Apocalipse 19

BLIVRE · Chapter 19/22

1E depois destas coisas, eu ouvi uma voz de uma grande multidão no céus, que dizia: “Aleluia! Salvação, glória, honra, e poder ao Senhor, nosso Deus!

2Porque verdadeiros e justos são seus juízos; pois ele julgou a grande prostituta, que com sua prostituição corrompia a terra, e vingou da mão dela o sangue dos servos dele.”

3E disseram pela segunda vez: “Aleluia! E a fumaça dela sobe para todo o sempre.”

4E os vinte e quatro anciãos, e os quatro animais, se prostraram, e adoraram a Deus (que [estava] sentado no trono) [e] diziam: “Amém! Aleluia!”

5E saiu uma voz do trono, dizendo: “Louvai ao nosso Deus, todos vós os servos dele, e vós que o temeis, tanto pequenos como grandes.”

6E eu ouvi como a voz de uma grande multidão, e como a voz de muitas águas, e como a voz de fortes trovões, dizendo: “Aleluia! Porque o Senhor Deus Todo-Poderoso reina!

7Alegremos, e fiquemos muito contentes, e demos glória a ele, pois [já] chegou a festa de casamento do Cordeiro, e a sua esposa já se preparou.

8E foi concedido a ela que se vestisse de linho fino puro e brilhante; pois o linho fino são as justiças dos santos.”

9E ele me disse: Escreve: “Benditos [são] aqueles que foram chamados para a ceia da festa de casamento do Cordeiro.” E ele me disse: “Estas são as verdadeiras palavras de Deus.”

10E eu me lancei aos pés dele para o adorar; mas ele me disse: “Olha, não [faças isso] ! Eu [também] sou companheiro de serviço teu, e de teus irmãos, que têm o testemunho de Jesus; adora a Deus; porque o testemunho de Jesus é o espírito da profecia.”

11E eu vi o céu aberto; e eis um cavalo branco; e o que estava sentado sobre ele era chamado Fiel e Verdadeiro, e em justiça ele julga e guerreia.

12E os olhos dele [eram] como uma chama de fogo; e sobre a cabeça dele [havia] muitas diademas, e ele tinha um nome escrito, que ninguém sabia, a não ser ele mesmo.

13E ele estava vestido de uma roupa tingida em sangue, e o nome dele é chamado “Palavra de Deus”.

14E os exércitos no céu o seguiam em cavalos brancos, vestidos de linho fino branco e puro.

15E da boca dele saía uma espada afiada, para com ela ferir às nações; e ele as dominará com vara de ferro; e ele pisa na prensa do vinho da ira e da indignação do Deus Todo-Poderoso.

16E ele tem sobre [sua] roupa e sobre sua coxa escrito [este] nome: “Rei dos Reis, e Senhor dos Senhores”.

17E eu vi um anjo que estava no sol; e ele clamou em alta voz, dizendo a todas as aves que voavam no meio do céu: “Vinde, e ajuntai-vos para a ceia do grande Deus;

18para que comais a carne dos reis, e a carne dos chefes militares, e a carne dos fortes, e a carne dos cavalos e dos que se assentam sobre eles; e a carne de todos os livres e servos; e dos pequenos e dos grandes.”

19E eu vi a besta, e os reis da terra, e os exércitos deles juntos, para fazerem guerra contra aquele que estava sentado sobre o cavalo, e contra o exército dele.

20E a besta foi presa, e com ela o falso profeta, que diante dela fazia os sinais sobrenaturais, com os quais tinha enganado aos que receberam a marca da besta, e adoraram à imagem dela. Estes dois foram lançados vivos no lago do fogo ardente em enxofre.

21E os restantes foram mortos com a espada que saía da boca daquele que estava sentado sobre o cavalo; e as aves se saciaram com as carnes deles.

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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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