The soon coming King
Anyone who has been around Calvary Assembly Church for more than a week knows that the LORD has been speaking to Pastor Noble for quite some time regarding war horses.
Ps Noble was told of the LORD to go to a place called Australind and raise war Horses for GOD's Kingdom. Now Australind was not a place that Ps Noble knew of but the LORD opened doors for him to come to Bunbury, and sure enough, one of the localities just outside of the City of Bunbury was a locality known as Australind. The name Australind is a combination of Australia and India, which was chosen due to the belief that the area could be used for breeding horses for the British Indian Army. This is truly amazing as Pastor Noble is of Indian descent. So what does this bit of Church History have to do with the soon coming KING?
Revelation 19:11-16 MKJV And I saw Heaven opened. AND BEHOLD, A WHITE HORSE! And He sitting on him was called Faithful and True. And in righteousness HE JUDGES AND MAKES WAR. (12) And His eyes were like a flame of fire, and on His head many crowns. And He had a name written, one that no one knew except Himself. (13) And He had been clothed in a garment dipped in blood, AND HIS NAME IS CALLED THE WORD OF GOD. (14) AND THE ARMIES IN HEAVEN FOLLOWED HIM ON WHITE HORSES, clothed in fine linen, white and clean. (15) And out of His mouth goes a sharp sword, so that with it He should strike the nations. And He will shepherd them with a rod of iron. And He treads the winepress of the wine of the anger and of the wrath of Almighty God. (16) And He has on His garment, and on His thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.
In the above verses we see that the LORD is said to be a Judge and one who makes war. In verse 14 we see that those who follow the King also get to sit upon white horses of their own. These are those who have overcome and fit the standards mentioned in Revelation chapters two and three. This is made very clear when we read verses 26-27 of Revelation chapter two; Revelation 2:26-27 MKJV (26) And he who overcomes and keeps My works to the end, to him I will give power over the nations. (27) And he will rule them with a rod of iron, as the vessels of a potter they will be broken to pieces, even as I received from My Father.
Tie in verses 26-27 above with verse 15 of Revelation chapter 19 as seen earlier. We see immediately above in verse 26 that those who overcome will be given power over the Nations, who by? By the King of Kings, as seen in verses 15 and 16 of chapter 19 above. JESUS will strike those whom HE will fight against with the Word of GOD coming out of HIS Mouth and HE will rule over them with an Iron Rod. In verse 13 of Rev chapter 19 above we see that the clothes of the soon coming King are those that have been dipped in Blood and HIS Name is called "THE WORD OF GOD", so not only does the Word of GOD come out of HIS Mouth but HE also IS THE WORD OF GOD.
JESUS is coming back to this earth and coming with HIM will be HIS army of Warrior Overcomers. This Heavenly Army is made up of those who have proven themselves on the battlefields of Planet Earth, proven themselves by fighting against the Carnality of this fallen world, as well as against the spirits who have left their Heavenly Domain, as seen in (Jude 1:6). To these Overcomers is given a White Horse to ride to war upon. They are given a "War Horse" to ride into battle on.
There are some noteworthy things to see out of these verses written here:--
· The KING of KINGS is riding a white horse,
· White is indicative of Righteousness,
· On HIS Return the KING is coming to JUDGE and to MAKE WAR.
· This ties in with what is written in Rev 6:12 - 17
Rev 6:12 And when He had opened the sixth seal, I looked, and behold, there was a great earthquake. And the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became like blood. Rev 6:13 And the stars of heaven fell to the earth, even as a fig tree casts her untimely figs when she is shaken by a mighty wind. Rev 6:14 And the heaven departed like a scroll when it is rolled together. And every mountain and island were moved out of their places. Rev 6:15 And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every freeman, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains. Rev 6:16 And they said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us and hide us from the face of Him sitting on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb; Rev 6:17 FOR THE GREAT DAY OF HIS WRATH HAS COME, AND WHO WILL BE ABLE TO STAND?
· When the LORD returns to Earth HE will have a new name, known only to HIM. Just as in Rev 2:17 those who overcome are given a white Stone with their new name written on it, one that is known only to them.
· And then in Rev 3:12 those who overcome have the three things written upon them:--
· (1). The name of GOD, the name of our LORD, we will get to know the name of our GOD, 2. The name of the City of GOD, (The New Jerusalem, and 3. JESUS HIMSELF will write upon us HIS New name.
· Those who ride on the War Horses behind the LORD are clothed in clean white linen. This indicates Spotless righteousness.
· The final thing for us to see out of the above scriptures is that the name that our LORD will use when HE returns back to this Earth will be KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.
Our LORD JESUS is the KING OF KINGS. This is a very important thing to note, HE is not the KING of mere mortals, HE is the KING of KINGS. We are KINGS, not mere mortals. Even though we live in mortal bodies and live in a physical world, through the Sacrifice of our LORD JESUS, as HE gave HIS Life on that Cross so that we would live, a door was opened for some truly Miraculous things to happen.
The first of these was that we were Redeemed back to our Heavenly FATHER GOD, we can now enter into the HOLY of HOLIES because of the Cross. But more than that happened. We were transformed from being slaves to sin into being KINGS (or Rulers) over this Planet. Not through anything that we have done but by all that HE has done.
As we know from History, a Ruler has a place of Authority from which they rule, they have a throne room, so too do we. Revelation 3:21 MKJV TO HIM WHO OVERCOMES I WILL GRANT TO SIT WITH ME IN MY THRONE, even as I also overcame and have sat down with My Father in His throne.
Just as JESUS had a place of Authority to rule from, on HIS FATHER's Throne, so now HE has given us HIS Throne to rule from. That Throne is a symbol of Authority, so just as JESUS ruled during HIS time as a Man upon this Planet so now HE gives us HIS Authority (HIS Throne) to rule from during our time on this planet as well. That is why JESUS says in :-- John 14:12 MKJV TRULY, TRULY, I SAY TO YOU, HE WHO BELIEVES ON ME, THE WORKS THAT I DO HE SHALL DO ALSO, AND GREATER WORKS THAN THESE HE SHALL DO, BECAUSE I GO TO MY FATHER.
Because JESUS was finished with HIS time on this Earth and HE was returning to HIS FATHER, that meant HE was finished with sitting on that place of the FATHER's Authority. And because of the Victory won at the Cross HE was given all Authority in Heaven and on Earth (Matt 28:18). Now that JESUS won the battle over evil HE gave a most remarkable gift to us, HE took that Authority that was given to HIM over Heaven and Earth and passed it onto us.
Does that mean that we can command the Heavens? To a point, yes. It is in the Heavenlies where our trouble comes from, it is in the spirit realm where demons live and it is in that place where we are to do our fighting, it is there that we are to RULE.
The term "WAR HORSE" is an analogy of the Discipleship taught to us by JESUS through HIS servants, through the Apostles, Prophets, evangelists, Pastors and Teachers. We are not the war horses that JESUS rides upon, we are the Army that follows JESUS into battle. DISCIPLESHIP IS THE WAR HORSE, overcoming the carnality of this world and overcoming the evil ones behind that carnality is being a disciple.
Our Pastor has been given the role of equipping us, (the saints GOD entrusted him with) into us being the ones who are to do the work of the Ministry of JESUS CHRIST. Ephesians 4:11-12 MKJV And truly He gave some to be apostles, and some to be prophets, and some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers, (12) for the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ.
JESUS gave us leaders, but HE is the greatest LEADER. One day, maybe sooner than we think, HE will lead us into the final battle upon this planet, the true battle between good and evil, and we will get there riding upon the teaching and discipleship taught to us by our Earthly Leaders. Listen to them, learn from them and you will be equipped to ride into that final battle behind our LORD.
KNOW THAT YOU ARE ONE OF THE KINGS THAT JESUS IS THE KING OVER.
Don Phillips