Harvest - Revelation 14:14-20

Revelation 14:14-20 ESV
The Harvest of the Earth
Then I looked, and behold, a white cloud, and seated on the cloud one like a son of man, with a golden crown on his head, and a sharp sickle in his hand. And another angel came out of the temple, calling with a loud voice to him who sat on the cloud, “Put in your sickle, and reap, for the hour to reap has come, for the harvest of the earth is fully ripe.” So he who sat on the cloud swung his sickle across the earth, and the earth was reaped.
Then another angel came out of the temple in heaven, and he too had a sharp sickle. And another angel came out from the altar, the angel who has authority over the fire, and he called with a loud voice to the one who had the sharp sickle, “Put in your sickle and gather the clusters from the vine of the earth, for its grapes are ripe.” So the angel swung his sickle across the earth and gathered the grape harvest of the earth and threw it into the great winepress of the wrath of God. And the winepress was trodden outside the city, and blood flowed from the winepress, as high as a horse's bridle, for 1,600 stadia.

Another vision comes to John. There in a cloud is one like the Son of Man. This identifies this as Jesus, the King of Kings. He no longer has a book in His hands, but an implement of harvest. The Father sends an angel to declare the time and season. The hour has come.

This first sickle is swung to reap the ripe harvest of the earth. The Greek word here translated as ripe refers to a crop that has dried into maturity. This may well point us to those who grow up into Christ. The water of the flesh has evaporated in the presence of the refining fire of the Holy Spirit. When all is finished, the sea will be no more.

ξηραινω xeraino; from 3584; to dry up, waste away:--
dried (2), dries (1), ripe (1),q

The second sickle swings. It does not reap, but gathers the ripe clusters of the earth. A different Greek word is used here translated into the same English word: ripe. This crop is entirely different from the first harvest. Instead of the wheat of The Lord, we have before us the grapes of wrath. They are gathered for the winepress of God's wrath.
Broad is the path to destruction and deep is the cup poured out on the earth. The sea will turn to blood.

ακμαζω akmazo; from ακμη akme (a point, edge); to be at the prime:--
ripe (1).
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Daniel 7:13-14
The Son of Man Presented
“I kept looking in the night visions,
And behold, with the clouds of heaven
One like a Son of Man was coming,
And He came up to the Ancient of Days
And was presented before Him.
“And to Him was given dominion,
Glory and a kingdom,
That all the peoples, nations and men of every language
Might serve Him.
His dominion is an everlasting dominion
Which will not pass away;
And His kingdom is one
Which will not be destroyed.

Joel 3:13-14
Put in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe.
Come, tread, for the wine press is full;
The vats overflow, for their wickedness is great.
Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision!
For the day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision.

Isaiah 63:1-6
Chapter 63
The Lord's Day of Vengeance
Who is this who comes from Edom,
in crimsoned garments from Bozrah,
he who is splendid in his apparel,
marching in the greatness of his strength?
“It is I, speaking in righteousness,
mighty to save.”
Why is your apparel red,
and your garments like his who treads in the winepress?
“I have trodden the winepress alone,
and from the peoples no one was with me;
I trod them in my anger
and trampled them in my wrath;
their lifeblood spattered on my garments,
and stained all my apparel.
For the day of vengeance was in my heart,
and my year of redemption had come.
I looked, but there was no one to help;
I was appalled, but there was no one to uphold;
so my own arm brought me salvation,
and my wrath upheld me.
I trampled down the peoples in my anger;
I made them drunk in my wrath,
and I poured out their lifeblood on the earth.”