The King Is Coming, October 4, 2026

The King Is Coming with Jeff Kinley Revelation's Guide to Knowing God, Episode 5: The Second Coming and the King of Kings Jeff Kinley continues Revelation's Guide to Knowing God by examining the Second Coming of Jesus Christ in Revelation chapter 19, tracing the rider on the white horse called Faithful and True, the gathering at Armageddon, and the armies that follow Him. Opening With a Promise and a New Book Jeff Kinley opens The King Is Coming by reminding listeners that people break promises all the time, while Jesus never does, because He is the ultimate promise keeper. He then previews his new book, God's Grand Finale: Wrath, Grace, and Glory in Earth's Final Days, explaining that it walks through the entire Book of Revelation from a slightly different angle. In Kinley's view, John's Revelation was not written only to describe the end times, but to show readers who God is, so that believers can grow closer to Him. He describes the book as highlighting thirteen attributes of God that rise out of the text. Kinley then places today's teaching inside his series, Revelation's Guide to Knowing God, and says the broadcast will focus on the return of Jesus Christ, which he calls the crescendo of all human history. The announcer reads an offer for the six-part DVD series, and Kinley returns to say the Second Coming is the moment the Bible has been moving toward. Armageddon and the Nations in Revolt Kinley describes the state of humanity when Christ returns. Turning to Revelation chapter 19, he says the world is still hating God, blaspheming Him, and taunting Him to the point that the world's armies have gathered on one battlefield outside Jerusalem called Armageddon. He quotes a claim that Napoleon called it the most natural battlefield on planet Earth, and notes that the armies have come not to fight one another but to fight God. Kinley connects this rebellion to Psalm 2, reading the psalmist's words about the nations raging and the kings of the earth taking their stand against the Lord and His anointed. He explains that God the Father laughs at this defiance and then speaks in anger, declaring that He has installed His King upon Zion, His holy mountain. Kinley says this is why the Second Coming should be studied in detail, and he prepares listeners to look at the particulars of what the return will be like and which attributes of God it reveals. The Faithful and True Rider on a White Horse Kinley reads Revelation 19:11 and says heaven opens so that Jesus can come out, just as it opened in chapter 4 so that John could come in. He stresses that Christ is not coming back to rescue anyone at the end of the tribulation but to do battle. He contrasts this kind of coming, which many signs precede, with the rapture, which he calls a signless event with nothing that must happen before it. Kinley notes that Jesus describes His arrival as coming like a thief, citing Revelation 16:15, and says nobody will know what is about to hit them. He then explains the white horse, comparing it to the victory steeds of first-century Roman generals returning from war. Jesus has traded the humble donkey of His triumphal entry for a horse, Kinley says, because He is coming not to die but to reign. He calls the rider Faithful and True, linking that title to Revelation 1:7 and 3:14, and says that a Savior who keeps every promise will return exactly as He said. A Robe Dipped in Blood and Crowns of Enemies Kinley turns to the eyes, crowns, names, and garment of the rider. He says the flaming eyes recall Revelation chapter 1, a penetrating gaze that nothing can hide from, the same eyes that once wept over Jerusalem and at Lazarus' funeral. The many crowns, he explains, use a Greek word for a ruler's crown, and most commentators take them to be the crowns of the earth's rulers, which Kinley believes Jesus has taken for Himself as the ruler over all rulers. He compares this to David taking the crown of the Ammonite king in 2 Samuel. Kinley says the secret name that only Jesus knows is probably tied to His intimate relationship with the Father, and he refuses to guess at it. For the blood on the robe, he points to Isaiah chapter 63, where a figure comes from Edom in garments of glowing colors from Bozrah. He places Bozrah in modern Jordan near Petra and believes tribulation Jews will flee there after the abomination of desolation. The blood, he concludes, belongs to His enemies. Armies in White and the Mount of Olives Kinley describes the armies that follow Christ, citing Revelation 19:14 and reading that they are clothed in fine linen, white and clean, on white horses. He identifies them as the church and the saints in heaven, and adds that tribulation martyrs and Old Testament saints may ride with them. He jokes that listeners will have to learn to ride, though they will not need to fight, because Christ alone does battle with the sword from His mouth. Kinley reads Revelation 19:15, where the sword smites the nations and Christ rules