Chapter 14 concludes with two harvests being reaped. The first one is the reaping of the saints and the second is the reaping of those who refused to believe the truth of Jesus as to be saved and participate in the first reaping. Verse 14 says this;
"And I looked, and behold, a white cloud, and sitting on the cloud was one like
the son of man, having a golden crown on His head, and a sharp sickle in His hand."
We know that the one who is sitting on the white cloud is Jesus because His is capitalized, which always makes reference to God. Verse 15 says this;
"And another angel came out of the temple, crying out with a loud voice to
Him who sat on the cloud. 'Put in your sickle and reap, because the hour to
reap has come, because the harvest of the earth is ripe.' And He who sat on the
cloud swung His sickle over the earth; and the earth was reaped."
What we see taking place here is the resurrection of all who have made Jesus their Lord by receiving what Jesus did for them on the cross, shedding His Blood for the forgiveness of their sins. When they invited Jesus to come into their soul and make them born of above, they received eternal life. They became a New Creation, waiting for the resurrection, that would allow them to be caught up to meet Jesus in the air, receiving their new glorified heavenly bodies. Jesus told of this in Matthew's 24th Chapter, verses 29-31;
"But immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened,
and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will fall from the sky, and the
powers of the heavens will be shaken, and then the sign of the Son of Man will
appear in the sky, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will
see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky with power and great glory.
And he will send forth His angels with a great trumpet and they will gather
together His elect from the four winds, from one end of the sky to the other."
Paul writes of this event in his first letter to the Thessalonians in the 4th Chapter, verses 16 and 17;
"'For the Lord Himself will desend from heaven with a shout, with the voice
of the archangel, and with the trumpet of God; and the dead in Christ shall rise
first. Then those who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them
in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and thus we shall always be with the Lord."
Jesus spoke of this in the gospel of John Chapter 14, verses 1-3:
"Let not your heart be trouble: believe in God, believe also in Me. In My
Fathers house are many dwelling places; if it were not so, I would have told you;
for I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go to prepare a place for you, I will
come again, and receive you to Myself; that where I am, you might be also."
Then in Revelation verse 17, we see this;
"And another angel came out of the temple that is in heaven, and he also had
a sharp sickle."
The difference we see between the two sickle holders, is that Jesus was the first sickle holder who did the reaping of His believers and the second sickle holder is an angel who will do the reaping of those who remain. Jesus will gather His havest of the saints unto Himself. The angel will gather his haverst into the wine press of the wrath of God. For it says this in verse 18-20;
"And another angel, the one who has the power over fire, came out from the
altar; and he called with a loud voice to him who had the sharp sickle, saying,
'Put in your sharp sickle, and gather the clusters from the vine of the earth,
because her grapes are ripe.' And the angel swung his sickle to the earth, and
gathered the clusters from the vine of the earth, and through them into the great
wine press of the wrath of God. And the wine press was trodden outside the city,
and blood came up to the horses bridles, for a distance of two hundred miles."
We are going to see, in Chapter 16, that this wine press will be in a valley in Israel, called Har-Magedon, known more as Armageddon. This is a valley north of Jerusalem, that is 200 miles long. In Chapter 16, verses 13-16;
"And I saw coming out of the mouth of the dragon(Satan) and out of the mouth
of beast(anti-christ) and out of the mouth of the false prophet(the religious leader
that has people worship the beast), three unclean spirits like frogs; for they are
spirits of demons, performing signs, which go out to the kings of the whole world,
to gather them together for the war of the great day of God, the Almighty."
This is what is know as, The Day of The Lord. John is descibing what he is seeing and he says that the demons that come out of the three look like frogs. Remember, Satan and his demons will be cast down to the earth in the middle of the seven year covenant that the anti-christ will break. We know that Satan and his demons have access now to the earth, but they also have access to the spiritual realm. With 3 1/2 years to go before the Day of The Lord, they will be kicked out of heaven and down to the earth. Like I have said before, I am not sure what kind of manifestation this will be. If it is phisical, then you have to consider what John is seeing when he says, "like frog". Satan knows that this is going to occur, he can't say that he is Satan and the others are demons, so he has to prepare mankind for this event. All I can say is look at all the disciptions that have been given by people who have seen extraterestrials..Although they have people believing that they are from other planets, could they be from another realm. Could it be that Satan's deception is that he will say that he and his demons are from somewhere in space. Or possible, since he is going to claim to be God, could he say that the demons are his angels. We will have to see.
When the angel puts in his sickle to gather the clusters of the earth to the wine press of God, these three will get the kings of the the earth to gather all the armies of the world to this valley. They will arrogantly try to war against the Almighty God who will look at them and laugh.
John continues in Chapter 16 verse 15;
("Behold I am coming like a thief. Blessed is the one who stays awake and
keeps his garments, lest he walk about naked and men see his shame.")
Jesus is saying that prior to this event in Armageddon, He will put in His sickle and call His faithul ones to Himself. Those who persevere until the end.
John concludes in Chapter 15 verse 16;
"And they gathered them together to the place which in Hebrew is called
Har-Magedon."
In this valley the blood of the slain there will be so much that it will be as high as the horses bridle.
Jesus grace and peace be with you.
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