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INTRODUCTION:
Imagine with me that you were one of the first followers of Jesus.
And you were hanging out with him after his resurrection.
You’ve experienced FIRST HAND that Jesus really is the Messiah and has proven those claims though signs, wonders and the death-defying miracle of His resurrection.
There’s no doubt in your mind that Jesus is God’s prophesied Messiah from the OT.
There’s no doubt in your mind that Jesus can accomplish absolutely ANYTHING HE WANTS.
What would - a first century Jewish disciple - ask him in that moment?
Q&A With Jesus
Acts 1:6 records they question they ask.
“Lord, are you now restoring the kingdom to Israel at this time?”
(Acts 1:6)
They ask this question because there are many OT prophecies about the Messiah not just delivering people from sin but also establishing God’s kingdom on the earth.
Listen to Jesus’ response.
Acts 1:7–11
7 He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or periods that the Father has set by his own authority.
8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come on you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”
9 After he had said this, he was taken up as they were watching, and a cloud took him out of their sight.
QUESTION: Jesus are you going to establish your earthly kingdom NOW?
ANSWER: Not YET.
First, I’m going home to the Father so I can send the Holy Spirit to empower you to preach the Gospel and make disciples to the ends of the earth.
After that he floats up into the sky on the cloud and disappears from their sight.
As they’re standing there trying to take in Jesus ascending into heaven on a cloud, two men clothed in white stood by them and said “Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking up into heaven?
This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, WILL COME IN THE SAME WAY that you have seen him going into heaven.”
(Acts 1:11)
He went up into heaven on a cloud.
He’s coming back down from heaven on a cloud.
Until then, be a witness for Christ to every tribe tongue and nation.
The rest of the book of Acts shows the disciples of Jesus doing JUST THAT.
The rest of the NT is essentially a discipleship and disciple-making manual for followers of Jesus as they wait for the day that Jesus makes good on the rest of his promise.
What was their all consuming motivation for living obedient lives to Christ even in the face of great persecution and event death?
Four Words: Jesus is coming soon.
Jesus is Coming Soon
Jesus is coming soon.
That’s the message of the book of Revelation.
That’s the message of both Old and New Testaments.
The coming of Messiah
is mentioned 1800 times in the Old Testament and 300 times in the New Testament.
Statistically 1 in every 25 verses refers to the 2nd Coming of Christ.
It is referred to in 27 Old Testament books and 23 New Testament books.
For every prophecy in the Bible about the first coming of Jesus there are 8 prophecies about the Second Coming of Jesus.
What happens in your heart when you hear the words, “Jesus is coming soon?”
Is it, as Spurgeon said, music to your Christian ears?
Or, does it sound like the wishful thinking of an unserious person?
How you react to the second coming of Christ is a good barometer of where you are at spiritually.
If you’re in right relationship with God then it’ll be something that you eagerly anticipate.
If you’re not, then it’s strike fearful dread.
What happens in your heart when you hear the truth that Jesus is coming soon?
What Happens When Jesus Comes?
Today’s sermon text is in Revelation 19 and it’s going to answer the question of what it’s going to LOOK LIKE when Jesus comes.
Spoiler alert: it looks exactly like those two angels said it would look like in Acts 1.
He went up into heaven on the clouds.
He coming back down, out of heaven, on the clouds.
Revelation 19:11–16 (CSB)
11 Then I saw heaven opened, (not just a door!) and there was a white horse.
(symbolizes victory in battle / Isaiah 63 fulfillment of prophecy) Its rider is called Faithful and True, and with justice he judges and makes war.
(not suffering servant, just judge!) 12 His eyes were like a fiery flame, and many crowns were on his head.
He had a name written that no one knows except himself.
13 He wore a robe dipped in blood, and his name is called the Word of God. 14 The armies that were in heaven followed him on white horses, wearing pure white linen.
15 A sharp sword came from his mouth, so that he might strike the nations with it.
He will rule them with an iron rod.
He will also trample the winepress of the fierce anger of God, the Almighty.
16 And he has a name written on his robe and on his thigh: King of Kings and Lord of Lords.
Jesus is coming soon!
It will be a literal coming.
It will be a physical coming.
And it will change the earth forever.
So what’s going to happen when Jesus comes again?
That’s the question answered in our passage today.
There are so many different ways that we could break this passage apart but to make it simple I want to explain it under three headings.
The rider (WHO Jesus is)
The robe (WHAT Jesus will do)
The rod (HOW Jesus will do It)
THE RIDER:
Let’s being with the question of WHO.
WHO is this rider?
The obvious answer is Jesus.
There a plenty of give aways in the text.
He called “Faithful and True” (same title Jesus wears in his letter to the church in Laodicea Rev 3:14) - emphasizes the justice Jesus will establish when he comes again.
= concept of TRUTH.
His eyes are flames of fire.
We also saw Jesus described this way in Rev 1:14.
The idea conveyed is that nothing can be hidden from the penetrating gaze of the Messiah.
He is wearing “many crowns.”
(gk Diadema) In contrast to the 7 crowns of the dragon (Rev 12:3) or 10 crowns of the beast (Rev 13:1) The sovereignty of Christ is UNLIMITED.
We also see earlier in Revelation that Jesus has a name that nobody else knows except himself.
(same name given to those who overcome: Rev 2:17; 3:12)
This unknown name is accompanied with a very WELL KNOWN name for Christ which is the Word.
(cf John 1:1; Heb 4:12)
The clearest giveaway that this cloud rider is Jesus is the name on his robe: King of Kings and Lord of Lords.
This was the designation given to Jesus in Rev 17:14 as he destroys Babylons.
(in OT it was used of Yahweh to point to his deity)
You might read this passage and think to yourself, “When I think of of Jesus today that’s not the picture in my mind...”
For many of us, we picture Jesus as a middle eastern male, meek and mild, teaching others and hugging children.
Maybe you picture Jesus as that baby laying in a manger.
Helpless and fully dependent on the sustenence of his mother.
Jesus is not only the child in a manger or the prophet on a hillside.
He’s at least those things but he’s also much more.
Many Christians today have an INCOMPLETE picture of WHO Jesus is.
He’s not just a dependent baby born in a manger.
He’s not just a truth telling prophet that amazed those who heard.
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