And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in thy sickle, and reap: for the time is come for thee to reap; for the harvest of the earth is ripe.

Thrust in - `Send.' The angel does not command the "Son of man" (), but, as messenger, announces to the Son the will of God the Father, in whose hands are the times and the seasons.

Thy sickle - (, where also He 'sendeth the sickle.') The Son sends His sickle-bearing angel to reap the righteous.

Harvest. By the harvest-reaping the elect righteous are gathered; by the vintage, the anti-Christian offenders are removed out of the earth-the scene of Christ's coming kingdom (). The Son of man Himself, with a golden crown, is introduced in the harvest-gathering of the elect, a mere angel in the vintage (Revelation 14:18).

Is ripe - `is dried:' all the bitter elements removed. Ripe for glory (). Is ripe - `is dried:' all the bitter elements removed. Ripe for glory ().

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