The Revelation of Jesus Christ - The Herald

Crown Him! crown Him!
Crown the Savior King of kings.
Sinners in derision crowned Him,
Mocking thus the Savior's claim;
Saints and angels crowd around Him,
Own His title, praise His name.
Crown Him! crown Him!
Spread abroad the Victor's fame.
Hark! those bursts of acclamation!
Hark! those loud triumphant chords!
Jesus takes the highest station;
Oh what joy the sight affords!
Crown Him! crown Him!
King of kings, and Lord of lords.
Chapter 43: Rev. 19:17-21
Christendom Gathered to Armageddon
"And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the
fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the
supper of the great God; that ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and
the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh
of all men, both free and bond, both small and great."--Rev. 19:17,18.
Let it be borne in mind that the vision described in these words is closely associated with,
indeed is a continuation of the one described in verses 11-16. It will be recalled that the
symbols employed in that part of the vision are descriptive of a great warrior and his
armies who were about to engage in deadly conflict. This conquering warrior and his
armies, as we observed, represent our Lord Jesus Christ and His glorified Church.
However, before St. John saw, or at least before he described the enemy forces, his
attention was drawn to the strange and startling scene of an angel who appears to be
standing in the sun, and who in a loud voice utters the words quoted above.
The import of the language implies that whoever may be represented by this angel,
foresees or anticipates the result or outcome of this terrible battle. The assembling of the
birds in response to the angel's call evidently refers to what is frequently the case after a
great battle, namely the assembling of vultures and other birds of prey over a battlefield to
feed on the flesh of the dead and disabled wounded. The words of the angel, therefore,
indicate that the symbols are drawn from a most sanguinary and cruel battle in which the
carnage and slaughter is most terrible, and the bodies of the dead are left unburied for the
birds of prey. This great battle is symbolical, and is quite generally understood by
expositors to be identical with the closing scene of the one called in Rev. 16:14,16, "the
battle of that great day of God Almighty"; and further described in the words, "He