After God has been victorious over the corrupt world, the crowd in heaven look at God's faithful people. It seems as though all nature has one great last shout to echo the 'Hallelujah' of victory. Crashing waves and majestic waterfalls blend with thunder like a mighty orchestra and choir to proclaim the 'Hallelujah' of Sovereignty. God is the undisputed Lord and Master of everything. He is almighty because He has all power and all authority to achieve whatever He chooses.

What a vision of the Lord Jesus Christ! We can only imagine the joy, awe and relief John experienced. After the multiple revelations of plagues of judgement on the unbelieving world, the Lord Jesus is now seen at the gates of heaven: a warrior king on a white horse. Whereas, in

The previous verse identifies the combatants in the battle to end all battles: "Then I saw the beast and the kings of the earth and their armies gathered together to wage war against the rider on the horse and his army." (Revelation 19:19) In other words the Antichrist and the world's rulers will amass their forces to fight against the Lord Jesus Christ and His angels. This is not the church fighting the world.

These verses have attracted a variety of interpretations. Many seek to fit the events in Revelation into a chronological order. The thousand years reign of Christ, associated with the banishment of Satan (Revelation 20:1-3), is a pivot point for many.