Judgment
Isaiah 63:1-6
Isaiah · ~700 BC · Status: Future · Confidence: 60%
“Who is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? this that is glorious in his apparel, travelling in the greatness of his strength? I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save.”
King James Version · the opening — all 6 verses are below
The divine warrior returning from judgment on Edom with blood-stained garments, a portrait of Christ's return at Armageddon.
Read the whole passage — all 6 verses (KJV)
63:1Who is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? this that is glorious in his apparel, travelling in the greatness of his strength? I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save.
63:2Wherefore art thou red in thine apparel, and thy garments like him that treadeth in the winefat?
63:3I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the people there was none with me: for I will tread them in mine anger, and trample them in my fury; and their blood shall be sprinkled upon my garments, and I will stain all my raiment.
63:4For the day of vengeance is in mine heart, and the year of my redeemed is come.
63:5And I looked, and there was none to help; and I wondered that there was none to uphold: therefore mine own arm brought salvation unto me; and my fury, it upheld me.
63:6And I will tread down the people in mine anger, and make them drunk in my fury, and I will bring down their strength to the earth.
Fulfillment References
Revelation 19:13-15 Revelation 14:20
How Traditions Read This Prophecy
Apostolic (Oneness) Pentecostal'Who is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments...?' The LORD comes from judgment, His garments stained, having 'trodden the winepress alone.' Revelation shows this is the returning Christ, clothed in a vesture dipped in blood (Rev. 19:13-15), treading the winepress of God's wrath. The Avenger from Edom and the Lord Jesus are the one God; He who came once in mercy comes again in judgment.
JewishThe Divine Warrior returning from judgment on Edom, garments red with the blood of His enemies, having acted alone; God's vengeance and the year of redemption.
CatholicRead of Christ's victory and final judgment; the lone treader of the winepress, applied to the Passion (by some Fathers) and to the Second Coming (Rev. 19).
ProtestantThe returning Christ treading the winepress of wrath (Rev. 19:13-15); the Warrior who saves and judges alone.
AcademicA vivid Divine-Warrior theophany; Revelation 19 draws directly on its winepress and bloodstained-garment imagery.
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