th righteousness, and the people with truth," Psa. 96:11-13. He
cometh "to execute judgment upon all," Jude 15.

To "make war." That this is another object of his coming, is shown by:

The Final Conflict.

"And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud
voice, saying to all the birds flying in the midst of heaven,
Come! gather yourselves to the great supper of God; that ye may
eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of commanders, and the flesh
of the mighty, and the flesh of the horses, and of those who sit
on them, and the flesh of all, both free and bond, both small and
great. And I saw the wild beast, and the kings of the earth, and
their armies, gathered to make war with him, who sat on the horse,
and with his army. And the wild beast was taken, and with him the
false prophet, who wrought signs in his sight, with which he had
deceived those who received the mark of the wild beast, and those
who worshipped his image. These two were cast alive into the lake
of fire burning with brimstone. And the rest were slain with the
sword of him who sat on the horse, which sword goeth forth from
his mouth; and all the birds were filled with their flesh." Rev.
19:17-21.

The contest being between the Lord and his armies on the one part, and the
wicked nations on the other, the angel seen standing in the sun and
performing an important act in connection with the Lord's army, must
represent one of his attending angels; for the acts to be performed are to
be by their instrumentality: "In the end of this world, the Son of man
shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all
things that offend, and them which do iniquity; and shall cast them into a
furnace of fire," Matt. 13:40-42.

His crying to the fowls of heaven to come and sup on the bodies of the
slain, is indicative of the certainty of victory and of the entire
overthrow of those who war against the Lamb. As birds gather on fields of
slaughter to feast on the slain, so a cry to "all the fowls of heaven" is
expressive of the extent and thoroughness of the destruction to be
inflicted. It is the same cry which is made in Ezekiel, 39:17, when the
armies of Gog are slain on the mountains of Israel. The beast and the
kings of the earth symbolize the various governments in the world. The
"beast" is that which had seven heads and ten horns (13:1, and 17:3), and
was a