Revelation 19:13

And he is arrayed in a garment sprinkled with blood: and his name is called the Word of God.

Garment sprinkled with blood ... The imagery of this is thought to reflect the figure of the winepress in Isaiah 63, but there the blood was the blood of the Lord's enemies. As Caird pointed out, "The Rider's garment is already soaked in blood before the battle begins."[41] Some point out that Christ has already won many victories before the one pointed out here; but we seem to be compelled to seek the meaning symbolized by the bloodstains in that eternal victory of the Cross, where the enabling victory of all that came afterwards was achieved. "His garment is dipped in blood because Christ shed his blood for mankind."[42]

And his name is called the Word of God ... "This is a title of Christ used only by the apostle John (John 1:1,14,1 John 1:1,5:7)."[43] The apostle is thus linked with all three writings.

[41] G. B. Caird, The Revelation of St. John the Divine (New York: Harper and Row, 1966), p. 242.

[42] E. M. Zerr, op. cit., p. 340.

[43] Charles Caldwell Ryrie, op. cit., p. 112.