Thread by @PastProves

(1) Think, abortion, the torture and murder of children for their BLOOD
and now the judgement. I cant even believe the accuracy of these prophecies,
along with all the others.

(2) Revelation 14:14-20 The Two Great Harvests We are nearing the end of summer. The fall is the time of the harvest. Farmers who have spent the entire summer preparing their crops get to harvest their crops for their benefit.

(3) Here in Revelation 14, we are nearing the “fall season” of the book. The seal, thunder, and trumpet judgments have all occurred.

Bear with me here.

(4) God has been working in the lives of
people to protect the saints and to prepare the world for His final judgment.
Here, we see the results of that cultivation: the two great harvests.

(5) “Then I looked, and there was a white cloud, and One like the Son of Man was seated on the cloud, with a gold crown on His head and a sharp sickle in His hand.” (Revelation 14:14, HCSB)

(6) Clouds are significant throughout Scripture because they represent the visible presence of God.
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF CLOUDS1 When the law was first given, a cloud covered the mountain (Exodus 19:16). When the law was given a second time, a cloud again appeared (Exodus 34:5).

(7) Upon its completion, a cloud covered the tabernacle (Exodus 40:34).

Whenever the Israelites were to break camp on their journey to the Promised Land, a cloud led the way (Numbers 9:17).

When the temple was dedicated, a cloud filled the holy of holies (1 Kings 8:10).

(8) When Jesus was on the Mount of Transfiguration (Matthew 17:5)

When Jesus ascended into Heaven (Acts 1:9)

(9) THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE HARVESTS
-There are two harvests, one of grain and one of grapes.

Notice that the first harvest is the harvest of the earth. The second harvest is the harvest of the grapes of the earth.
-They could be 2 harvests, 1 of evangelism, and 1 of judgment.

(10) Whereas both harvests are likely parallel images for judgment in Joel,
some commentators suggest that Revelation uses only the second image for
judgment (14:17–20).

(11) The grain harvest, by contrast, includes the evangelism
and gathering of God’s people, as the grain harvest is used in many early
Christian texts (Mark 4:20, 29).

(12) Note too that the martyrs in 14:4 were the “firstfruits” from a godly
grain harvest, that is, a sacrifice that foreshadowed the rest of the harvest
like them (Lev. 23:9–14).

-They are performed by two different people: the Son of Man and the Grim Reaper Angel

(13) Revelation 14, speaks of “two harvests”—the first when the Son of Man comes in the clouds with a sickle to reap the harvest of his saints (14:14–16); the second when the grim reaper angel reaps the grapes of God’s wrath in judgment (14:17–20).

(14) THE HARVEST OF REDEMPTION (Revelation 14:15-16) “Another angel came out of the sanctuary, crying out in a loud voice to the One who was seated on the cloud, “Use your sickle and reap, for the time to reap has come, since the harvest of the earth is ripe.”

(15) In a highly symbolic scene, Jesus reaps a harvest of grain, which refers
to the salvation of those who confess Christ (14:14–16). This is a familiar
image from the Gospels, where the evangelization of the world is compared to a harvest (Matt. 9:36–38; Luke 10:2; Mark 4:29).

(16) REASONS WHY THIS IS THE HARVEST OF THE RIGHTEOUS
1.The action is taken by Jesus rather than an angel
-The image of a grain harvest is used elsewhere in a positive light (e.g., Matthew 9:37–38; John 4:34–38)

(17) -The description of the 144,000 as “firstfruits” in 14:4 points to a greater harvest to come
-In the second vision, the grapes are harvested and then trampled, while in the first vision the grain is only harvested, not winnowed or threshed or burned

(18) THE HARVEST OF JUDGMENT (Revelation 14:17-20) “Then another angel who also had a sharp sickle came out of the sanctuary in heaven.”

(19) THREE DIFFERENT VINES IN SCRIPTURE The grape harvest is often a picture of judgment (see Joel 3:13ff, which anticipates the Day of the Lord). In actuality, Scripture portrays three different “vines.”

(20) -Israel was God’s vine, planted in the land to bear fruit for God’s glory; but the nation failed God and had to be cut down (Psalm 80:8–16; Isaiah 5:1–7; see also Matthew 21:33–46).
- Today, Christ is the Vine and believers are branches in Him (John 15).

(21) -The world system is also a vine, “the vine of the earth” in contrast to Christ, the heavenly Vine; and it is ripening for judgment. The wicked system Babylon that intoxicates ppl & controls them, will one day be cut down and destroyed in “the winepress of the wrath of God.”

(22) “Yet another angel, who had authority over fire, came from the altar, and he called w/a loud voice to the one who had the sharp sickle, “Use your sharp sickle & gather the clusters of grapes from earth’s vineyard, because its grapes have ripened.”” (Revelation 14:18, HCSB)

(23) “So the angel swung his sickle toward earth and gathered the grapes from earth’s vineyard, and he threw them into the great winepress of God’s wrath.”
(Revelation 14:19, HCSB)

(24) “Then the press was trampled outside the city, and blood flowed out of the press up to the horses’ bridles for about 180 miles.” (Revelation 14:20, HCSB)