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He 4:
There is another imagery of the sword in the opening chapter, Re 1:
In the final battle, Re 19:
These are two distinct images. The word of God, like a sword, penetrates believers' way of thinking and behaving. The word of God, coming out of Jesus' mouth in Re, targets the wicked as their final judgment.
This sword cut deep to transform the heart of a believer.11 Let us therefore strive to enter that rest, so that no one may fall by the same sort of disobedience. 12 For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart. 13 And no creature is hidden from his sight, but all are naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must give account.
There is another imagery of the sword in the opening chapter, Re 1:
This was not a warm vision but a scary one to John:14 The hairs of his head were white, like white wool, like snow. His eyes were like a flame of fire, 15 his feet were like burnished bronze, refined in a furnace, and his voice was like the roar of many waters. 16 In his right hand he held seven stars, from his mouth came a sharp two-edged sword, and his face was like the sun shining in full strength.
Jesus comforted John.17 When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. But he laid his right hand on me, saying, “Fear not."
In the final battle, Re 19:
The sword of Jesus' mouth represents the fury and the wrath of God. It will judge the wicked.15 From his mouth comes a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations, and he will rule them with a rod of iron. He will tread the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty."
These are two distinct images. The word of God, like a sword, penetrates believers' way of thinking and behaving. The word of God, coming out of Jesus' mouth in Re, targets the wicked as their final judgment.