Daily Lesson for November 15, 2019

Today’s Daily Lesson comes from Revelation chapter 19 verses 11 through 16:

11 Then I saw heaven opened, and there was a white horse! Its rider is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he judges and makes war. 12His eyes are like a flame of fire, and on his head are many diadems; and he has a name inscribed that no one knows but himself. 13He is clothed in a robe dipped in blood, and his name is called The Word of God. 14And the armies of heaven, wearing fine linen, white and pure, were following him on white horses. 15From his mouth comes a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations, and he will rule them with a rod of iron; he will tread the wine press of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty. 16On his robe and on his thigh he has a name inscribed, ‘King of kings and Lord of lords’.

This morning’s Lesson comes from Revelation of John, or in Greek — the “apocalypse” of John. 

Apocalypse literally means “showing” or “revelation”. And apocalyptic literature is a way of writing which shows or reveals the world as it is in heaven and/or as it shall be on earth. It is a kind of window into the realm of the kingdom of God i heaven and into the future when that kingdom comes on earth as it is in heaven. 

Today’s apocalyptic vision gives us us a vision of the one who is “Faithful and True”, riding upon a white horse of deliverance, with all the armies of heaven. It is John’s the Seer’s way of describing to a people held in bondage by ruthless and cruel rulers a coming deliverance by the one who is “King of Kings and LORD of Lords”.

Believe the vision, friends. It will not always be as it is now. Truth and Fidelity will win out. The sharp sword of justice shall prevail. And with righteousness God will judge the nations.

So may it be.


For something fresh and new inspired by this text see:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hkCUdiP2Qsc