Manger to majesty

After John’s vision of the marriage supper of the Lamb, which we considered last time, the apostle “saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse” (Rev. 19:11). The first time John saw a white horse was in Revelation 6, when Jesus opened the first seal, ushering in the tribulation. The rider of that white horse was the Antichrist, who brought war, famine, and destruction. But the rider of this white horse has a completely different agenda. This rider is Jesus coming again, not wrapped in swaddling clothes but wearing a robe dipped in blood.