Revelation 14:14-20

“It’s Harvest Time”

Introduction:

Good news...great news...with three angel messengers with an encouragement to hang in there in v. 13...what if we bypass God’s mercy?

“It’s Harvest Time!” What if we bypass God’s mercy? “Sickle” is the key word in vss. 14-20.

In this short passage two harvests are presented:

I. A PERSONAL HARVEST 14:14-16

II. A POLITICAL HARVEST 14:17-20

What if we bypass God’s mercy? “It’s harvest time!”

I. A PERSONAL HARVEST 14:14-16

A. The Reaper of the Harvest 14

1. His Righteousness “White cloud”

2. His Rule “Sat upon the cloud”

3. His Royalty “Golden crown”

4. His Readiness “Sharp sickle”

Matt. 13:36-43

Matt. 24:39-41

B. The Ripeness of the Harvest 15

C. The Rapidity of the Harvest 16

What lessons can we learn from wheat?

1. When It Is Ripe The Full Rich Heads Bow To The

Earth.

*As we grow in grace…heavy with this great

God…heavy with His presence…

We sing: Wonderful grace of Jesus, and bow lower.

*The more we grow, the lower we bow.

2. As Wheat Ripens Upward It Dies Downward.

*As grain ripens unto God, the stalk and roots that hold

on to this earth begin to die.

*“This is the sanctity of the relaxing grip.

-The more we become like Jesus Christ, the more

there will be a relaxing grip upon

the earth and the things of this life.

-Tares grasp and hold tightly to the here and now.

3. As The Sun Beats Down It Sears, Browns, and

Ripens To Harvest.

*The trials, testing, pressures of life ripen us for God.

* “It’s Hot!” “I am preparing you to grow and

develop and to bow low.”

What if we bypass God’s mercy? “It’s harvest time!”

II. A POLITICAL HARVEST 14:17-20

A. The Judgment Is Timely 17-19

America will not be the Savior of the world.

1. From the altar this is the heavenly brazen altar

(God’s justice and holiness).

*This is picturing a sacrifice for sin. Christ paid the

price.

*When God’s grace is spurned, the judgment must

fall.

2. Her grapes are fully ripe…

Joel 3:9-16

Is. 63:1-6

B. The Judgment Is Terrible 20

Rev. 19:17ff

Bypass the mercy seat and the brazen altar...bypass God’s mercy and there is no hope.

HARVEST TIME IS COMING!!