The War Between the Beast & He that Sits on the White Horse (Rev. 19:19-)

The one sitting on this white horse has a sword. He is King of kings and Lord of lords, the Almighty ruler. The Beast, the kings of the earth and their armies make war with Him. It was first the Jews, but now the Gentiles bring their armies against the King of kings (cf. Rom. 1:18-2:16). As with the gospel and persecution, the judgment of God begins in Jerusalem among the people of the Jews, but then moved out from there to cover Gentiles, also. This wave of judgment moved from the eastern part of the Roman empire (Palestine), sweeping westward to the city of Rome.  Two signs of judgment against the Jews and Gentiles were the destruction of Jerusalem and the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius.  In both cases, the Lion of the tribe of Judah emerged victorious.

The beast and the false prophet Eleazar the priest, who had served as governor of the temple, were empowered by Satan to bring on the destruction of Jeusalem (2 Thess. 2:9; Rev. 13:2, 12; 16:13). These two deceivers along with those deceived by them were thrown into the abyss or perdition prepared for the Devil and his angels (Matt. 25:41; Lk. 8:31; Rev. 9:1ff; 20:1-3, 10).  It is the lake of fire and is described in Revelation 21:8 as “the second death.”   Later, when the 1,000 yr. reign of Christ ends, only Satan is release from his prison, the lake of fire (20:3,7) for a little time.   After he works his time of deceit and gathering the enemies of God to war, he is wipped again and returned a second and final time to the lake of fire where the beast and false prophet are kept (Rev. 20:10-15).   The place of torment in both the premillenial and postmillenial events are the same.   Concerning the redeemed, those who experienced the first resurrection had no fear of the second death (Rev. 2:10-11; 20:5-6; Lk. 21:28).  They have already received their reward.  The text presents the rider of the white horse killing the rest with the sword, a reference to the slaughter of both Jews and Gentiles during the Jewish rebellion.  The birds feasted on their flesh, while their unjust spirits were reserved for hell.