Apocalipse 19

ARC · Chapter 19/22

1E, depois d'estas coisas, ouvi como que uma grande voz de uma grande multidão no céu, que dizia: Alleluia: Salvação, e gloria, e honra, e poder pertencem ao Senhor nosso Deus:

2Porque verdadeiros e justos são os seus juizos, pois julgou a grande prostituta, que havia corrompido a terra com a sua fornicação, e da sua mão vingou o sangue dos seus servos.

3E outra vez disseram: Alleluia. E o seu fumo sobe para todo o sempre.

4E os vinte e quatro anciãos, e os quatro animaes, prostraram-se e adoraram a Deus, assentado no throno, dizendo: Amen, Alleluia.

5E saiu uma voz do throno, que dizia: Louvae o nosso Deus, vós, todos os seus servos, e vós que o temeis, assim pequenos como grandes.

6E ouvi como que a voz de uma grande multidão, e como que a voz de muitas aguas, e como que a voz de grandes trovões, que dizia: Alleluia: pois já o Senhor Deus Todo-poderosoreina.

7Regozijemo-nos, e alegremo-nos, e demos-lhe gloria; porque vindas são as bodas do Cordeiro, e já a sua esposa se apromptou.

8E foi-lhe dado que se vestisse de linho fino, puro e resplandecente; porque o linho fino são as justiças dos sanctos.

9E disse-me: Escreve: Bemaventurados aquelles que são chamados á ceia das bodas do Cordeiro. E disse-me: Estas são as verdadeiras palavras de Deus.

10E eu lancei-me a seus pés para o adorar; porém elle disse-me: Olha não faças tal: sou teu conservo, e de teus irmãos, que teem o testemunho de Jesus: adora a Deus; porque o testemunho de Jesus é o espirito de prophecia.

11E vi o céu aberto, e eis um cavallo branco: e o que estava assentado sobre elle chama-se Fiel e Verdadeiro; e julga e peleja em justiça.

12E os seus olhos eram como chamma de fogo; e sobre a sua cabeça havia muitos diademas; e tinha um nome escripto, que ninguem sabia senão elle mesmo.

13E estava vestido de uma veste salpicada de sangue; e o seu nome chama-se a Palavra de Deus.

14E seguiam-n'o os exercitos no céu em cavallos brancos, e vestidos de linho fino, branco e puro.

15E da sua bocca sahia uma aguda espada, para ferir com ella as nações; e elle as regerá com vara de ferro; e elle mesmo pisa o lagar do vinho do furor e da ira do Deus Todo-poderoso.

16E no vestido e na sua coxa tem escripto este nome: Rei dos reis, e Senhor dos senhores.

17E vi um anjo, que estava no sol, e clamou com grande voz, dizendo a todas as aves que voavam pelo meio do céu: Vinde, e ajuntae-vos á ceia do grande Deus;

18Para que comaes a carne dos reis, e a carne dos tribunos, e a carne dos fortes, e a carne dos cavallos e dos que sobre elles se assentam; e a carne de todos os livres e servos, e pequenos e grandes.

19E vi a besta, e os reis da terra, e os seus exercitos ajuntados, para fazerem guerra áquelle que estava assentado sobre o cavallo, e ao seu exercito.

20E a besta foi presa, e com ella o falso propheta, que diante d'ella fizera os signaes, com que enganou os que receberam o signal da besta, e adoraram a sua imagem. Estes dois foram lançados vivos no ardente lago do fogo e do enxofre.

21E os demais foram mortos com a espada que sahia da bocca do que estava assentado sobre o cavallo, e todas as aves se fartaram das suas carnes.

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Summary

Heaven celebrates the fall of Babylon with hallelujahs and announces the wedding of the Lamb to his bride, the church, prepared and clothed in fine linen. Jesus then appears riding a white horse as King of kings and Lord of lords, defeating the beast and the false prophet, who are thrown into the lake of fire.

Explanation

The image of the 'wedding of the Lamb' uses marriage language, deeply significant in Jewish culture, to describe the final and complete union between Christ and his faithful people, represented by the 'bride' clothed in fine linen, explicitly interpreted as 'the righteous acts of the saints' (19:8). The description of Jesus returning as a victorious warrior riding a white horse, with a secret name and a sword coming out of his mouth (symbolizing the power of his word, not a literal weapon), contrasts dramatically with his first, humble coming as a baby in Bethlehem. The final defeat of the beast and the false prophet, thrown alive into the lake of fire without even undergoing formal judgment (unlike the humans in the next chapter), suggests that these figures represent systems and powers whose nature is already definitively condemned. Today's practical application is the sure hope that, despite every apparent victory of evil throughout history, the final and decisive triumph belongs to Christ.

Fun facts

  • The title 'King of kings and Lord of lords' (19:16), inscribed on the rider's robe and thigh, became one of the most widely used titles in Christian tradition to describe Christ's sovereignty, popularized also by Handel's 'Hallelujah' chorus, which combines this verse with Revelation 11:15.

Verse-by-verse explanation

  1. Apocalipse 19:1After the fall of Babylon described in the previous chapter, a heavenly multitude celebrates with “Alleluia,” a Hebrew word of praise that appears only in this chapter in the entire book of Revelation.
  2. Apocalipse 19:2Explains the reason for the praise: judgment against the “great whore” (the same symbolic city from chapter 17) is seen as justice being carried out, avenging the blood of those persecuted because of her.
  3. Apocalipse 19:3Repeats the “Alleluia” with an added detail: the smoke of this destruction, already described in chapter 18, keeps rising forever, an image of final judgment.
  4. Apocalipse 19:4The twenty-four elders and the four living creatures, figures who have appeared since chapter 4, repeat the gesture of worship already seen several times in the book.
  5. Apocalipse 19:5A voice coming from the throne itself calls all of God's servants, with no distinction of rank, to join in this collective praise.
  6. Apocalipse 19:6The response to this call comes as an immense sound, compared at once to a multitude, to many waters, and to mighty thunder, announcing that “the Lord God omnipotent reigneth” — a central affirmation of the whole book.
  7. Apocalipse 19:7Marriage was a common image in the Old Testament, in Hosea and Isaiah, for example, for the covenant relationship between God and His people. The text itself explains the symbol of the garment in the same verse: the fine linen represents the righteous acts of those who belong to God.
  8. Apocalipse 19:8The fine linen garment given to the bride (mentioned in the previous verse) receives a direct explanation in the text itself: it represents the righteous acts of the saints, not just any garment.
  9. Apocalipse 19:9This is the fourth of the seven blessings scattered through the book, this time about those invited to the Lamb's wedding supper, an image of final celebration.
  10. Apocalipse 19:10John mistakenly tries to worship the angel, but is corrected on the spot: even heavenly messengers are only fellow servants, and only God should receive this kind of worship.
  11. Apocalipse 19:11This rider stands in direct contrast to the first white horse of chapter 6, showing who truly judges with righteousness.
  12. Apocalipse 19:12Eyes like a flame of fire repeat the same description already used for the vision of Christ in chapter 1; the name “that no man knew” suggests an identity beyond what any human title could ever fully capture.
  13. Apocalipse 19:13This image draws on the prophet Isaiah, who describes a warrior stained after treading grapes in a winepress, again a figure of judgment, not a literal battle scene.
  14. Apocalipse 19:14The heavenly armies that accompany Him, dressed like the bride of verse 8, suggest that this battle scene is won together with the saints themselves, not by the rider alone.
  15. Apocalipse 19:15The sword coming out of his mouth repeats the image already used in chapter 1 for the power of the word that judges; ‘rod of iron’ draws on Psalm 2, and the ‘winepress’ recalls the image of judgment already seen in chapter 14.
  16. Apocalipse 19:16The title “KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS” written on His vesture and on His thigh (where swords were carried) reinforces His supreme authority over any other earthly power.
  17. Apocalipse 19:17This supper is a harsh, ironic contrast with the marriage of the Lamb mentioned just a few verses earlier: one is a feast of joy, the other an image of total defeat, two banquets framing the same chapter.
  18. Apocalipse 19:18This grim “supper,” with birds summoned to eat the bodies of the defeated, is a harsh and deliberate contrast with the Lamb's wedding supper mentioned just a few verses earlier.
  19. Apocalipse 19:19The beast, the kings of the earth, and their armies gather to fight against the rider, setting up the final confrontation that most of the book had been building toward.
  20. Apocalipse 19:20The beast and the false prophet (the second beast of chapter 13) are captured and thrown into the lake of fire, the same fate that awaits Satan later, in chapter 20.
  21. Apocalipse 19:21The rest of the army is defeated by the same symbolic sword coming out of the rider's mouth, without the text describing any prolonged physical battle — victory comes through the word, not through conventional combat.

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