Charles Spurgeon Commentary Revelation 19:17-18

"And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the birds that fly in mid heaven, Come [and] be gathered together unto the great supper of God; that ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses and of them that sit thereon, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, and small and great." — Revelation 19:17-18 (ASV)

By this highly figurative language, we are to understand that, when Christ goes forth to war in battling for the truth, and his true followers come after him, their victory will be certain, and the slain of the Lord will be many. We do not look for carnage and bloodshed to establish the kingdom of Christ on earth; but this revelation gives us a picture of the utter overthrow and destruction of all forms of error through the power of the everlasting gospel of Jesus Christ.

Amen, so let it be! Oh, that the King of kings would mount his white horse at once, and that all his people would follow him!

He will do so at the right time, and then the victory shall be unto God, and to the truth, and to love, and to peace and holiness, forevermore.