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T HE F ORERUNNER S CHOOL OF M INISTRY —M IKE B ICKLE

The Book of Revelation

Session 11: Jesus’ Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem (Rev. 19:11-21:8)

INTRODUCTION

Chronological section #5 of the book of Revelation is the high point of human history. In this

passage, Jesus will come to Jerusalem as our great Bridegroom-King-Judge to end the

Armageddon campaign by defeating the Antichrist, and to establish His earthly, 1,000-year

millennial kingdom, which prepares the earth to receive the Father’s throne (Rev. 21:3).

The final stage of Jesus’ second coming procession is the high point of history. Jesus makes His

triumphal entry into Jerusalem in the context of history’s greatest military conflict. He will

deliver Israel at the Mount of Olives and be received by Israel’s leaders (Mt. 23:39; Zech. 14:4).

Jesus brings justice, or vengeance, to the earth in the context of the Antichrist’s oppression,

which will most intensely manifest in Jerusalem (Zech. 12:2-3; 14:2; Joel 3:2, 12; Zeph. 3:8).

Jesus will only come in answer to the prayers of the saints, who will be engaged in the greatest

justice movement in history. The 24/7 prayers of the saints worldwide (Lk. 18:7-8; Isa. 42:10-16;

Rev. 5:8; 22:17) will join the prayers of the remnant of Israel (Zech. 12:10; Isa. 64:1-12; 30:18-

33; Ps. 94:1-23; 98:1-9; 99:1-9, etc.) and of prayer of the martyrs in heaven (Rev. 6:10).

7 Shall God not avenge [bring justice] His own elect who cry out day and night … 8 However,

when the Son of Man comes, will He really find faith [agreement] on the earth? (Lk. 18:7-8)

10 They [martyrs] cried…“How long…until You judge and avenge our blood…?” (Rev. 6:10)

10 I will pour on … the inhabitants of Jerusalem the Spirit of grace and supplication [prayer] ;

then they will look on Me whom they have pierced; they will mourn for Him. (Zech. 12:10)

1 Oh, that You would rend the heavens ! That You would come down! That the mountains

might shake at Your presence … 2 to make Your name known to Your adversaries , that the

nations [Antichrist’s armies] may tremble at Your presence. (Isa. 64:1-2)

The 7 scenes in Rev. 19:11-21:8 follow right after the 7th bowl (Rev. 16:17-21). Jesus comes in

the context of the Battle of Jerusalem to end the Armageddon campaign (lasts for 3½ years).

Scene #1: Jesus presents Himself as He approaches Jerusalem for the final battle (Rev. 19:11-16)

Scene #2: Jesus defeats the Antichrist at the Battle of Jerusalem (Rev. 19:17-21)

Scene #3: Satan is cast into prison for 1,000 years (Rev. 20:1-3)

Scene #4: Saints are given the governmental leadership over the earth (Rev. 20:4-6)

Scene #5: Satan is released after 1,000 years giving all a choice to obey (Rev. 20:7-10)

Scene #6: Great white throne: God’s final judgment of all enemies (Rev. 20:11-15)

Scene #7: The Father establishes His throne with His people on the new earth (Rev. 21:1-8)

Summary : the most dramatic events in world history will occur in the context of the greatest

military campaign, undergirded by the greatest prayer movement contending against the greatest

oppression to see the greatest justice movement fulfilled across the whole earth.

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II.

JESUS PRESENTS HIMSELF AS HE APPROACHES JERUSALEM (REV. 19:11-16)

11 I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse. He who sat on him was called Faithful and True ,

and in righteousness He judges and makes war . 12 His eyes were like a flame of fire, and on His head

were many crowns … 13 He was clothed with a robe dipped in blood … 14 The armies in heaven …

followed Him on white horses. 15 Now out of His mouth goes a sharp sword, that with it He should

strike the nations … He Himself treads the winepress of the … wrath of Almighty God. 16 He has on

His robe … a name written: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS. (Rev. 19:11-16)

Heaven opens to John to show him the vision, not to signify the place that Jesus rides from.

Faithful and True : all His promises are reliable and all His policies are free of deception.

Makes war : at the seventh trumpet, a voice in heaven announces that Jesus is taking over all the

nations (Rev. 11:15). The “Jesus of Christmas” brings peace and goodwill to men (Lk. 2:14) by

openly waging a just war against the evil oppressors as the “Jesus of Armageddon.” He makes

war to establish peace and justice. The Antichrist started the war (Rev. 11:7; 12:7, 17; 13:4, 7;

17:14; 19:11, 19; Dan. 7:21; 9:26). This war is also won in the heavenlies (Rev. 12:7-12).

Robe dipped in blood : most scholars see this as the blood of Jesus’ enemies. This eschatological

winepress is the gathering of evil leaders to Jerusalem. The wine flowing out of it is their blood.

The blood on His robe denotes His intimate involvement and public statement that He believes in

this war. The word dipped comes from the Greek word baptō (baptize), which is translated by

some as “sprinkled” or “soaked.” The robe is the long outer garment.

1 Who is this who comes from Edom [Jordan] …this One who is glorious in His apparel,

traveling in the greatness of His strength? 2 …Why is Your apparel red, and Your garments

like one who treads in the winepress? 3 “I have trodden the winepress…I have trodden them in

My anger… their blood is sprinkled upon My garments , and I have stained all My robes. 4 For

the day of vengeance is in My heart , and the year of My redeemed has come.” (Isa. 63:1-4)

In Psalm 45, Jesus is seen as beautiful in context to the Armageddon campaign.

2 You are fairer than the sons of men; Grace is poured upon Your lips … 3 Gird Your sword

upon Your thigh, O Mighty One, with Your glory and Your majesty. 4 In Your majesty ride

prosperously because of truth, humility, and righteousness … 5 Your arrows are sharp in the

heart of the King’s enemies; the peoples [nations] fall under You. (Ps. 45:2-5)

A river of blood runs nearly 200 miles, or the distance from Megiddo in the north to Bozrah in

the south (Israel is 160 miles from north to south). A furlong equals a stadia (NIV) or 200 yards.

19 The angel … gathered the vine of the earth , and threw it into the great winepress of the

wrath of God . 20 The winepress was trampled … and blood came out of the winepress, up to

the horses’ bridles, for 1,600 furlongs [200 miles] . (Rev. 14:19-20)

Armies followed Him : Jesus conquers in partnership with His people (Rev. 3:21; Jn. 17:24). The

saints are with Him (1 Thes. 4:14; Zech. 14:5). The saints dash the nations with Him (Rev. 2:27).

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JESUS DEFEATS THE ANTICHRIST AT THE BATTLE OF JERUSALEM (REV. 19:17-21)

17 I saw an angel … saying to all the birds … “Gather together for the supper of the great God, 18 that

you may eat the flesh of kings, the flesh of captains, the flesh of mighty men, the flesh of horses …”

19 I saw the beast, the kings of the earth , and their armies , gathered together to make war against Him

… and against His army . 20 Then the beast was captured , and with him the false prophet … These two

were cast alive into the l ake of fire … 21 The rest were killed with the sword which proceeded from the

mouth of Him … the birds were filled with their flesh. (Rev. 19:17-21)

The nations gather to make war with Jesus (Rev. 17:14; 19:19), who they believe is a false

Messiah, or angel of light (2 Cor. 11:14). They will not feel threatened by a small Israeli army.

The Lord will gather all nations to His winepress in Jerusalem to kill them (Joel 3:2, 11-21).

Satan will deceive the kings into coming (Rev. 16:13-16). Men come motivated by ambition.

8 My determination is to gather the nations to My assembly of kingdoms, to pour on them My

indignation … all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of My jealousy. (Zeph. 3:8)

John describes Jesus’ great victory at the Battle of Jerusalem, which the OT prophets prophesied.

Jesus enters Jerusalem, arriving at the perfect time to rescue the remnant of Israel.

2 I will gather all the nations to battle against Jerusalem ; the city shall be taken … half of the

city shall go into captivity … 3 Then the LORD will go forth and fight against those nations …

4 His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives … and the Mount of Olives shall be split in two …

making a very large valley … 5 Then you shall flee through My mountain valley … Yes, you

shall flee … The LORD my God will come, and all the saints with You. (Zech. 14:2-5)

3 In that day that I will make Jerusalem a very heavy stone … all who would heave it away will

surely be cut in pieces, though all nations of the earth are gathered against it. (Zech. 12:3)

David saw Jesus executing His enemies as He establishes His worldwide empire (Ps. 110:5-7).

Jesus will execute the leaders of the nations at the end of the Armageddon campaign.

5 He shall execute kings in the day of His wrath. 6 He shall judge among the nations, He shall

fill the places with dead bodies , He shall execute the heads of many countries. (Ps. 110:5-6)

The pinnacle of the second coming procession is Jesus’ reentry into the city of Jerusalem to be

officially received by the governmental leaders of Israel as their messianic King.

39 I say to you [governmental leaders in Jerusalem] , you shall see Me no more till you say,

“ Blessed is He who comes in the name of the LORD !” (Mt. 23:39)

Jesus will be celebrated as the Son of David in a hosanna coronation parade that is hosted by the

leaders of Israel. The leaders of Israel will open the gates of Jerusalem to Jesus in an official

declaration of Him as their King, after He rescues them and ends the Armageddon campaign.

7 Lift up your heads, O you gates [of Jerusalem] ! And be lifted up, you everlasting

doors! And the King of glory shall come in. 8 Who is this King of glory ? The LORD

strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle [Armageddon campaign] . (Ps. 24:7-8)

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IV.

INTRODUCTION TO THE MILLENNIAL KINGDOM: JESUS’ 1,000-YEAR REIGN (REV. 20)

John shows us the end of the story in Revelation 20-22. We must shake free of the fog of

unbelief and sentimentality to clearly see the plan and to purposefully prepare for it.

At this time the kingdom of God will be openly manifest worldwide, affecting every sphere of

life (political, social, agricultural, economic, spiritual, educational, law enforcement, family,

media, arts, technology, athletics, environment, social institutions, etc.). The result will be a

1,000-year period of unprecedented blessing for the earth as Jesus establishes righteousness and

prosperity, and restores the agriculture, atmosphere, and animal life to some of the conditions

that were seen in the garden of Eden (Rev. 20:1-6; Isa. 2:1-4; 9:6-9; 11:1-16; 51:1-8; 60-62;

65:17-25; Ps. 2:6-12; 110:1-7; Deut. 8; 28; Mt. 5:5; 6:10; 17:11; 19:28; 28:19; Acts 1:6; 3:21).

In the Millennium, all the kings of the earth will be saved, will worship Jesus (Ps. 72:11; 102:15;

138:4; 148:11; Isa. 62:2; Rev. 21:24), and will base their national governments on God’s Word.

Jesus will bring together the supernatural, physical, political, and relational dimensions of the

kingdom so that we eventually experience the fullness of the Father’s plan on earth forever.

These aspects converge together in the millennial kingdom.

The New Jerusalem coming to earth will bring the supernatural eternal dimension. When

the New Jerusalem comes to the millennial earth, then heaven is literally on earth.

The garden of Eden will bring a physical paradise aspect, including restoring the

environment (agriculture, animals, atmosphere, etc.), along with physical pleasures.

The kingdom of David will bring a political social dimension of life (government,

economic, education, family, arts, music, technology, travel, communication, etc.).

The house of prayer in the millennial temple will be the center of the worldwide worship

and prayer movement. This brings an intimate relational aspect.

The Millennium is a term that speaks of a literal 1,000-year period in which Jesus rules the

earth ( millennium is from the Latin mille, or “a thousand” and annus, “a year). Revelation

20:1-10 has three sections describing events occurring during the Millennium:

(1) Revelation 20:1-3: Satan is imprisoned for 1,000 years (beginning of the Millennium);

(2) Revelation 20:4-6: the resurrected saints are given the leadership of the earth (during the

Millennium); and (3) Revelation 20:7-10: Satan is released from prison to deceive nations

(end of the Millennium).

The themes of Rev. 20 are the victory of God’s people and a final defeat of His enemies. John is

the first to reveal the length of the Millennium, the exaltation of the saints who reign as kings

and priests, Satan’s imprisonment for 1,000 years, and his release to deceive the nations.

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SATAN IS CAST INTO PRISON FOR 1,000 YEARS (REV. 20:1-3)

2 He [angel] laid hold of the Dragon, that serpent of old … the Devil and Satan, and bound him for

1000 years; 3 and he cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up , and set a seal on him, so that

he should deceive the nations … After these things he must be released for a little while. (Rev. 20:2-3)

Satan will be bound : laying hold of him will be a dramatic event. He will be bound with

supernatural chains, cast into the pit or prison then shut up without communication with or

activity on the earth. A seal will be set on him to proclaim that he will not break out of prison.

Four names of Satan : each depicts different crimes and reveals ways in which he attacks

us. The Dragon denotes his cruelty. The serpent of old refers to the liar in the Garden of

Eden (Gen. 3). The Devil means the accuser. Satan means the adversary who attacks us.

VI.

SAINTS ARE GIVEN GOVERNMENTAL LEADERSHIP OVER THE EARTH (REV. 20:4-6)

4 I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was committed to them . Then I saw the

souls of those who had been beheaded for their witness to Jesus… they lived and reigned with

Christ for a thousand years. .. 6 Blessed and holy is he who has part in the first resurrection…they

shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with Him a thousand years. (Rev. 20:4-6)

John saw thrones as one of the highlights in Revelation. The saints of Revelation 19:14, 19

are the subject of the phrase “they sat” (v. 4). Jesus will govern the earth in partnership with

resurrected saints (Rev. 2:26-27; 3:21; 5:10; 20:4-6; 22:5; Mt. 19:28; 20:21-23; 25:23; Lk.

19:17-19; 22:29-30; 1 Cor. 6:2-3; 2 Tim. 2:12; Rom 8:17). All governmental authority will

be replaced and put in the hands of those who exhibited meekness on the earth (Mt. 5:5).

Jesus will rule a worldwide kingdom in partnership with two types of kings: kings of the earth

(non-resurrected bodies) and resurrected kings (saints with resurrected bodies).

VII.

SATAN IS RELEASED AFTER 1,000 YEARS, GIVING A CHOICE TO OBEY (REV. 20:7-10)

3 But after these things he must be released for a little while … 7 When the thousand years have

expired, Satan will be released from his prison 8 and will go out to deceive the nations … to gather

them together to battle. 9 They went up … and surrounded … beloved City. Fire came down from God

out of heaven and devoured them. 10 The devil … was cast into the lake of fire. (Rev. 20:3, 7-10)

Satan must be released at the end of the Millennium. Why? God will openly manifest the truth

about the depth of human sin (called the mystery of lawlessness in 2 Thes. 2:7) and about Satan

as being incurably evil . Satan deceives the nations revealing he was not rehabilitated or changed.

God demonstrates the justice of His eternal judgments by showing that rehabilitation will not

occur and that men rebel even in an ideal environment, because they love sin. Men will not be

able to blame their sin on their difficult circumstances. These events will create gratitude in us.

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