THE GREAT HARVEST

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Once before in Rev. 1:13 the exact wording, "like unto the Son of man," is used to describe Him who walked among the candlesticks. Nobody ever questions whether this is representative of Jesus or not. Why should they question whether this person seated upon the cloud is Jesus?</div> <bR> <div> In all four of the Gospels Jesus describes himself as the Son of man. Not in just one or two instances, but on eighty different occasions Jesus refers to himself as the Son of man. Why should there be any confusion about to whom the term belongs here.</div> <bR> <div> Now that we have determined that He who sat on the cloud is in truth Jesus we must also note that it is Jesus who performs the first harvesting. </div> <bR> <div> Notice that in this passage Jesus thrusts his sickle "on" the earth, whereas later in vs. 19 the Greek word for "into" the earth is used. Jesus performs a selective harvest at this point to harvest only the good fruit and to bring the remainder of all the Christians to heaven. </div> <bR> <div> Later in verse 19 an angel performs a field cleansing in order to prepare the field for new plantings. In this case the vines are pulled up by the root because they can no longer bear good fruit. The vines are then thrown into the winepress of God's wrath and the field prepared for a new planting. In this case it is not Jesus doing the reaping but one of his angels. Jesus has taken all of His people out of the earth at this time.</div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Matthew 3:10</B></I><I>, "And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire."</I></div> <div> <I><B>Matthew 7:19</B></I><I>, "Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire."</I></div> <div> <I><B>Luke 3:9</B></I><I>, "And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: every tree therefore which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire."</I></div> <bR> <div> It's ironic that it is Satan's own scheme to remove the Christians from the earth, which ultimately releases the bowl plagues full of the wrath of God upon himself and his kingdom. The number of the brethren of the martyrs under the altar has been fulfilled and now will the end come.</div> <bR> <div> This cleansing angel thrusts his sickle into the earth and uproots all of the unfruitful vines so that the earth may be planted again with fruitful vines. All of the unfruitful vines are thrown into the great winepress of the wrath of God. The winepress is a representation of the seven bowl judgements that will be poured out upon the earth at this time.</div> <bR> <div> When Jesus returns, lying spirits from the dragon, the beast from the sea, and the false prophet  will rally the entire world against Him in order to try to thwart His victory. This is what is known as the battle of Armageddon. This is where blood will flow for a distance of 200 miles and be as high as a horse's bridle.</div> <bR> <div> There will be one final battle after the millennium when Satan is released for a short time and rallies Gog and Magog against the Lord. Once again the Lord will be victorious.</div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>