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The Daily Word of Righteousness
Two Current Issues, #7
I saw heaven standing open and there before me was a white horse, whose rider is called Faithful and True. With justice he judges and makes war. His eyes are like blazing fire, and on his head are many crowns. He has a name written on him that no one knows but he himself. He is dressed in a robe dipped in blood, and his name is the Word of God. The armies of heaven were following him, riding on white horses and dressed in fine linen, white and clean. (Revelation 19:11-14—NIV)
The "armies of heaven" are the members of Christ's Body and also the holy angels.
And give relief to you who are troubled, and to us as well. This will happen when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven in blazing fire with his powerful angels. He will punish those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. They will be punished with everlasting destruction and shut out from the presence of the Lord and from the majesty of his power On the day he comes to be glorified in his holy people and to be marveled at among all those who have believed. This includes you, because you believed our testimony to you. (II Thessalonians 1:7-10—NIV)
A few verses earlier (in Revelation, 19) we are informed that the "fine linen, white and clean," is the righteous deeds of the saints. No one will ride in that army, no one will appear with Christ, dressed in imputed righteousness only. He or she must have been called, chosen, and proven faithful by overcoming, through Christ, all the works of Satan.
Fine linen, bright and clean, was given her to wear. (Fine linen stands for the righteous acts of the saints.) (Revelation 19:8—NIV)
This is the coming of the Kingdom of God to the earth. It will be a tremendous confrontation with evil by Christ and His Body.
The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus be with you. (Romans 16:20—NIV)
"Then you will trample down the wicked; they will be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day when I do these things," says the LORD Almighty. (Malachi 4:3—NIV)
To bind their kings with fetters, their nobles with shackles of iron, To carry out the sentence written against them. This is the glory of all his saints. Praise the LORD. (Psalms 149:8,9—NIV)
The second chapter of the Book of Joel portrays the army of the Lord. Some teachers have objected to this interpretation, insisting that only locusts are being described. In our opinion the language soon transcends a reference only to locusts.
The LORD thunders at the head of his army; his forces are beyond number, and mighty are those who obey his command. The day of the LORD is great; it is dreadful. Who can endure it? (Joel 2:11—NIV)
We do not have to rely on Joel, however. There are enough other passages in the Scriptures that inform us of the coming of Christ and His forces to drive all the works of Satan from the earth, and to install righteousness, peace, joy, and justice so the meek of the earth may enjoy God and His Paradise.
To be continued.