Revelation 19 - Jesus Coming on a White Horse

Here, we see Jesus coming on a white horse. This is not literal, it’s poetic. It means Christ is coming to conquer darkness. The rule of God is coming into this world to conquer darkness through the transformation of our hearts.

God’s rule is also coming through Judgement, as seen in Revelation 19. God’s kingdom comes not only through the church but also through judgment. In Jesus’ teachings, this judgment comes about because people reject the light. God’s rule of light comes into the world.

Another way which God’s kingdom comes is through the Second Coming of Christ. The second coming isn’t God coming and destroying a lot of things. It’s what Isaiah says Isaiah 25. There’s a veil over the nations and that veil shall be removed. Light will come into the earth like a flooding water.

A time will come when the veil/blindness shall be removed. God is going to remove the veil. Christ will appear not only to us but to the nations. The whole world will come into total transformation.  It’s not a violent act; it’s the act of Christ appearing.

The Sermon on the Mount is very much about Light coming into the world. Christ says that we are the Light of the world. The Sermon on the Mount is like a manifesto of Christ’s kingdom. Through the Sermon on the Mount, God is speaking to the world, saying that we are the Light bearers.

Light engages darkness first by overcoming darkness in our hearts as God’s people and then by overcoming darkness in our relationships, in our communities, etc. the Sermon on the Mount is Jesus coming on the white horse.

Hence, the Sermon on the Mount and Revelation 19 is the same Jesus and the same message. It’s just a different language. Both of them are speaking about God’s kingdom coming into the world through the church, overcoming darkness and overcoming evil with good.