Sunday, November 30, 2014

Revelation 14:17-20


17 Then another angel came out of the temple [sanctuary] in heaven, and he also carried a sharp scythe (sickle).
18 And another angel came forth from the altar, [the angel] who has authority and power over fire, and he called with a loud cry to him who had the sharp scythe (sickle), Put forth your scythe and reap the fruitage of the vine of the earth, for its grapes are entirely ripe.
19 So the angel swung his scythe on the earth and stripped the grapes and gathered the vintage from the vines of the earth and cast it into the huge winepress of God’s indignation and wrath.
  • Jesus tells us that the tares are gathered first and burned, Matthew 13:30.
  • Tares look like wheat but they are not wheat. 
  • Fallen angels look like men, but they are not men. 
  • Beware you might be entertaining angels unaware, Hebrews 13:2.
  • We are told that angels actually had babies with women in Genesis 6:2. So they are amongst us, both fallen angels and non-fallen angels.
20 And [the grapes in] the winepress were trodden outside the city, and blood poured from the winepress, [reaching] as high as horses’ bridles, for a distance of 1,600 stadia (about 200 miles).
  • This shows us the Battle of Armageddon, Revelation 16:16.
  • Blood represents life.
  • Horse represents an army, those who have been sent into battle.
  • We are told by Jesus that on the last day that two will be sleeping and one will be taken and that one will be left, Luke 17:34.
  • Jesus tells us that two will be in the field working and that one will be taken and one will be left, Matthew 24:40.
  • In Revelation 16:13 we are told that frogs, or demons, will gather the beings for the battle of Armageddon.
  • We are shown here that these are the tares that have been gathered from around the world. The tares are gathered first to be burned, Matthew 13:30. Men are not thrown into Hell until the Day of Judgment. This is not the Day of Judgment, this is the day that Jesus returns to the earth. Judgment Day is 1000 years after this day.
  • The tares have been amongst us and here is our Father separating us from the fallen angels who were cast to the earth with satan.

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