Hi Judy,
Rev 19:11 Now I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse. And He who sat on him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He judges and makes war.
v. 12 His eyes were like a flame of fire, and on His head were many crowns. He had a name written that no one knew except Himself.
v. 13 He was clothed with a robe dipped in blood, and His name is called The Word of God.
v. 14 And the armies in heaven, clothed in fine linen, white and clean, followed Him on white horses.
v. 15 Now out of His mouth goes a sharp sword, that with it He should strike the nations. And He Himself will rule them with a rod of iron. He Himself treads the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.
v. 16 And He has on His robe and on His thigh a name written:
KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.
I believe this Scripture passage is in reference to Christ's return with the Elect/armies to rule/strike the nations. This has not happened yet, the Elect are not rulering in this world. Christ is back in heaven with the Father and there is another "ruler" in the world at this time.
John 14:28 You have heard Me say to you, "I am going away and coming back to you.' If you loved Me, you would rejoice because I said, "I am going to the Father,' for My Father is greater than I.
v. 29 "And now I have told you before it comes, that when it does come to pass, you may believe.
v. 30 I will no longer talk much with you, for the ruler of this world is coming, and he has nothing in Me.
There is now a ruler the prince of the power of the air... "who deceives the whole world" (Rev 12:9), except for the few called out of the world, the Elect that are being taught the truth.
Eph 2:1 And you He made alive, when you were dead through the trespasses and sins
v. 2 in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience.
v. 3 Among these we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, following the desires of body and mind, and so we were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.
So at this time a place/kingdom is being prepared, and when Christ has all of His Elect prepared and ready He will return and "receive" them (dead and alive) into His kingdom.
Luke 19:12 Therefore He said: "A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom and to return.
John 14:1 Let not your heart be troubled. You believe in God, believe also in Me.
v. 2 In My Father's house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
v. 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself, so that where I am, you may be also.
Mat 25:31 "When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the holy angels with Him, then He will sit on the throne of His glory.
v. 32 All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate them one from another, as a shepherd divides his sheep from the goats.
v. 33 And He will set the sheep on His right hand, but the goats on the left.
v. 34 Then the King will say to those on His right hand, "Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
mercy, peace and love
Kat