“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 on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great.”
'so that you may eat the flesh of kings, generals, and the mighty, of horses and their riders, and the flesh of all people, free and slave, great and small' - the gruesome supper involves the consumption of the bodies of all those slain in the final battle: kings, military leaders, soldiers, and all the ranks of humanity. The impartiality of death applies to all.
Church Fathers on Revelation 19:18
“And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True.” The horse, and He that sits upon him, sets forth our Lord coming to His kingdom with the heavenly army. Because from the sea of the north, which is the Arabian Sea, even to the sea of Phœnice, and even to the ends of the earth, they will command these greater parts in the coming of the Lord Jesus, and all the souls of the nations will be assembled to judgment.
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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