And from His mouth proceeds a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations, and He will rule them with an iron scepter. He treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty.Out 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.And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.And out of his mouth proceedeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness of the wrath of God, the Almighty.
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… white and clean followed him on white horses. now out of his mouth goes a sharp sword that with it he should strike the nations and he himself will rule them with a rod of iron he himself treads the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of almighty god and he has on his robe and on his thigh a name written king of kings and lord Lord of Lords. Are you looking forward to that day? A little bit of context here because we're jumping in, not to the middle of the book, we're jumping into the tail end of this book, the book of Revelation. Not only the tail end of the Bible, but the tail end of the book of Revelation as well. So John is the author of Revelation. He's authored five books total, for prior to this. He's authored the Gospel of John for a second and third John, and now we have Revelation. And he's living in exile right now because he's the only apostle, tradition tells us, that wasn't killed for his faith. However, he was boiled alive in a cauldron of oil. …
… Speaking of him, he says, He will rule the nations with an iron scepter. He treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God Almighty. On his robe and on his thigh he has this name written, King of Kings and Lord of Lords. How foolish of earthly rulers to forget! And how dreadful the implications of such forgetting! Nebuchadnezzar stands as a classic illustration of man bent to his own glory, when in Daniel chapter 4 we read of him walking in the grounds of his royal residence and getting up and standing on the roof of his palace in Babylon and saying to himself, Is not this the great Babylon I have built as the royal residence, by my mighty power and for the glory of my majesty? And the words were still on his lips when a voice came from heaven, This is what is decreed for you, King Nebuchadnezzar. Your royal authority has been taken from you. Pardon? Who said that? And whoever said it, maybe you need to pause for a moment and remember who you're talking to. …
… the word of God. It brings life to those who believe it. It brings eternal death to those who reject it. And he will rule them with a rod of iron. And he treads the winepress of the fierce wrath of God, the almighty. We saw that imagery earlier in chapter 14. He will tread the wine press of the fierce wrath of God. Remember that image of the vine press in John's day, when grapes were ripe, almost bursting forth with the juice at that point, those grapes would be put into a wine press and the servants or slaves would get in with their bare feet and they would stomp on those grapes and those grapes would burst forth with the juice that would be captured in another cistern below. In this image, the grapes represent unbelievers, sinners, and they are bursting forth with sin. And at God's appointed time, Jesus Christ is going to trample the grapes of wrath. He is going to bring judgment to those sinners and their blood is going to splatter forth like the juice from an overly ripe grape. …
… now out of his mouth goes a sharp sword that with it he should strike the nations and he himself will rule them with a rod of iron that's called the millennium that's his government for a thousand years he's going to rule he himself treads the winepress of the fierceness of the wrath of almighty God and he has on his robe and on his thigh a name written king of kings and Lord of Lords. Yes. Then I saw an angel standing in the sun and he cried with a loud voice saying to all the birds that fly in the midst of heaven, listen now, come and gather together for the supper of the great God that 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 peoples, free and slave, both small and great. church Matthew and Luke, the rotting flesh and the flesh-eating birds. And I saw the beast, verse 19, and the kings of the earth and their armies gathered together to make war against him who sat on the horse and against his army. Then the beast was captured. That's awesome. …