REVELATION ITS GRAND CLIMAX AT HAND!/Chapter Thirty Nine - To the Final Battle

 By what authority does Jesus complete his conquest?  John informs us: "And out of his mouth there protrudes a sharp long sword,that he may strike the nations with it, and he will shepherd them with the rod of iron. (Revelation 19:15a) That "sharp long sword" represents Jesus' given authority to issue orders for the execution of all who refuse to support  God's Kingdom.  (Revelation 1:16; 2:16) This vivid  symbolism parallels  Isaiah's words: "He [Jehovah] proceded  to make my mouth lika sharp sword.  In the shadow of  his hand he has hidden me. And he gradually made  me a polished arrow." (Isaiah 49:2) Here Isaiah foreshadowed Jesus, who proclaims God's judgments and executes them as  with an  unerring arrow.

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