Revelation 14:15
And another agent came out from the temple, crying out in a great voice to him who sits on the cloud, Send forth thy sickle and reap, because the hour has come to reap, because the harvest of the earth is ripe.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
16And he who sits on the cloud cast his sickle upon the earth, and the earth was reaped.
Cross References
Isaiah 62:1For Zion's sake I will not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until her righteousness goes forth as brightness, and her salvation as a lamp that burns.
Jeremiah 51:33For thus says LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: The daughter of Babylon is like a threshing-floor at the time when it is trodden. Yet a little while, and the time of harvest shall come for her.
Zechariah 5:6And I said, What is it? And he said, This is the ephah that goes forth. He said moreover, This is their appearance in all the land
Matthew 13:39And the enemy who sowed them is the devil, and the harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are heavenly agents.
Mark 4:29But when the fruit yields, straightaway he sends forth the sickle, because the harvest has come.
Revelation 6:10And they cried out in a great voice, saying, Master, Holy and True, how long do thou not judge and avenge our blood from those who dwell on the earth?
Matthew Henry on Revelation 14:14-20
The Harvest and the Vintage. ( a. d. 95.) 13 And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them. 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 the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud,… Read the whole commentary →