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God’s angels need a ladder to ascend and descend upon that reaches into the heavens and down to the earth. In
similar fashion, His immortal armies need a visible light tunnel that can be seen on the earth. One of the
purposes of our glorified bodies is for mankind on this earth to see His visible armies of war. His chosen return
with Christ. In Revelation 17:14 it states “those who are with Him are the called and chosen and faithful.” It parallels the
statement for who are invited to the Marriage Supper – “Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper…”

Christ Returns

The scripture says that from Christ’s 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 “wine press” referred to in
Revelation 19:14-16 by the Apostle John is quoting a prophetic passage from Isaiah.

Isaiah 63:1-3 “Marching in the greatness of His strength?

“It is I who speak in righteousness, mighty to save.”
2 Why is Your apparel red,
And Your garments like the one who treads in the wine press?
3 “I have trodden the wine trough alone,
And from the peoples there was no man with Me.
I also trod them in My anger
And trampled them in My wrath;
And their lifeblood is sprinkled on My garments,
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And I stained all My raiment.”

Again, let us look at Jamieson’s commentary to see what he has to say about the sharp sword and His mouth.

Out of his mouth … sword—(Rev 1:16). Here in its avenging power, 2Th 2:8, “consume with the Spirit of His
mouth” (Is 11:4, to which there is allusion here); not in its convicting and converting efficacy (Eph 6:17; Heb 4:12, 13, where also
the judicial keenness of the sword-like word is included). The Father commits judgment to the Son.
He shall rule—The HE is emphatic, He and none other, in contrast to the usurpers who have misruled on earth.
“Rule,” literally, “tend as a shepherd”; but here in a punitive sense. He, who would have shepherded them with pastoral rod and
with the golden scepter of His love, shall dash them in pieces, as refractory rebels, with “a rod of iron.”
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The scripture is clear that those who are with Him, His “chosen,” shall wage war against any that come against the
Lamb. It could be part of our opportunity for a reward to be “called and chosen” to serve Him on earth. The
scripture repeatedly declares Christ as “Lord of Lords and King of Kings.” The time for God’s Word to be fulfilled
has come and the kingdom of this earth that was given to the Antichrist will be taken from him. The beast here
in scripture refers to the Antichrist who is given authority for forty-two months, which is from Revelation 13:5.
The Apostle John makes the statement that the beast’s authority will be “until the words of God will be fulfilled.”

Revelation 17:14 “These will wage war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them, because
He is Lord of lords and King of kings, and those who are with Him are the called and chosen and
faithful.”
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Revelation 17:17 “For God has put it in their hearts to execute His purpose by having a common
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purpose, and by giving their kingdom to the beast, until the words of God will be fulfilled.”

141 New American Standard Bible : 1995 update. 1995 (Is 63:1–3). LaHabra, CA: The Lockman Foundation.
142 Jamieson, R., Fausset, A. R., Fausset, A. R., Brown, D., & Brown, D. (1997). A commentary, critical and explanatory, on the Old and
New Testaments (Re 19:15). Oak Harbor, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc.

143 New American Standard Bible : 1995 update. 1995 (Re 17:14). LaHabra, CA: The Lockman Foundation.