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, Thrust in
thy sickle, and reap: for the time is come for thee to reap; for the harvest of
the earth is ripe.
16
And he that sat on the cloud
thrust in his sickle on the earth; and the earth was reaped.
17
And another angel came out
of the temple which is in heaven, he also having a sharp sickle.
18
And another angel came out
from the altar, which had power over fire; and cried with a loud cry to him
that had the sharp sickle, saying, Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the
clusters of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe.
19
And the angel thrust in his
sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of God.
20
And the winepress was
trodden without the city, and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the
horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and
six hundred furlongs. (Revelation 14:14-20)
What we have
here is a big gathering of two separate groups. We don’t know what the 1st
group is at first, but we are told the second group is gathered to be cast into
the winepress of the wrath of God, so that tells us the grapes represent the
wicked. So, the first group must be the righteous who are gathered together for
safety. This is consistent with the message of Jesus’s parable of the wheat and
the tares in which both the righteous and the wicked are allowed to mix and
grow together until the end when the wheat (righteous) are gathered into the
garner and the chaff (the wicked) remain to be burned.
It appears
that at some point the Saints will need to physically gather for safety and
security. I imagine the prophets will tell us when that time comes.
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