The Harvest of the Earth
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Then I looked, and behold, a white cloud, and seated on the cloud one g like a son of man, h with a golden crown on his head, and a sharp sickle in his hand.
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And another angel i came out of the temple, calling with a loud voice to him who sat on the cloud, j "Put in your sickle, and reap, for the hour to reap has come, for k the harvest of the earth is fully ripe."
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So he who sat on the cloud swung his sickle across the earth, and the earth was reaped.
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Then another angel came out of the temple in heaven, and he too had a sharp sickle.
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And another angel came out from the altar, l the angel who has authority over the fire, and he called with a loud voice to the one who had the sharp sickle, "Put in your sickle and gather the clusters from the vine of the earth, m for its grapes are ripe."
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So the angel swung his sickle across the earth and gathered the grape harvest of the earth and threw it into the great n winepress of the wrath of God.
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And o the winepress was trodden p outside the city, and blood flowed from the winepress, as high as q a horse's bridle, for 1,600 stadia.
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Revelation 1:13
And in the midst of the lampstands one like a son of man, clothed with a long robe and with a golden sash around his chest.
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Revelation 6:2
And I looked, and behold, a white horse! And its rider had a bow, and a crown was given to him, and he came out conquering, and to conquer.
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Revelation 15:6
And out of the sanctuary came the seven angels with the seven plagues, clothed in pure, bright linen, with golden sashes around their chests.
Revelation 16:17
The seventh angel poured out his bowl into the air, and a loud voice came out of the temple, from the throne, saying, "It is done!
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Revelation 14:18
And another angel came out from the altar, the angel who has authority over the fire, and he called with a loud voice to the one who had the sharp sickle, "Put in your sickle and gather the clusters from the vine of the earth, for its grapes are ripe.
Joel 3:13
Put in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Go in, tread, for the winepress is full. The vats overflow, for their evil is great.
Mark 4:29
But when the grain is ripe, at once he puts in the sickle, because the harvest has come.
Matthew 13:39
And the enemy who sowed them is the devil. The harvest is the close of the age, and the reapers are angels.
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Jeremiah 51:33
For thus says the 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 her harvest will come.
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Revelation 16:8
The fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun, and it was allowed to scorch people with fire.
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Joel 3:13
Put in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Go in, tread, for the winepress is full. The vats overflow, for their evil is great.
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Revelation 19:15
From his mouth comes a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations, and he will rule them with a rod of iron. He will tread the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty.
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Isaiah 63:3
I have trodden the winepress alone, and from the peoples no one was with me; I trod them in my anger and trampled them in my wrath; their lifeblood spattered on my garments, and stained all my apparel.
Lamentations 1:15
The Lord rejected all my mighty men in my midst; he summoned an assembly against me to crush my young men; the Lord has trodden as in a winepress the virgin daughter of Judah.
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Hebrews 13:12
So Jesus also suffered outside the gate in order to sanctify the people through his own blood.
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Revelation 19:14
And the armies of heaven, arrayed in fine linen, white and pure, were following him on white horses.
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