In a winepress, grapes are pulped to extract the juice. He throws the grapes 'into the winepress of God’s wrath' (Revelation 14:19). Wine press The clusters of grapes, left by Christ the first reaper, are now harvested by the second reaper. He tells the second angel to put in the sickle and reap what Christ, the first reaper, has left on the vine (Revelation 14:17-18). Then a third angel follows and calls out to the second angel. 2 The Second ReaperĪnother angel A second angel comes out of the heavenly temple with another sharp sickle (Revelation 14:17). Moreover, this is the judgment day harvest of the saved -those who have the name of Christ upon them, and their names in his book of life. This is the harvest of 'firstfruits to God' (Revelation 14:4) -all who have been consecrated to God and are likened to the firstfuits that were taken to the temple and offered to God back in Moses’s day. the harvest of the earth is ripe' (Revelation 14:15-16). The angel says, 'Put in your sickle and reap. harvest An angel from the temple in heaven calls to Christ on the cloud. In that vision, John heard that Person say, 'I am the first and the last and the living One, and I was dead, and behold I am alive forevermore' (Revelation 1:17-18). This is the same Person whom John saw in the very first vision (Revelation 1:13). Son of Man In this vision John now sees a white cloud, and sitting on it 'one like the Son of Man' (Revelation 14:14). He casts them into the winepress of the wrath of God. Another angel then comes to reap the clusters of grapes that remain. Judgment of the Beasts (Revelation 12-20)Īn Exposition of Revelation 14:14-20.

The reapers are the angels summary