“In His right hand He held seven stars, and out of His mouth came a sharp two-edged sword; and His face was like the sun shining in its strength.”
(Revelation 1:16b)
His Mouth:
'Out of His mouth came a sharp two-edged sword'. This is not to be taken literally as though a steel blade protruded from the mouth of the Lord. Rather, it means that Jesus fights His enemies (and those of His church), not with material weapons, but with His Word. Ephesians 6:17 speaks of 'the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.' This word is constantly going forth with supernatural power to execute judgment and to destroy the works of the evil one. One old country preacher in North Carolina once said that the sword of the Spirit which is the Word of God, is the only sword that you can stick into a dead man, and he becomes a living man.
(Douglas F. Kelly)
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