<p>19:15 <em>And out of his mouth proceeds a sharp sword, that with it he should strike down the nations; and he shall rule them with a rod of iron</em>- The language of the Lord Jesus at His return (Ps. 2:9); and yet it has already been quoted in Revelation about how we shall do the same (2:27). See on 12:5. All that is true of the Lord Jesus personally shall be true of us who are in and with Him.</p><p><i>And He treads the winepress of the fierceness of the anger of God</i>- Anyone doing this would have red clothes, spattered with red grape juice. The connection is with His appearance at the crucifixion; see on :13. The cross was &quot;the judgment of this world&quot;, and now that judgment is articulated. He judges because He went through the tribulation of the cross. </p>