The Lord in Judgment and Salvation
With dyed garments from Bozrah,
This One who is1 glorious in His apparel,
Traveling in the greatness of His strength?—
“I who speak in righteousness, mighty to save.”
And from the peoples no one was with Me.
For I have trodden them in My anger,
And trampled them in My fury;
Their blood is sprinkled upon My garments,
And I have stained all My robes.
And I wondered
That there was no one to uphold;
Therefore My own carm brought salvation for Me;
And My own fury, it sustained Me.
Made them drunk in My fury,
And brought down their strength to the earth.”
God’s Mercy Remembered
And the praises of the Lord,
According to all that the Lord has bestowed on us,
And the great goodness toward the house of Israel,
Which He has bestowed on them according to His mercies,
According to the multitude of His lovingkindnesses.
No entry exists in Forerunner Commentary for Isaiah 63:1.
Isaiah 63:1-6
Now, this seems to be the source of what we read in Revelation 14. The major concern seems to be that there is going to be a cataclysmic destruction of mankind, a destruction that is so great, Jesus said, that unless God intervenes, there would be no flesh saved alive.
So great is the destruction that the spilled blood is pictured in Revelation 14 as being up to a horse’s chest.
Now, a winepress is a symbol of great pressure being applied in order to gather every last drop. What we are looking at here is extremely vivid metaphors. They are given that way in order to impress on people the horrors of the times that are coming—a warning to you and me. You do not want to be a part of it.
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