The Lord’s Harvest

Rev. Mark Squire, pastor at Immanuel Lutheran Church in St. Ansgar, IA, joins host Rev. Timothy Appel to study Revelation 14:14-20. The cosmic view of history reaches a climax and conclusion as the Son of Man brings in the harvest of the earth. As the harvest must be reaped when the time arrives, so the Son of Man will return when the Last Day is here, and He will judge all people, the living and the dead. The vision of the general harvest then zooms in particularly on the reaping of the wicked, seen in the harvest of grapes. Though the Lord had done everything for them, they rejected His grace, and so their condemnation on the Last Day will be complete. The text serves as a warning to all those who would reject the Lord’s love and encourages Christians in faithfulness to Jesus until the Last Day. “Come Lord Jesus!” is a series on Sharper Iron that goes through the Revelation given to St. John. Although some look at Revelation with fear, it is a book of supreme hope in our crucified, risen, and ascended Lord. The book of Revelation gives a heavenly perspective on our earthly circumstances so that the Church in every generation is challenged, comforted, and assured of final victory through Jesus Christ.