V: Kingdom, Zion and Temple

Rider on the White Horse

the Messiah executing final judgment by the word

Root
Ps 45:3-5 · dabar (H1697)
Old Testament chain
  1. Deut 18:18
  2. 2 Sam 23:2
  3. Ps 45:3-5
  4. Ps 107:20
  5. Isa 55:11
  6. Hab 3:8
  7. Zech 1:8
  8. Rev 19:11
New Testament
Rev 19:11; Rev 19:13

The royal psalm first mounts the king: "in thy majesty ride prosperously because of truth and meekness and righteousness" (Ps 45:4), and in the same psalm "Elohim, thy Elohim, hath anointed thee" (Ps 45:7). Habakkuk sees Yahuah ride "upon thy horses and thy chariots of salvation" (Hab 3:8). Moses foretold the prophet in whose mouth Yahuah would "put my words" (Deut 18:18). The book reads the Rider as Messiah in the full and final execution of judgment, distinct from the first-seal rider. His name, the Word of Yahuah, was earned by speaking only the Father's words, so message and messenger became inseparable. That makes Him the faithful mouthpiece of Yahuah, not Yahuah in another form.

From The Courtroom of Heaven, pp. 319, 324–325