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Then I heard what sounded like the roar of a huge crowd, like the sound of rushing
waters, like loud peals of thunder, saying, "Halleluyah! ADONAI [YEHOVAH, YHVH],
GOD OF HEAVEN'S ARMIES, HAS BEGUN HIS REIGN!"....Then I saw heaven
opened, and there before me was a white horse. Sitting on it was the one called FAITH-
FUL AND TRUE, and it is in righteousness that he passes judgment and goes to battle.
His eyes were like a fiery flame, and on his head were MANY ROYAL CROWNS. And
he had a name written which no one knew but himself. He was wearing a robe that had
been soaked in blood, and the name by which he is called is, "THE WORD OF GOD."
The ARMIES OF HEAVEN, clothed in fine linen, white and pure, were following him
on white horses. And out of his mouth comes a sharp sword with which to strike down
nations -- "He will rule them with a staff of iron." It is he who treads the winepress from
which flows the wine of the furious rage of ADONAI [YEHOVAH, YHVH], GOD OF
HEAVEN'S ARMIES. And on his robe and on his thigh he has a name written: "KING
OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS." -- Verses 6, 11-16, Jewish New Testament.

God the Father's future universal role on earth in the form of the physical "Shekinah" pres-
ence is a major theme of the Old Testament. Verse 6 above inaugurates God the Father's Kingly
reign on earth -- although its establishment requires several stages: first is the RETURN OF THE
MESSIAH (CHRIST) in Revelation 14:14, the wedding feast of the Lamb (Christ) in Revelation
19:7-9, climaxed by the RETURN OF YEHOVAH'S SHEKINAH PRESENCE (Revelation
19:11-15); then Satan must be chained (Revelation 20:1-3, 7-10), judgment must take place (Reve-
lation 20:11-15), and only then does Christ actually rule as king and priest to his Father who re-
sides in the new Third Temple in the form of the "Shekinah" presence.

In order for the wedding feast of the Lamb (Christ) to take place, Christ must FIRST return
to this earth -- NOT afterwards as would be the case if Revelation 19 referred to Christ's return!

In Titus 2:13 we are encouraged "to expect the blessed fulfillment of our CERTAIN
HOPE, WHICH IS THE APPEARING OF THE SH'KHINAH OF OUR GREAT GOD AND the
appearing of our Deliverer, Yeshua the Messiah" (Jewish New Testament). Verses 11-16 of
Revelation 19 describe this eagerly awaited (by the early Christians) "Second Coming" of God's
(Yehovah's) holy "Shekinah" -- NOT the Second Coming of Christ as millions have blindly
believed!

The phrase "Faithful and True" in verse 11 has been correctly capitalized in all the transla-
tions I have seen, and denotes the ULTIMATE in faithfulness and truth -- which, of course, is Ye-
hovah (YHVH) the Father. In Jeremiah 10:10 we read: "But the LORD [YEHOVAH, YHVH] is
the true God [more correctly, "God of truth" -- Elohim emet]; He is the living God and the ever-
lasting King. At His wrath the earth will tremble, and the nations will not be able to abide His in-
dignation." The "God of truth" in the above verse is not primarily the God who reveals eternal
verities, but the God who can be trusted to keep His covenant. The RETURN of the "Shekinah"
Glory will be the faithful REAPPEARANCE of Him who has already appeared among men -- this
time He comes to bring the covenant promises to their final and full consummation.

In verses 12-13 of Revelation 19 we read -- "His eyes were like a fiery flame, and on his
head were MANY ROYAL CROWNS. And he had a name written which no one knew but himself.

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