“Rev. 19:15 (AMP) From His mouth goes forth a sharp sword with which
He can smite (afflict, strike) the nations; and He will shepherd and control them with a staff (scepter,
rod) of iron. He will tread the winepress of the fierceness of the wrath and indignation of God the All-Ruler
(the Almighty, the Omnipotent).
His name is called
"The Word of God" Revelation
19:13. This speaks of a person, and He is no other than Jesus Christ
the Son of God. But Christ is not the Word of God referred to in this text. The
Spirit is Christ's sword, rather than Christ the sword of the Spirit: "Out
of his mouth goes a sharp sword, that with it he should crush the nations"
Revelation 19:15.
When the earth had
only a few people, and they lived a long time, God declared His mind by dreams
and visions and by immediate revelations to faithful witnesses, who in turn
instructed others. They lived so long that three holy men were able to preserve
the purity of religion by tradition from Adam's death until the time just prior
to the Israelites' going down to Egypt. Thus God delayed committing His will to
writing because it was safely kept by a few trustworthy men.
But after the age
of man's life was shortened and the population multiplied, God wrote the Ten
Commandments with His own finger on tables of stone to keep His people from
idolatry and corrupt worship. Later He commanded Moses to write the other words
he had heard from Him on the mount; and all the while God continued to
demonstrate His will by supernatural revelations.
Finally, it
pleased God for His sacred Word to be finished by Christ the great Teacher of
the church, and by the apostles, His public notaries, for saints to use until
the end of time. A curse from Christ's own mouth belongs to anyone who adds or
takes away from God's written Word: "If any man shall add unto these
things, God shall add unto him the plaques that are written in this book: and
if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God
shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and
from the things which are written in this book Revelation 22:18-19.”
Quoted material from,
”The Christian in Complete Armour Daily Readings in Spiritual Warfare” by
Gurnall and James S Bell. http://www.moodypublishers.com/pub_productDetail.aspx?id=41823&pid=53617
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