CHAPTER NINETEEN - OUR DREAD CHAMPION RETURNS AND WE MEET HIM IN THE AIR - DAY OF REDEMPTION
The previous five chapters have described events that have been taking place simultaneously. The reaping of the wicked (their destruction by their own hand), the battle of Armageddon, and the fall of Mystery Babylon have all been happening together. Now the Lord is going to appear in the clouds with the sound of the Archangels trumpet and we will be caught up to be with Him! 2 Thessalonians 4.16-18

19:1-10 There is great rejoicing in heaven as multitudes praise and worship the Lord God omnipotent.. The marriage of the Lamb is come and His wife has made herself ready. She is arrayed in fine white linen--which is the righteousness of the saints. Blessed are all they who are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. Worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy. The testimony of Yeshua (Salvation) is the spirit of prophecy!

19:11-16 Heaven is opened and Jesus comes riding a white horse to judge and make war. He wore many crowns and was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood. His name is THE WORD OF GOD. The king comes!

Key verse 19:14 And the armies which were in heaven followed him. This is the point of rapture or translation. Paul describes it in 1 Thessalonians 4:15-18 “ For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who are asleep. For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord. Therefore comfort one another with these words. The second coming, meeting in the air, and resurrection of believers happens here, at the beginning of this battle. The word “meet” in the original means to “send out a delegation to meet and return with.”

It says that we who are alive and remain shall be caught up. Paul said “at the coming of the Lord.” This is the only coming we see in the Book of Revelation. The resurrection of the dead and the rapture take place at the same time--on the last day. John 6.39-40; 44. Jesus said it three times!

19:17-21 John sees the beast and the kings of the earth gathered together to make war against our Dread Champion. The beast is taken with the false prophet and both are cast into the lake of fire. The Lord has returned and the kingdom is about to be restored. Acts 1:6-7 The Day of Atonement (Redemption for believers) is now prophetically fulfilled!