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Introduction

Scripture

Outline

Revelation 1 - Introduction

Revelation 1:1-3 - Prologue & Benediction

Revelation 1:4-8 - Epistolary Introduction

Revelation 1:9-20 - A Vision of the Son of Man

Revelation 2-3 - The Seven Churches

Revelation 2:1-7 - The Letter to Ephesus

Revelation 2:8-11 - The Letter to Smyrna

Revelation 2:12-17 - The Letter to Pergamum

Revelation 2:18-29 - The Letter to Thyatira

Revelation 3:1-6 - The Letter to Sardis

Revelation 3:7-13 - The Letter to Philadelphia

Revelation 3:14-22 - The Letter to Laodicea

Revelation 4-5 - The Throne Room

Revelation 4:1-11 - A Vision of the Throne Room

Revelation 5:1-14 - The Lamb is Worthy

Revelation 6-8:5 - The Seven Seals

Revelation 6:1-8 - The First Four Seals

Revelation 6:9-17 - The Fifth and Sixth Seals

Revelation 7:1-17 - Who can Stand on the Day of the Lord?

Revelation 8:1-5 - Anticipation of Further Judgment

Revelation 8:6-11:19 - The Seven Trumpets

Revelation 8:6-13 - The First Four Trumpets

Revelation 9:1-21 - The Fifth and Sixth Trumpets

Revelation 10:1-11 - The End is Near

Revelation 11:1-14 - The Two Witnesses

Revelation 11:15-19 - The Seventh Trumpet

Revelation 12:1-15:4 - The Seven Visions

Revelation 12:1-17 - The Woman, Child, and Heavenly Hosts Versus the Great Dragon

Revelation 13:1-10 - The Beast out of the Sea

Revelation 13:11-18 - The Beast from the Earth

Revelation 14:1-5 - The 144,000

Revelation 14:6-13 - The Proclamations of the Three Angels

Revelation 14:14-20 - The Harvest and Judgment

Revelation 14:14-16 - Christ’s Harvest

Revelation 14:17-20 - The Judgment

Purpose of Book

The purpose of Revelation is to challenge/encourage believers, who are expectantly awaiting the reign of Christ, to live faithfully for Him despite worldly circumstances, persecution, and the cosmic battle between God and Satan.

Main Point

The Day of the Lord has arrived as Christ the victorious Messianic warrior issues divine judgment upon His enemies

Revelation 14:14-16 - Christ’s Harvest

14 Then I looked, and behold, a white cloud, and seated on the cloud one like a son of man, with a golden crown on his head, and a sharp sickle in his hand.

Then I looked, and behold, a white cloud, and seated on the cloud one like a son of man,

Son of man

The Lamb is the Son of Man

A special type of human with a special type of authority - specifically an eschatological being who brings salvation and judgment

With a golden crown on his head, and a sharp sickle in his hand.

Golden crown

Authority, excellence, one with high status who is king over all including His enemies

Sharp sickle in his hand

The harvest has come and Christ is issuing divine judgment

15 And another angel came out of the temple, calling with a loud voice to him who sat on the cloud, “Put in your sickle, and reap, for the hour to reap has come, for the harvest of the earth is fully ripe.”

And another angel came out of the temple, calling with a loud voice to him who sat on the cloud,

This angel was in the presence of God

The angel gives a command to Christ

Put in your sickle, and reap, for the hour to reap has come, for the harvest of the earth is fully ripe.

Put and reap are commands

The time has come - the Day of the Lord has arrived

16 So he who sat on the cloud swung his sickle across the earth, and the earth was reaped.

The Son of Man issues divine judgment as the reaper

Revelation 14:17-20 - The Judgment

17 Then another angel came out of the temple in heaven, and he too had a sharp sickle.

Then another angel came out of the temple in heaven

This angel is also in the presence of God who comes as a heavenly messenger from the throne room

And he too had a sharp sickle.

Like Christ, this angel’s role is to harvest

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.”

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.”

Put and gather are commands

Clusters from the vine reveal that the time for God’s final judgment has come

19 So the angel swung his sickle across the earth and gathered the grape harvest of the earth and threw it into the great winepress of the wrath of God.

So the angel swung his sickle across the earth and gathered the grape harvest of the earth

The purpose of this angel’s is the same as the Son of Man’s - judgment

And threw it into the great winepress of the wrath of God.

20 And the winepress was trodden outside the city, and blood flowed from the winepress, as high as a horse’s bridle, for 1,600 stadia.

And the winepress was trodden outside the city

Revealing those who face this judgment are outside Mount Zion

And blood flowed from the winepress, as high as a horse’s bridle, for 1,600 stadia.

This is a judicial, military SLAUGHTER by the Messiah

Main Point

The Day of the Lord has arrived as Christ the victorious Messianic warrior issues divine judgment upon His enemies

How Should we Live in Light of Revelation 14:14-20?

This is what Christ saves us from!

We should rejoice and praise our great Messianic warrior who liberates us from sin and saves us from the Day of the Lord.

We are in Him and will forever be with Him!