13 and being clothed with a garment dipped in blood, His name is also called The Word of God.

14 And the armies which are in heaven, clothed in fine linen, white and clean, were following Him on white horses.

— Revelation 19:13-14

1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

2 He was in the beginning with God.

3 All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being.

18 No one has seen God at any time; the only begotten God who is in the bosom of the Father, He has explained Him.

— John 1:1-3; 18

Then I looked, and behold, the Lamb was standing on Mount Zion, and with Him 144,000, having His name and the name of His Father written on their foreheads.

— Revelation 14:1

For the Son of Man will come in His Father’s glory with His angels, and then He will repay each one according to what he has done.

— Revelation 16:27

Thoughts on Today’s Reading

Grace, mercy and salvation from Christ to you.

Revelation 19:13 reveals Jesus another name is The Word of God. It’s a name none fully knows but Himself. We only know that this Word was God manifest in the flesh. Jesus reveals and explains God the Father. He consistently and reliably witnesses to the Father’s purposes and plans, which are also His own purposes and plans. Jesus carries out God’s purposes so fully that the Word of God and the person of Jesus Christ are one and the same.

Following “the Word of God” are the heaven’s armies dressed in white, on white horses. Are these warriors the 144,000 who stand with the Lamb on Mount Zion, or are they angels? The warriors’ clothing resembles the clothing of the bride. So, although Jesus promised to come with angels, this army may be Jesus’s bride. Whether angels or God’s redeemed, the Lamb’s army seems simply to follow Him. Jesus wins the battle for those who follow Him.