Revelation 19:13 - "Christ, The Word of God"

Revelation 19:13

"And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God."

In Revelation 19 we are given a glorious vision of the LORD Jesus Christ as He is now revealed in power and majesty. The meek and lowly Christ of His humiliation is not denied, but here He is shown as the exalted and triumphant King. This final title gathers up all that Scripture declares about Christ—Who He is, why He came, and what He has accomplished.

Christ is first the Eternal Word. When Scripture calls Him the Word of God, it is not merely describing speech or communication, but His eternal Person. John tells us, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God” (John 1:1). Christ did not begin in Bethlehem. He is from everlasting to everlasting, coequal with the Father and the Spirit. All that God purposed—creation, providence, salvation, and judgment—has always been determined in and through His Son. Without Christ as the Eternal Word, there is no revelation of God and no salvation of sinners.

This matters because salvation was not an afterthought. Scripture declares that God “hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world” (Ephesians 1:4). Christ stood as Mediator before time began. The Father purposed salvation, the Son undertook to accomplish it, and the Spirit would reveal it. Christ is not reacting to human will or human history. He is the living decree of God, the One in Whom all God’s purposes stand sure.

Second, Christ is the Incarnate Word. “And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us” (John 1:14). The Eternal Word truly became Man without ceasing to be God. He took on a real body to do the real work of salvation. God cannot die, yet death was required for sin to be put away. Therefore, the Word became flesh. Born of a woman and made under the law, Christ fulfilled all righteousness and bore the sins of His people in His own body, (Galatians 4:4).

The vesture dipped in blood points us directly to the cross. This is not first the blood of His enemies spilled in judgment, but His own blood shed unto death. Scripture says, “Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption” (Hebrews 9:12). Redemption was not made possible--it was obtained. Christ did not offer salvation conditionally. He accomplished it effectually. When He cried, “It is finished” (John 19:30), the work was done, and the Father declared His satisfaction by raising Him from the dead.

This is why forgiveness, righteousness, and life flow to all for whom Christ died. “He hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him” (2 Corinthians 5:21). The blood-stained robe declares both His priestly Sacrifice and His Kingly Authority. He stands as the Righteous Substitute and the Victorious Redeemer.

Third, Christ is the Conquering Word. In Revelation 19 He rides forth in righteousness to judge and to reign. “Out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations” (Revelation 19:15). This sword is His Word—powerful, irresistible, and final. Christ does not wait for permission from sinners. He rules. He conquered sin, death, and Satan, and He effectually calls His sheep by His Voice.

This is not the weak ‘Jesus’ of human imagination, pleading helplessly for acceptance. This is the sovereign King Who “shall reign for ever and ever” (Revelation 11:15). His Word never fails. “So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void” (Isaiah 55:11). Christ returned to the Father having accomplished all that He was sent to do, bringing with Him every soul the Father had given Him.

Every knee shall bow before Him—some in Grace, others in judgment—but all will confess that Jesus Christ is LORD. He is the Eternal Word in Whom salvation was purposed, the Incarnate Word by Whom redemption was accomplished, and the Conquering Word under whose sovereign reign His people now rest. Blessed are those who know Him as He is revealed in Scripture, for in Him alone is Life, Righteousness, and Peace.