Revelation 14:17

And another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven, he also having a sharp sickle. OUT OF THE TEMPLE ... IN HEAVEN - (.)...

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 the gathering of the righteous, when ripe for heaven, by the mercy of God. The harvest time is when the corn is ripe; when the believers are ripe for heaven, then the wheat of the earth shall be gathered into Christ's garner. And by a vintage. The enemies of Christ and his church are not destroyed, till by their sin they are ripe for ruin, and then he will spare them no longer. The wine-press is the wrath of God, some terrible calamity, probably the sword, shedding the blood of the wicked. The patience of God towards sinners, is the greatest miracle in the world; but, though lasting, it will not be everlasting; and ripeness in sin is a sure proof of judgment at hand....

AND ANOTHER ANGEL - The fifth in order. This angel came for a different purpose - with reference to the cutting off of the enemies of God, represented by the gathering of a vintage. Compare Matthew 13:41; Matthew 24:31. CAME OUT OF THE TEMPLE WHICH IS IN HEAVEN - Sent or commissioned by God. See the notes on Revelation 14:15. HE ALSO HAVING A SHARP SICKLE - On the word “sickle,” see the notes on Revelation 14:14....

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. and 13.) the trinity of enemies with which Christ and his people contend, the vision now passes on to depict the blessedness in store for the faithful Christian, and, on the other hand, the final fate of the dragon and his adherents. We are thus once more led to the final judgment. And just as in the former vision, after the assurance of the salvation of the faithful (Revelation 7:1.), came the denuncia

AND ANOTHER ANGEL CAME OUT OF THE TEMPLE WHICH IS IN HEAVEN,.... It is a strange conceit of Mr. Brightman's, that this angel is Thomas Lord Cromwell, in the days of King Henry the Eighth, a sincere favourer of pure religion; and that the following angel is Thomas Cranmer, archbishop of Canterbury, a martyr, that had power over fire; and that the vintage, here spoken of, refers to the destroying of religious houses, and disposing of abbey lands to other uses; which was done under the king's authority, by the former of these, at the instigation of the latter, when those who were set over that business made such havoc of the goods of the Papists, that their houses seemed to swim in their spoils, as in a river of pressed grapes. Dr. Goodwin much better interprets it of God's vengeance upon the carnal Protestants and professors of religion; since it is an angel out of the temple that will exe...

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 world» by the shedding of his blood. «I looked, and, lo, a Lamb» Revelation 14:1. _Stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father's name written in their foreheads. The Revised Version has it, «having his name, and the name of his Father, written on their foreheads.» Now they are known to be the Lord's; on earth that fact was questioned, but his name is written on their foreheads now. Sometimes they themselves had to question it, but now it is apparent to all, the distinguishing mark is stamped upon their brow:_ «havi

ANGEL (_ See Scofield) - (Hebrews 1:4). _...

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 for the worshippers of the beast (Revelation 14:9) 5. The blessed dead (Revelation 14:12) 6. The harvest and the vintage (Revelation 14:14)...

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, which was first suggested by a misinterpretation of Daniel 7:13, is one of the most familiar ideas in Christian eschatology (_cf._ Mark 14:62; Matthew 24:30). LIKE UNTO A SON OF MAN: Daniel 7:13 *. The phrase originally denoted the advent of a new kingdom with human qualities and characteristics in contrast to earlier empires, which

"And another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven, he also having. sharp sickle. And another angel came out from the altar, which had power over fire; and cried with. loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, saying, Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe. And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth and cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of God. And the winepress was trodden without the city, and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of. thousand and six hundred furlongs."--14:17-20. Bright is the sunrise of the eternal morning that has dawned upon the saints of all ages. But dark is the night that settles down forever on the enemies of God and the Lamb. Long have they defied his reign. with impunity, but the great day...