David Pawson - Revelation Part 5a

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THOUGHTFUL THOUGHTS  3rd July 2026 BY JOHN DUNNING.

THE RETURN OF JESUS CHRIST;- (REVELATION 19-20)

1). INTRODUCTION

We have reached the point in the Revelation story about Jesus Christ returning to earth.

As Jesus said He is the One who is bringing the world to an end, it will only come to an end when God says so! When Jesus returns, the angles sing their own version of the “Hallelujah chorus”;- (Rev.19:1-3). 

Here’s our version of it;- Handle’s “Hallelujah Chorus”...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUxdNsnQZWY

So many preachers (including Martin Luther, among others), predicted a date which was  completely false… so we should be a lot more humble about making predictions or being dogmatic. At the time Jesus spoke, He said only His Father in Heaven knew the time and hour, so even Jesus had not been told by His Father when He was on earth. What we do know is what the angel told the disciples in Acts 1:11, that Jesus will return in exactly the same way as He went, so just reverse the account in Acts 1, to get the visual picture! 

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2). THE RETURN OF JESUS CHRIST…

a). In Rev. 19.11-16 we read about “Him who is called ‘Faithful and True’;- 

i).  riding on a white horse. 

ii).  judging in righteousness and 

iii). making war. 

iv). His eyes are like fire and 

v).  He is crowned and 

vi). He has a name written that only He understands. 

vii). He has robe has blood on it and 

viii). He is called ‘the Word of God’. 

ix). His Word is like a sharp sword that strikes nations. 

x).  He will rule them with a rod of iron, (unyielding, but with impartially fair justice). 

He also executes the fierceness of the wrath of God, like grapes being squeezed in a winepress and 

xi). He wears a robe which reads, “KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS”. 

(The picture we have here is by a Jewish artist of the Messiah coming. See also Isaiah 63:1-6 where the LORD judges, like treading in a winepress.)

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b) In Rev. 19:17-21 a huge army gathers to fight against God’s people, but it is over with just a word from Jesus, as they all simply drop dead…

The first two humans to be cast into hell are to be ‘the beast’ and ‘the false prophet’, (Rev. 19:20).

c) In Rev. 20:1-3 Satan is bound by an angel and is dropped into the abyss while Jesus reigns for 1,000 years. And Paul tells us in 1 Corinthians 6:2 that we will be judging the world. Regarding Satan being thrown into hell, see Rev. 20:10. David Pawson has received complaints that his messages on Revelation 20 had mysteriously vanished. The agent had tested them before sending them out. David’s only conclusion has been that Satan had interfered with this message.

d) In 20:11-15 the final judgment comes when the books are opened. We learn here that there will be two resurrections. There will be one for the righteous and then a second one for the unrighteous.

3). SUMMARY

A summary of the order of events Jesus gave us for when He returns…

i). 19:11-16 …  King Jesus will destroy those massing to defeat Him in battle…

ii). 19:17-18…  Meat-eating birds will clean up those destroyed. 

iii). 19:19-21… The “beast” & “false prophet” are cast into hell.

iv). 20:1-3 …    Satan bound for 1,000 years. 

v). 20:4-10 …   The 1st resurrection is where the ‘righteous’ are resurrected and reign for 1,000 years. 

vi). 20:11-15 … The 2nd resurrection is where the wicked are resurrected for the day of judgment, which David calls “sheol”.

All this is the order that Jesus presented to John…

4). EPILOGUE

Jesus will win and reign forever, and there will be no more tears when He does... Everything will suddenly be better, permanently.

The order of events only became controversial after it was tampered with. The early church didn’t have a problem with it because they kept to the SAME order that Jesus gave us through John. It’s not difficult to follow… We need to ignore all the other theories and novels, very often played “on-air” by so-called Christian radio. 

Jesus gave a serious warning… 

Jesus told John to warn us not to change a single word, or else face being removed from experiencing LIFE;- (see Rev. 22.18-19).

Jesus’s letter to us inspires with confidence, as He has already won - God is waiting for all those who will still turn to Him.

This is a good place to pause our journey through Revelation… 

Next time, we will complete our journey through Revelation, by looking at Rev. 21-22;- looking at the new heaven, a new earth, and a new Jerusalem, (Rev. 21:1-2). 

Handle’s “Hallelujah Chorus”...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUxdNsnQZWY

Do share this study with your friends…

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HERE IS THE ANIMATED MOVIE OF “PILGRIM’s PROGRESS”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksu-zTG9HHg

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This is John Dunning signing off from “Thoughtful Thoughts” for another week.

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Notes

The ‘suffering church.’ 

PS. To help pray for the ‘suffering church’ see;- https://barnabasfund.org/nz/pray/daily-prayer/#previous-dates

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For a message on Hearing God, called “The Cost of Discipleship”, 

visit this podcast link https://share.transistor.fm/s/1263bbab

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This is the Bible audio for this week’s homily…

https://www.biblegateway.com/audio/mclean/kjv/Rev.19-Rev.20

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