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The Warrior Christ and Nero Revived : Day 73 
And I saw an angel standing in the sun, who cried in a loud voice to all the birds flying in midair, "Come, gather together for the great supper of God, so that you may eat the flesh of kings, generals, and mighty men, of horses and their riders, and the flesh of all people, free and slave, small and great." Then I saw the beast and the kings of the earth and their armies gathered together to make war against the rider on the horse and his army. But the beast was captured, and with him the false prophet who had performed the miraculous signs on his behalf. With these signs he had deluded those who had received the mark of the beast and worshipped his image. The two of them were thrown alive into the fiery lake of burning sulphur. The rest of them were killed with the sword that came out of the mouth of the rider on the horse, and all the birds gorged themselves on their flesh. (Revelation 19.17-21)
Nero Redivivus
The beast is Nero "redivivus" that is "Nero Resurrected" is a repetition of imagery. (1). "The false prophet" is the provincial organization which administered Caesar worship, and those who have the mark of the beast have worshipped at the shrine of Caesar. The kings of the earth and their armies are the Parthian hosts, which Nero was to lead against Rome and against the world.
The Warrior Christ
So all the forces hostile to God assemble themselves; but the warrior Christ is to conquer. Antichrist and his henchmen are cast into "the fiery lake of burning sulphur"; and all their supporters are slain, to await in "Sheol" the final judgment. The cosmic drama is drawing to a close.
Words to meditate on
How do our lives reflect the holiness and righteousness of God?
Words to pray
"Holy, holy, Holy, Lord God Almighty Merciful and mighty.
All thy works shall praise thy name, In earth and sky and sea."(2)
Notes
(1) chapter 13 (2)
"The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show his servants what must soon take place."
