The Tribulation

Last call…

…for flight Salvation

THE END TIME HARVEST

Chapter 14:14-20

The FutureChapters 20-22

Covers the 1,000 year region and

beyond “the things which thou hast

seen”

Church history The Application

• Historical (7 church of Asia Minor)

• Inspirational (to Churches and Individuals)

• Prophetical (The 7 church ages

from where Acts left off to the Rapture)

The PresentChapters 4-19

Covers the 7 year tribulation to the 2nd Coming

of Christ

The PastChapters 1-3

Covers History from 90 AD - Rapture of the

Church

“the things which are”

Chapters 4-19

The Lords Day

The Tribulation (and great tribulation)

The return of Christ with his Saints

The return is seen 4 times

“the things which shall be hereafter”

Chapters 20-22

The 1,000 year reign The great white throne

The New Heaven and New earth

The 4 accounts of the Tribulation

Rev. 4-6 (under

the figure of Seals)Rev. 7-11 (under

the figure of Trumpets)

Rev. 12-14 (The work and ministry of the Antichrist

Rev. 15-19 (under the figure of vials)

The 4 accounts of the 2nd Coming of

Christ

Rev. 6:12-17

Rev.11-13-16

Rev. 14: 14-20

Rev. 19:11-21

Over 800 specific references of the Lord’s Day in the

Bible

5 times more references to the 2nd coming

than the 1st coming

(Deu 32:35) To me belongeth vengeance, and recompence; their foot shall slide in due time: for the day of

their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make

haste.

(Isa 13:6) Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.

(Isa 13:13) Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of the

LORD of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger.

(Isa 30:25) And there shall be upon every high mountain, and upon every

high hill, rivers and streams of waters in the day of the great slaughter, when

the towers fall.

(Jer 16:19) O LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth…

(Eze 7:19) They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be removed: their silver and their gold

shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the LORD…

(Rev 14:14-20) 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. 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. And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth; and the earth was reaped. And another angel

came out of the temple which is in heaven, he also having a sharp sickle. 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. 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. 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.

NOTES

What we find here in this passage is the clear teaching that there will be 2 stages to his 2nd coming.

These stages are seen in the 2 harvests that are described

The 1st is a harvest of grain that will be stored in the barn. (Post Trib. Rapture)

The 2nd is a harvest of grapes that will be stomped in wrath (Battle of Armageddon)

NOTES

The 2nd coming is seen in the Old Testament in the picture of the feast of Tabernacles

Lev. 23:33-44

NOTES

The 2nd coming is seen in the New Testament in the parable of the Wheat and Tares

Matt. 13:24-30

Matt. 13:36-43

John 15:1-6

(Deu 32:31-35) For their rock is not as our Rock, even our enemies

themselves being judges. For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, and of the fields of Gomorrah: their grapes are grapes of gall, their clusters are bitter: Their wine is the poison of

dragons, and the cruel venom of asps. Is not this laid up in store with me,

and sealed up among my treasures? To me belongeth vengeance, and

recompence; their foot shall slide in due time: for the day of their calamity

is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste.

I. The DESCRIPTION of the reaper

(Rev 14:14) 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.

A. It is the “Son of Man”

(Psa 8:4-8) What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of

man, that thou visitest him? For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with

glory and honour. Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet: All sheep and oxen,

yea, and the beasts of the field; The fowl of the air, and the fish of the

sea, and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.

(Dan 7:13) I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of

man came with the clouds of heaven,

and came to the Ancient of days, and

they brought him near before him.

B. Coming in Clouds”

(Rev 14:14) 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.

(Mat 24:30) And then shall appear the sign of

the Son of man in heaven: and then shall

all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they

shall see the Son of man coming in the

clouds of heaven with power and great

glory.

(Mat 26:64) Jesus saith unto him, Thou

hast said: nevertheless I say

unto you, Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.

(Act 1:9-11) And when he had spoken these things, while they

beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their

sight. And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel; Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven?

this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye

have seen him go into heaven.

(Psa 104:3) Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the

waters: who maketh the clouds his chariot: who

walketh upon the wings of the wind:

(Psa 97:2) Clouds and darkness are round about

him: righteousness and judgment are the habitation of

his throne.

Psalms

(Isa 19:1) The burden of Egypt. Behold, the LORD

rideth upon a swift cloud, and shall come

into Egypt: and the idols of Egypt shall be moved at

his presence, and the heart of Egypt shall melt

in the midst of it.

Prophets

(Eze 10:3-4) Now the cherubims stood on the right side of the house, when the man went in; and the cloud

filled the inner court. Then the glory of the

LORD went up from the cherub, and stood over the threshold of the house; and the house was filled with the cloud, and the court

was full of the brightness of the LORD'S glory.

(2Ch 5:13-14) It came even to pass, as the trumpeters and singers were

as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the

LORD; and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals

and instruments of musick, and praised the LORD, saying, For he is

good; for his mercy endureth for ever: that then the house was filled

with a cloud, even the house of the LORD; So that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD

had filled the house of God.

(Exo 40:34-35) Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.

And Moses was not able to enter into the tent of the

congregation, because the cloud abode thereon, and the glory of the

LORD filled the tabernacle.