Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Revelation 14:16
Crying — By the command of God. Thrust in thy sickle, for the harvest is ripe — This implies an high degree of holiness in those good men, and an earnest desire to be with God.
Crying — By the command of God. Thrust in thy sickle, for the harvest is ripe — This implies an high degree of holiness in those good men, and an earnest desire to be with God.
Verse Revelation 14:16. _THE EARTH WAS REAPED._] The judgments were executed. But _where_, or on _whom_, who can tell?...
AND HE THAT SAT ON THE CLOUD - The Saviour, Revelation 14:14. THRUST IN HIS SICKLE ON THE EARTH - To cut down the harvest - that is, to gather his people to himself. AND THE EARTH WAS REAPED - So far...
CHAPTER 14 Grace ancient _ 1. The Lamb and the 144,000 (Revelation 14:1)_ 2. The everlasting gospel (Revelation 14:6) 3. Fall of Babylon anticipated (Revelation 14:8) 4. Wrath fo
THE HARVEST AND THE VINTAGE OF THE WORLD. The scene culminates in a vision of the Parousia, and an ingathering of the spiritual harvest. REVELATION 14:14. The coming of the Son of Man on the clouds,...
"And. looked, and behold. white cloud, and upon the cloud one sat like unto the Son of man, having on his head. golden crown, and in his hand. sharp sickle. And another angel came out of the temple, c...
And I saw and behold a white cloud, and seated on the cloud one like a son of man. On his head he had a victor's crown of gold, and in his hand he had a sharp sickle. And another angel came forth from...
THE FATHER'S OWN (Revelation 14:1) _ 14:1 I saw, and behold the Lamb stood on Mount Sion, and there were with him one hundred and forty-four thousand who had his name, and the name of his Father writ...
THRUST IN. cast. Greek. _ballo._ Not the word in Revelation 14:15....
_thrust in_ Lit. CAST: but the word is used in much milder senses, e.g. of the Lord "putting" His fingers in the deaf man's ears, St Mark 7:33. The A. V. can therefore be defended: but it is perhaps l...
ἘΘΕΡΊΣΘΗ Ἡ ΓΗ͂. Cod. flor[491] _demensus est terram_. [491] flor. Codex Toletanus 10th century at Madrid. 16. ἜΒΑΛΕΝ. Lit. “cast”: but the word is used in much milder senses, e.g. of the Lord “puttin...
14–20. There are two difficulties in these verses: one is, are they a vision of the Last Judgement? the other, is the Reaper Christ the Lord? The first is not the hardest: if we suppose the visions to...
BLESSING ON THE FAITHFUL DEAD, AND THE HARVEST AND THE VINTAGE OF THE EARTH...
_THE BLESSEDNESS OF THOSE THAT DIE IN THE LORD REVELATION 14:12-16:_ The fourth headline statement has to do with those that have kept the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus. This statement s...
ΈΒΑΛΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΒΆΛΛΩ (G906) бросать, швырять, ΈΘΕΡΊΣΘΗ _aor. ind. pass. от_ ΘΕΡΊΖΩ (G2325) собирать урожай....
I LOOKED, AND BEHOLD A WHITE CLOUD, &C.— As the voices of these three warning angels had not their due effect, the judgments of God will overtake the followers and adherents of the beast; which judgme...
_TOMLINSON'S COMMENTS_ CHAPTER XIV PARENTHETICAL VISION OF THE TIME OF THE END _Text (Revelation 14:1-20)_ 1 And I saw, and behold, the Lamb standing on the mount Zion, and with him a hundred and fo...
Strauss-' Comments SECTION 45 Text Revelation 14:14-20 14 And I saw, and behold, a white cloud; and on the cloud I saw one sitting like unto a son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in hi...
And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth; and the earth was reaped. THRUST IN - `cast.'...
__ Temple Section-The 144,000 18 All will be obliged to have one of three marks to indicate their worship of the wild beast: either its symbol, its name, or its number. The number, we are told, is t...
THE LAMB AND HIS FOLLOWERS. JUDGMENT ON HIS ENEMIES In the last two Chapter s were seen the enemies of the Church, and their fierce power. Now, by way of contrast, and to encourage the Church to resi...
FROM NOW TO THE END OF TIME REVELATION _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 14 THE *LAMB ON THE HILL CALLED ZION - REVELATION 14:1-5 V1 Then I looked, and there was the *Lamb. He was standing on the hill cal...
AND ANOTHER ANGEL... — Translate, _And another angel came forth out of the temple,_ &c. It has been asked, “What harvest is this?” It is the gathering of the good seed, the full corn in the ear, into...
CHAPTER XI THE LAMB ON THE MOUNT ZION AND THE HARVEST AND VINTAGE OF THE WORLD. Revelation 14:1. THE twelfth and thirteenth Chapter s of this book were designed to set before us a picture of the thr...
Revelation 14:14-20, in their present position, are a proleptic and realistic summary of the final judgment, representing as a divine catastrophe what 16 17. delineate as the outcome of semi-political...
Revelation 14:6-20 : the fearful doom of the impenitent pagans is announced in a triple vision of angels (Revelation 14:6-13), whereupon a proleptic summary of the final judgment on the world follows...
The δρέπανον (only here, Revelation 14:14-19, in Apocalypse; _cf. C. B. P._ ii. 652 f. for a Phrygian inscription καὶ τὸ ἀρᾶς δρέπανον εὶς τὸν ὗκον αὐτοῦ) is represented as a living thing, probably li...
THE WINEPRESS OF GOD'S WRATH Revelation 14:9 We cannot understand the torment of those who are depicted in Revelation 14:9, except it be the remorse at having refused the love of the Lamb of God. Eve...
The attention of the seer was now turned again to the heavenly order. The redeemed are seen standing with the Lamb, a company of obedient souls who follow Him "whithersoever He goeth." In distinction...
Like to the Son of man. That is, to our Saviour Christ, sitting on a white cloud, with a crown of gold, and in his hand a sharp sickle. And another Angel, desiring of him to do justice, by putting in...
(14) And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud one sat like unto the Son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle. (15) And another angel came out of...
We begin now what may be called the second volume of the Revelation. The prophetic part of the book divides into two portions at this point. This is another land-mark that cannot be despised, if we wo...
Heavenly Announcements I. INTRODUCTION A. Last week we took a little time to discuss the "name and number" of the beast! 1. We concluded that this system is already in place and some of it has been...
In Chapter 14 we have the dealings of God with the evil, only first owning and setting apart the remnant. The remnant belongs entirely to the renewed earth: they are seen on that which is the centre o...
AND HE THAT SAT ON THE CLOUD THRUST IN HIS SICKLE ON THE EARTH,.... He put forth, and made use of that power which he had in his hand, in answer to the entreaty of the angel, the time being fully come...
And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth; and the earth was reaped. Ver. 16. _And he that sat on the cloud_] That is, Christ, who soon condescendeth to the suits of his servants...
_And I looked, and behold a white cloud_ An emblem of the equity and holiness, as also of the victory of him that sat upon it, over all adverse power; _and upon the cloud one like unto the Son of man_...
Now follows a double vision representing the execution of God's vengeance upon the persecutors of his people. A WHITE CLOUD; the symbol of Christ's presence in power and great glory to take vengeance...
AND HE THAT SAT ON THE CLOUD THRUST HIS SICKLE ON THE EARTH; AND THE EARTH WAS REAPED. The fate of Anti-Christ's servants, of all those that reject the salvation of Christ, has just been pictured. The...
The bliss of the saints and the reaping of the earth:...
THE LAMB AND 144,000 ON MOUNT ZION In the first five verses of this chapter we find another striking preview of the blessing of the godly remnant in Israel. This preview is given at the time when the...
_ 16 So He who sat on the cloud thrust in His sickle on the earth, and the earth was reaped._ A. Jesus, the righteous judge, thrusts the sickle on the earth. The earth is reaped. B. The message is c...
14-20 Warnings and judgments not having produced reformation, the sins of the nations are filled up, and they become ripe for judgments, represented by a harvest, an emblem which is used to signify t...
According to the before mentioned different notion of the harvest, there is amongst them a different interpretation of this verse; some interpreting it of God's calling in the Jews, or his elect, by t...
Cyprian Treatise XII Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews Also in the same place: "And I saw another angel flying through the midst of the heaven, having the everlasting Gospel to preach to tho...
Revelation 14:16 So G2532 sat G2521 (G5740) on G1909 cloud G3507 in G906 (G5627) His G846 sickle...
‘And he who sat on the cloud cast his sickle on the earth and the earth was reaped.' His action is the signal for the angels to gather out of His kingdom ‘all that offends and they who do iniquity' ...
Revelation 14:15-16. The fourth angel of the chapter now appears, and cries WITH A GREAT VOICE TO HIM THAT SAT UPON THE CLOUD that the HOUR IS COME TO REAP. The message is from God, for the Son knows...
The visions contained in these verses are of the same preparatory character as the preceding vision. The structure of the passage is remarkable. It will be observed that it consists of seven parts, ea...
CAST (εβαλεν). Second aorist active indicative of βαλλω. No violence by the use of εβαλεν as is seen in Matthew 10:34 (βαλειν ειρηνην, to bring peace).WAS REAPED (εθερισθη). First aorist passive i...
Revelation 14:1. _And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Zion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father's name written on their foreheads._ The great question for...
Revelation 14:1. _And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb_ John always writes of Jesus as the «Lamb.» His Lord is to him in his sacrificial character always «the Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the wo...
The Church of God had undergone a very great trial; there had arisen a cruel and wicked persecuting system, described by John in his vision as a beast, a terrible dragon, of which we read that «it was...
CONTENTS: Vision of the Lamb and the 144,000 sealed Israelites. The angel with the everlasting gospel. Fall of Babylon. The doom of the beast worshippers. Blessedness of the holy dead. Vision of Armag...
Revelation 14:1. _Lo, a Lamb,_ the Lord Christ, _stood on mount Zion, and with him a hundred and forty four thousand,_ whom he had redeemed to God by his blood. Here is the church of the firstborn, bo...
USE YOUR SICKLE. This is Christ's harvest. Those symbolized by this are the first-fruits [the 144,000 mentioned in the first section of this chapter] of earth. Swung his sickle on the earth. The first...
_Thrust in thy sickle, and reap._ THE HARVEST AND THE VINTAGE It is held by many that both these refer to the same fact of God’s judgment against sin and sinners. And no doubt, at times, the “harvest...
REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 14:15 The HARVEST OF THE EARTH probably is the Son of Man gathering believers (compare Matthew 13:30)....
REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 14:14 Two reapers appear in heaven, sharp sickles in hand. Angels emerge from the temple with God’s order to “Put in your sickle, and reap.” First “one like a son of man”...
The last seven verses of this chapter present two scenes. Scene first: One like the Son of Man sat on a white cloud with a sharp sickle in his hand. And an angel said: Thrust in thy sickle and reap,...
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ Revelation 14:13. BLESSED ARE THE DEAD.—This relieves anxiety concerning all who are taken out of the warfare before the victory is fully won. They will share all the r...
EXPOSITION REVELATION 14:1 AND I LOOKED; _and I saw, _indicating a fresh phase of the vision (cf. Revelation 4:1, etc.). Having described (Revelation 12:1
_14 AND I SAW, AND BEHOLD, A WHITE CLOUD; AND ON THE CLOUD I SAW ONE SITTING LIKE UNTO A SON OF MAN, HAVING ON HIS HEAD A GOLDEN CROWN, AND IN HIS HAND SHARP SICKLE._ _ 15 AND ANOTHER ANGEL CAME OU...
And I looked, and, lo, there was a Lamb standing on the mount Zion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father's name written in their foreheads (Revelation 14:1). Now back in...
John 5:22; John 5:23; Matthew 16:27; Revelation 14:14; Revelation 1
Thrust in [ε β α λ ε ν]. Lit., cast....
MERCY AND PUNISHMENT Revelation 14:1, _Revelation 15:1; Revelation 16:1_ INTRODUCTORY WORDS As we open our study on three Chapter s in Revelation, we find various scenes in chapte
In the sixteenth verse we have observable, 1. Christ's ready answering of, and complying with, the desire of his people, to thrust in the sickle of his judgment, and reap the earth: HE THAT SAT ON TH...