19:15Revelation 19:15

The rider is Jesus as Faithful and True, the Word of God and King of kings and Lord of lords, who comes from opened heaven on a white horse leading the armies of heaven on white horses to conquer with a sharp sword from His mouth to strike the nations, ruling them with a rod of iron and treading the winepress of God's wrath.Ms 172, 1899, par. 28–30+2 In righteousness He judges and makes war in retributive destruction that vindicates His authority and the laws of His kingdom, avenging His children upon those who persecuted them and enforced false worship, with suffering proportionate to the pain they caused.Ms 172, 1899, par. 28–30+3 This belongs to the soon-coming battle of Armageddon in the closing scenes of earth's history after mercy has ended, standing in the sequence where the beast and false prophet are cast into the lake of fire, Satan is bound a thousand years and finally destroyed with the wicked, and God's faithful people are delivered.Ms 172, 1899, par. 28–30+4 He comes crowned and escorted by angels in His own glory and the Father's glory, with eyes as a flame of fire, and those who despised and rejected Him will recognize His authority, see their deeds before them, and in terror hide from His face and cry for the rocks and mountains to cover them.SG1 61.2+3 The judgments are approaching yet are held back in long forbearance until the warning has sounded to all, forming with the eighteenth and nineteenth chapters the testing truths and last call of mercy that watchmen must give with a certain sound to awaken sleeping souls.Ms 57, 1903, par. 6+2 That coming in judgment calls everyone to prepare by following the written Word, growing in grace, drawing near to God, and seeking pardon and cleansing from every stain so as to stand ready.Ms 80, 1910, par. 4–6+1

The rider is Jesus as Faithful and True, the Word of God, King of kings and Lord of lords, riding a white horse from opened heaven to conquer.Ms 172, 1899, par. 28–30+2 He leads the armies of heaven following Him on white horses, clothed in fine linen clean and white.Ms 172, 1899, par. 28–30+1 His coming displays divine majesty as the glorious return of the conquering King, bringing judgment and wrath upon the wicked while God's faithful people are delivered, and the earth trembles as the wicked hide from His face and from the wrath of God.EW 245.2+1

He comes in His own glory and the glory of the Father, crowned and escorted by angels and the armies of heaven.EW 240.1+1 Upon His sacred head is a crown within a crown, His eyes are as a flame of fire that burn into the very souls of His enemies, He is clothed in a garment of the whitest white and girded about the breast with a golden girdle.Ms 112, 1897, par. 18–19 He leaves heaven as King after the work of mercy has ended.EW 240.1

The verse belongs to the soon-coming battle of Armageddon and the closing scenes of this earth's history.Ms 172, 1899, par. 28–30+1 It describes things that will take place in the future, and that coming to vindicate His authority and the laws of His kingdom will not have to be waited for long.Ms 80, 1910, par. 4–6+1 It comes after the work of mercy has ended while the plagues are falling on the earth, with judgment upon the wicked and no further opportunity to seek salvation.EW 240.1

It stands in the chapter's picture of Christ's final victory in which the beast and false prophet are taken and cast into the lake of fire.Ms 75, 1906, par. 16+1 That triumph is followed by Satan bound for a thousand years, then the resurrection and final destruction of Satan and the wicked, and Christ's triumph and reign on earth.Ms 75, 1906, par. 16+1 In that glorious return as conquering King, divine majesty is displayed in judgment upon the wicked and in the deliverance of God's faithful people.EW 245.2

The sharp sword going out of His mouth with which He smites the nations, His ruling them with a rod of iron, and His treading the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God mean that in righteousness He judges and makes war in retributive destruction.Ms 172, 1899, par. 28–30+2 That vengeance vindicates His authority and the laws of His kingdom as He searches creation, avenging His children upon their persecutors.Ms 42, 1899, par. 7–9+4 Those avenged are those who bore false witness against them, bruised them with fetters, burned them at the stake, tortured them, and did all in their power to compel them to transgress the law God commanded all to obey by worshiping an idol sabbath and enforcing worship of the beast, and thus carried out the spirit and purposes of Satan in causing pain to human beings.Ms 42, 1899, par. 7–9+2 God will judge those who compel others to do evil and persecute Christians for obeying His commands.Ms 42, 1899, par. 7–9+2

The destruction is proportionate, so that as they caused pain to human beings so they themselves will suffer and perish.Ms 42, 1899, par. 7–9+1 Those who despised and killed Him and enacted His degrading mockery will see Him as the honored King and conquering King in divine glory and kingly power to judge and overcome His enemies, and will recognize His authority.SG1 61.2+2 They will then see Him as He is and understand what is comprehended in the wrath of the Lamb, with their own degrading deeds standing before them in living, speaking symbols.SG1 61.2+2 Overwhelmed with terror and anguish while the earth trembles, they will hide from His face and from the wrath of God and in hopeless agony cry for the rocks and mountains to hide them from His face.SG1 61.2+2 The marks of His crucifixion will remain visible, bearing witness to the cost of redemption.SG1 61.2+1

The winepress of God's wrath also points to Jesus bearing that wrath for humanity at the cross.ST Jan 12, 1882 His suffering for sin made divine favor and the hope of salvation possible.ST Jan 12, 1882

This verse belongs to the testing truths for this time, which form the last call of mercy to the world and must be read and understood by all and given more fully.Ms 57, 1903, par. 6 Together with the truths of the eighteenth and nineteenth chapters of Revelation, it is to be read and understood in connection with the coming judgments of God.Ms 57, 1903, par. 6+1 Those judgments are approaching, yet they reveal the mercy of God in long forbearance, held back until the message of warning has been sounded to all who have not yet heard it so that the final call can reach people.Ms 57, 1903, par. 6+1

Because this chapter contains messages for the closing scenes of this earth's history, every minister as a watchman on the walls of Zion must discern them and give them with a certain trumpet sound to awaken souls quieted to sleep.Lt 62, 1908, par. 3–4 To pass along without discerning and giving them brings eternal loss.Lt 62, 1908, par. 3–4

Its description of things that will take place in the future underscores the need to prepare by following the written Word, growing in grace, and seeking a close relation with God.Ms 80, 1910, par. 4–6 As part of Christ's coming in judgment, when He appears in glory as King of kings and Lord of lords and searches creation, the scene calls people to prepare for judgment by seeking pardon for sin and cleansing from every stain, so they may stand clear and be ready.Ms 80, 1910, par. 4–6+1