eschatology: Second Coming & Armageddon (Rev.19:17-20:3)

The scriptures below describe the Second Coming of Christ!  And all believers (who have already gone to heaven and given glorified bodies) will be following Him - riding on white horses!  This could include angels, but it this isn't really mentioned here...

(Revelation 19:11:16)  And I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse, and He who sat on it is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He judges and wages war. 12 His eyes are a flame of fire, and on His head are many diadems; and He has a name written on Him which no one knows except Himself. 13 He is clothed with a robe dipped in blood, and His name is called The Word of God. 14 And the armies which are in heaven, clothed in fine linen, white and clean, were following Him on white horses. 15 From His mouth comes a sharp sword, so that with it He may strike down the nations, and He will rule them with a rod of iron; and He treads the wine press of the fierce wrath of God, the Almighty. 16 And on His robe and on His thigh He has a name written, “KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.”

At the battle of Armageddon, a huge angel will call for all birds and animals of prey, because the carnage will be that great...

(Revelation 19:17-18)  Then I saw an angel standing in the sun, and he cried out with a loud voice, saying to all the birds which fly in midheaven, “Come, assemble for the great supper of God, 18 so that you may eat the flesh of kings and the flesh of commanders and 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 men and slaves, and small and great.”

I'm sure Hollywood could find inspiration from this scene, although they would probably draw out the length of the battle.  But in actuality, the justice will be swift.  The great army will be assembled to wage war against Jesus.  Jesus will speak!  And the beast and false prophet will be immediately thrown into hell!  And the unbelievers will be killed!...

(Revelation 19:19-21)  And I saw the beast and the kings of the earth and their armies assembled to make war against Him who sat on the horse and against His army.  20 And the beast was seized, and with him the false prophet who performed the signs in his presence, by 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 which burns with brimstone. 21 And the rest were killed with the sword which came from the mouth of Him who sat on the horse, and all the birds were filled with their flesh.

Then Satan will be bound for a thousand years so that he cannot influence the nations until the very end of the Millennium...

(Revelation 20:1-3)  Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, holding the key of the abyss and a great chain in his hand. 2 And he laid hold of the dragon, the serpent of old, who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years; 3 and he threw him into the abyss, and shut it and sealed it over him, so that he would not deceive the nations any longer, until the thousand years were completed; after these things he must be released for a short time.

Today's takeaway:  I am in complete awe of the power of God's words!...

(Psalm 33:6)  By the word of the Lord the heavens were made, and by the breath of His mouth all their host.

(John 1:1-5, 14)  In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being. 4 In Him was life, and the life was the Light of men. 5 The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it...

14 And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth.

(Romans 10:17)  So faith comes from hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.

(Psalm 119:105)  Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.

(1 Peter 1:22-23)  Since you have in obedience to the truth purified your souls for a sincere love of the brethren, fervently love one another from the heart, 23 for you have been born again not of seed which is perishable but imperishable, that is, through the living and enduring word of God.

(Deuteronomy 8:3)  He humbled you and let you be hungry, and fed you with manna which you did not know, nor did your fathers know, that He might make you understand that man does not live by bread alone, but man lives by everything that proceeds out of the mouth of the Lord.

(1 Thessalonians 2:13)  For this reason we also constantly thank God that when you received the word of God which you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men, but for what it really is, the word of God, which also performs its work in you who believe.

(Hebrews 4:12)  For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing as far as the division of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

(2 Timothy 3:16)  All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness; 17 so that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work.