Leader of

all leaders. Commander of all commanders. Director of all directors.

Executive of all executives. When all is revealed and heaven is opened

to earth, there is none higher than Jesus Christ. None wiser. None

more powerful. To serve anyone or anything else is to serve someone

or something that must serve someone else. Everything else is lesser

than Jesus Christ, the God of gods, the King of kings and the Lord of

lords!

 And in His ultimate superiority, He is tatted up! HA! He has written

on his robe like a boxing champion entering the auditorium is how I

picture that, and written on His thigh so it would be obviously visible

as He rode on the white horse, “King of Kings, Lord of Lords!”

 Let’s talk tattoos for a minute. Leviticus Chapter 19 Verses 23 – 28,

“When you come into the land, and have planted all kinds of trees for

food, then you shall count their fruit as uncircumcised. Three years it

shall be as uncircumcised to you. It shall not be eaten. But in the

fourth year all its fruit shall be holy, a praise to the Lord. And in the

fifth year you may eat its fruit, that it may yield to you its increase: I

am the Lord your God. You shall not eat anything with the blood, nor

shall you practice divination or soothsaying. You shall not shave

around the sides of your head, nor shall you disfigure the edges of

your beard. You shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead,

nor tattoo any marks on you: I am the Lord.”

 There are many that hold the conviction that these scriptures are clear

and they should be followed and that is totally fine. Don’t shave then.

Make sure your fruit is three years old, please. People have their

convictions and that is not a bad thing. Romans 14:23 says, “Whatever

is not from faith is sin.” So, if it is wrong to you then it is wrong for

you. Romans 14:14 Paul said, “I know and I am convinced by the Lord

Jesus that there is nothing unclean of itself; but to him who considers

anything to be unclean, to him it is unclean.”

 So, to many, these scriptures in Leviticus are clear that they should not

have tattoos as a person of God. And that is totally fine. There are

however others, such as myself, who believe this is clear instruction

for the Jew as a people set apart unto God. Why? Leviticus 19:1, “And

the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, “Speak to all the congregation of the

children of Israel and say to them…” And then he goes into the

entirety of the chapter.

 Even when speaking about tattoos, it is clear that God is speaking of

markings for the dead. Read verse 28 again. God instructs later in

verse 32, “You shall rise before the gray headed and honor the

presence of an old man.” People don’t have vlogs and YouTube

channels on that subject. The subject of tattoos, it’s just juicy.

Scandalous. An easy tool for the enemy to trick you into petty division

with a brother or sister in Christ.

 So, if you can tattoo in faith, to the glory of God, then do it. If you

can’t, then don’t. And if you find yourself condemning someone else

for something that is debatable and doubtful, please find the maturity

to walk in grace and pray for repentance. Romans 14:1 says, “Receive

one who is weak in the faith, but not to disputes over doubtful

things…”

Revelation Chapter 19 Verses 17 – 18

 It’s gruesome. Grotesque and horrible, this scene. That the battle of

Armageddon, where somehow Satan tricks and deceives the kings of

the world that they can somehow stand toe to toe with Jesus Christ, go

against God Himself, and somehow overcome Him! Their end is

foretold by this angel.

 This harkens back to a parable that Jesus gave in Matthew 13. Jesus

said in Matthew 13:3-4, “Then He spoke many things to them in

parables, saying, “Behold, a sower went out to sow. And as he sowed,

some seed fell by the wayside; and the birds came and devoured

them.” Then Jesus reveals to them that the seed He was speaking of is

the Word of God, saying in verse 19, “When anyone hears the word of

the kingdom, and does not understand it, then the wicked one comes

and snatches away what was sown in his heart.”

 Here’s the connection to what the angel is saying in Revelation 19.

The word of God is the key to not being devoured. It is first the

truth of the gospel, the message and teachings and person of Jesus

Christ that is first rejected by someone, and that leads to them, to so

much, to everything ultimately being devoured! To ultimately

LOSING! It’s a clear parallel and undeniable connection!

 And so here is the end of the rejection of the Word of God in favor of

the word of man… Doesn’t matter how far it got you in this life as

described here…, you end up consumed, devoured by the birds of the

air!

Revelation Chapter 19 Verses 19 – 20

 Wait! Where’s the fight? Verse 19, they’re gathered. Verse 20 it’s

over…, and nothing even started…why? Because there’s no fight…

As soon as Jesus is on the scene, it’s over! Same for us today. When

you give whatever it is over to God, there won’t even be a fight! Evil

will be crushed under His feet and yours!

 And notice immediately the Beast and the False Prophet are cast right

then and there into the lake of fire which is Gehenna, spoken of in

Matthew, Mark, Luke and James!

Revelation Chapter 19 Verse 21

 With one swoop of the sharp sword, all others that had gathered

against God are doomed and the vulchers get ‘em. And so ends the

reign of Satan and evil upon the earth. That’s it! No more going to and

fro throughout the whole earth. No more prince of the power of the air.

No more wretched and evil god of this age. No more taxes! HA. No

more injustices. No more inequities! No more discriminations! No

more raw oysters! Those things are disgusting!! HA! NO MORE

UNRIGHTEOUSNESS! Every set right. Jesus has returned! And

the King is on the scene!