Who Is this KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS?

And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; 
and He that sat upon him was called Faithful and True,
 and in righteousness He doth judge and make war. 
His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on His head 
were many crowns; and He had a name written, 
that no man knew, but He Himself. And He was 
clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and His 
name is called the Word of God. And the armies which 
were in heaven followed Him upon white horses, 
clothed in fine linen, white and clean. And out of 
His mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it He should
 smite the nations: and He shall rule them with
 a rod of iron: and He treadeth the winepress 
of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. And 
He hath on His thigh a name written, 
KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.
 Revelation 19:11-16 

     This vision of John given to him to show us what would occur in the future by God redeeming mankind who have placed their belief in the Messiah He sent to pay this debt they, you and I, owe to Him. He has come and died and now sits in heaven at the right hand of God. This does not mean that Jesus is a separate person except by His incarnate body that remains forever as the payment He undertook to pay this debt owed to God, the Godhead. Jesus is still God as He always was and will be, but we must remember that God sent His wisdom, that is Himself for Wisdom is God, and by the sending of Himself to earth for His wisdom to become incarnate does not depreciate His being God. God did not sever Himself making more than one God. Christianity is not a religion of plurality of gods as is the case with Mormonism, and Jehovah Witnesses. The Wisdom of God is also called the Word of God. John makes this fact plain and clear in his book of John verse one. The Word of God is also the Wisdom of God and by this Wisdom and the inclusion of the Holy Spirit all things that were created were created by God, through the Word of God empowered by the Holy Spirit. God, also called Father, represents the Godhead in asmuch as He, the Father determined all things and by His Wisdom and Holy Spirit all things then came to be as the Father determined the to become. Let us look at John 1:1 as a reminder:

     "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God" (John 1:1). First, notice that this verse is divided into three sections, each section divided by a comma. Therefore let us look at each section separately, then as a whole thought. First things first: What is the noun that makes the subject? This is clear: it is "the Word." There is another noun: "God." What position does this noun take grammatically? Well, there can only by one subject in a sentence when that sentence is not divided by a colon. There is no colon in this verse, but there is a comma. So what is this second noun? An adjective is a noun that describes another noun, so then, this second noun has the "job" to do and that is to describe the noun which is the subject: "Word." When this adjective, this second noun describes actively the first noun it is said to be predicate, that is it declares and affirms and is the main constituent of a sentence the other being the subject. Furthermore, this predicate adjective expresses the state attributed to the subject (Webster's Dictionary). This then places the word "God" in the third section of this sentence to be a predicate adjective.

     Now, the words: "in the beginning," makes clear that there was a "beginning." Never in Scripture is Jesus, the Messiah defined and described in the Old Testament said to have a "beginning." Therefore, this "in the beginning" is the beginning. Remember, God does not have a beginning. You cannot have a beginning without something, or someone to already exist. You cannot begin with nothing! Secondly, in this first section the Word is already there as by the word "was." The Word was in the beginning, not of or part of the beginning for the Word "was." "So when things began the "was" who must be without beginning, and this is only God, "was" present. In the next or second section the word "with" gives us this fact that the "Word" "was," was there when things began by being "with God." The Greek word, Pros, means pertaining to or which is the destination of relation for which it is predicated unto, so then it is more than just nearness. The Word was "with God," due to the fact that the Word is God. This then is the answer to the third section of this verse. The word "God" in the this section does not have the definite article before the word God. Why? Because this noun is acting as a predicate adjective and finalizes this verse by completing the sense of the subject. Who is this "Word" who "was," and "with," God? When the noun is acting as a predicate adjective does not have the definite article it is not to be translated with a definite article. This is a mistake taken by Jehovah Witnesses. The Word is now given for us as to who the Word is, and that is God: "and God was the Word. The Word is God, the Word speaks and declares that God exists and that He is God and by the power of God, the Holy Spirit the words of God given to us by His Wisdom, His Word, causes for the one who listens to be able to act upon the commands and presecpts of God. All three Persons, as we denote them, work in unison, not separately to fulfill the purposes of God. We cannot see or know God except by that which He gives to us so that we can see Him and know Him.

     John sees Jesus riding upon a white horse, denoting purity, and righteousness and this One riding upon the white horse is called Faithful and True. This can only be said of God and Jesus being God this can be said of Him. With this One on the white horse comes an army of others who too are clothed in white linen. This One on the horse clothed in white linen and called the Faithful and True also is the One who by a sharp sword smited the nations. Only God can rule and He does not give His rulership to another, therefore Jesus cannot rule the nations except that He be God. By His wrath the nations are treaded upon as in a winepress and the One pressing this wine is by the wrath and fierceness of Almighty God, the same is called: KINGS OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORD.

       The bride of Christ are those clothed in white linen, that is, in righteousness and purity given to them in all completion when they are with Him and come with Him when He comes to smite the earth. Until we are with Him, we wait upon Him and follow Him. We deny ourselves, that is we deny the pleasures of this world that are in opposition to God. We have, that is if we have truly repented of our sins and put our faith and trust in Jesus, have the righteousness given to us through Jesus Christ but that righteousness will not have it complete affect upon us until we are with Jesus. We must now say "alleluia" that is The Lord is God, and that He rules in heaven and will one day rule all those who are of His bride. Will you be one of His bride? Do not become a one unless you are willing to pay what it will cost to be one. Count the cost, but when you see that the cost that God did to save you then you have the cost that is best for you. God came, died, for you, and all He is asking of you now, is to deny yourself and pick up your cross and follow Him. You have information to ensure that Scripture is true, that Jesus is God, and that Jesus is the promiesed Savior: What then are you waiting for?

But go thou thy way till the end be:

     for thou shalt rest, and stand 

in thy lot at the end of the days.

                  Daniel12:13

Start putting on white linen today

Richard L. Crumb