Our Savior, dressed in a robe dipped in blood

Revelation 19:11-13

"I saw heaven standing open and there before me was a white horse, whose rider is called Faithful and True...He is dressed in a robe dipped in blood, and his name is the Word of God."

Near the end of Revelation, John sees Christ, appearing as a rider on a white horse, Christ is described at length. The part highlighted above is part of that description. He appears in a robe dipped in blood.

Quick: What is the meaning of the blood-stained robe? Why does Christ appear in it?

These symbols have meaning, and John is constantly referring to the prophetic literature, especially Isaiah and Zechariah and Ezekiel. The imagery is drawn often drawn from these sources, modified somewhat, but reflective of the same ideas. Or, better to say that God presents himself to his prophets in a consistent manner!

So, did you say that it is his own blood that stains his robe? A reference to his sacrificial death? Well, then you are wrong.

Isaiah 63:1-3

"Who is this...with his garments stained crimson?
Why are your garments red...?
I have trodden the winepress...
I trampled [the nations] down in my anger...
their blood splattered my garments."

It is the blood of the slain enemies of the eternal king which stain his garments. The robe is dipped in blood like the garments of one treading grapes in a winepress. Vivid imagery. Christ conquers and destroys his enemies. This is as much a part of the revelation of God's son as when he appears as the lamb "looking as if it had been slain" earlier in Revelation.