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Introduction:
I.
The Return of the Conqueror (vs.
11-13)
II.
The Regiments of the Conqueror (vs.
14)
Of course, the armies of heaven that John sees here are the made up of four different divisions.
The first group is the Church, the Bride of the Lamb, so was seen earlier in this chapter as wearing fine lien, clean and white.
The second group will be the tribulation saints; who, according to 7:9 are pictured as wearing white robes.
The third group is the Old Testament Saints who will be resurrected after the Tribulation, according to .
The final group that will make us the this holy army are the holy angels according to .
But, of course, the group of this holy army that I want to focus is the first group; the bride of the Lamb, the Church.
Because as we come back with Jesus and as Christ takes His place on the David’s Throne, the Scripture tell us that we will sit on the throne with Him.
And we will rule the nations with Him.
Revelation
What we need to understand is that faithful service in this age, affects a Christians position in the coming Kingdom of Jesus.
According to the words of Christ in , not all Christians will receive equal ruling authority in the coming Kingdom.
Some will be granted more ruling authority than others.
Let me break this down for you.
All Christians are headed for a day of judgment before the Lord Jesus Christ.
The Scriptures explicitly mention the judgment seat of Christ in two places; in each, he is addressing Christians.
In both cases, the Greek word for “judgment” is “βῆμα”.
In ancient times, the βῆμα was a raised platform of step that was used in athletic or political arena.
Rulers or judges would ascend the βῆμα to makes decisions in legal cases.
According to , Pilate judged Jesus from his βῆμα seat.
In athletic competitions, a judge would ascend the βῆμα in order to judge the competition and to award the winner.
The Scriptures reveal several truths about the judgment seat of Christ.
First, Jesus is the judge who presides over the βῆμα.
says that it is the “judgment seat of Christ”.
Second, the subjects of the judgment seat are Christians.
In each of the passages that refer to the judgment seat of Christ, Paul is addressing the Christians in Rome and the Christians in Corinth.
The result of the judgment will be rewards for what a Christian has done with his or her life, for good deeds or bad.
Now, I want to make something very clear to you from this passage.
When Paul tells the Christians at Corinth that they are going to be judged by the things that they have that are “bad” I want o give you some perspective on that.
I have heard, over the years, many Preachers preach that believers will be judged for the sins when they stand before the Lord and this is usually the passage that they try and teach that.
But that is not what this passages is teaching at all.
The word that is translated “bad” here, is the Greek word “φαῦλος” and certainly can and does means “bad, evil” in some contexts of Scripture.
The operative word there is context.
Because the word can also means, “low-grade” or “inferior in quality”.
How does the context help us determine what would be the proper meaning?
The context of who the Apostle is talking too; and that is Christians.
Therefore, this cannot mean that we are being judged for our sins, since our sins have already been judged by Christ and we are under no condemnation.
So what we are being judged for is the level of quality of our works done here on earth.
The good refers to those works that are done in the power of the Holy Spirit and bring God glory.
The “bad” refers to worthless deeds that do not bring honor to God.
Those deeds that are performed in the flesh.
The Apostle breaks it down this way.
The “gold, silver, precious stones” are the “good” of .
Likewise, “wood, hay and straw” represent the bad.
The Lord Jesus with His testing of fire will judge what sort of work it is.
Good works will lead to a reward.
Bad works will be burned up, they cannot lead to reward.
In fact, bad or worthless deeds are linked with suffering loss, according to verse 15.
Now, what is that loss?
It cannot be a loss of salvation.
Nor can it be a punitive loss for judgment over sin; since, we have already seen was judged on Christ and we are not under condemnation.
The “loss” could be the realization and awareness of lost opportunities for Christ and a deep remorse for wasting valuable opportunities to bring God glory and to gain greater eternal reward.
Even though, the Christians appearing before the Lord will be a joyous event, the believer should strive to avoid a sense of shame or loss.
Keep this in mid that the judgment seat of Christ does not stop with the evaluation of deeds, but go deeper to motives.
1 Corinthians 4:5
Thus, the judgment before Jesus is so penetrating that motives behind deeds are evaluated as well.
Not only does what we do matter, but so does why we do what we do.
III.
The Rule of the Conqueror (vs.
15-16)
Keep this in mind that shortly before the return of Jesus Christ, Satan will be ruling the world through the AntiChrist who He will empower and the city of Babylon will function as his capital.
When Jesus Christ returns He will “strike down the nations and He will rule them with a rod of iron”.
Understand that the fact that the text tell us that Jesus will “strike down the nations” means that governments and nations will exist during the time of the Millennial Kingdom.
And according to , Jesus will make executive decisions on behave of the nations and will establish international harmony.
Just to give you a little foretaste of what he will see in later chapters on this subject; nations will also exist in the New Kingdom as well as Kings of the earth.
Revelation 21:
You see, God was the creator of the government and He will keep nations and Kings in the New Jerusalem.
But these Kings and nations will serve and honor the King of Kings.
And I believe that this kingship is what the Apostle had in mind when we talked early about us ruling with Him according to our deeds; I believe that this is the rulership that He had in mind.
But when He comes back, how will He take down the nations.
Our text tells us that out of His mouth goes a sharp sword.
Now, there are two Greek words in the NT that are translated sword, and they are both used in Revelation as well as other places in the NT.
The first one is “μάχαιρα” and it speaks about a small dagger.
It is a short sword just like the one that Peter pulled to try and kill the Roman soldier when they came to arrest Christ.
The other word is the word “ῥομφαία” and this speaks about a large and broad sword.
The word that used in our text that will come out of the mouth of Christ is the “ῥομφαία”, the large and broad sword.
The small dagger sword would be the sword that is used for precision cutting.
Then ῥομφαία sword is one that used to just weld around that will do the most damage.
Make no doubt about it but this is the wrath of the Holy One.
Let me just remind you of something that you probably do not need to be reminded, for those of you that have been with is as we have looked at the details of the Tribulation period; God is a God of wrath!
The doctrine of the wrath of God is not just something that is taught in the OT.
As with the other attributes of God, this is an attribute for which we should thank and praise God.
It may not immediately appear to us how this can be done, since wrath seems to be such a negative concept.
Viewed alone, it would arouse only fear and dread.
Yet it is helpful for us to ask what God would be like if he were a God that did not hate sin.
He would then be a God who either delighted in sin or at least was not troubled by it.
Such a God would not be worthy of our worship, for sin is hateful and it is worthy of being hated.
Sin ought not to be.
It is in fact a virtue to hate evil and sin (cf.
Heb.
1:9; Zech.
8:17; et al.), and we rightly imitate this attribute of God when we feel hatred against great evil, injustice, and sin.
If you remember that none of the believers that follow Christ will be carrying a weapon; only Christ.
And He will weld this sword and will do massive damage.
But I want you to keep this in mind as well; I do not believe that this is a literal sword.
Why?
Because the text tells that this sword comes out of His mouth.
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