11 Then I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse, and He who sits on it is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He judges and wages war.

12 His eyes are a flame of fire…

— Revelation 19:11-12a

24b as those who believe upon Him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead,

25 He who was delivered over on account of our transgressions, and was raised on account of our justification.

— Romans 4:24b-25

And His head and His hair were white like white wool, like snow; and His eyes were like a flame of fire.

— Revelation 1:14

on the day when, according to my gospel, God will judge the secrets of men through Christ Jesus.

— Romans 2:16

Would not God find this out? For He knows the secrets of the heart.

— Psalm 44:21

Thoughts on Today’s Reading

Grace, mercy and love from Christ to you.

After John saw the wedding banquet of The Lamb and His bride, The scene shifts as John receives a new revelation from God, he saw heaven stand open, and he was about to see the climax of the struggle against all evil and the final defeat of the beast, or Antichrist, and his followers. John saw sitting astride a white horse, the One who is worthy of worship. The rider, “called Faithful and True,” is the Lord Jesus Christ. Faithful and true describe the character, words, and actions of the Lord Jesus. He is completely trustworthy in all He says and does. Jesus is faithful to His Word and to His people whom He died to save.

When the faithful and true One judges righteously, faithfully and fairly and wages war, He harms no innocents. John recorded that Jesus’s “eyes are like blazing fire.” It points to His penetrating, complete vision that obliterates all pretense; He knows the secrets of every heart. Praise the Lord that the pure fire of His gaze will overwhelm anyone foolish enough to stand against Him or the truth.