The Lamb Wins: Harvest Time

June 14, 2026                   Rev. Thomas M. Cox

• TODAY’S PASSAGE- Revelation 14:13-20 * HARVEST TIME

• The righteous receive R______. (vs. 13)

• Believers who die go to be with the Lord.

• This is the “Intermediate State.”

• The Redeemer R________ when the time is ripe. (vss. 14-16) 

• Jesus is the Son of Man. (see Daniel 7:13-14)

• When will the H______15 come?

• The way of the wicked ends in W________.19 (vss. 17-20)

•  TAKEAWAYS:

• HEAD: Know that no one knows the day nor the hour. (see Matthew 24:36-44)

Realize that the river of blood is metaphorical but Judgment is very R______. 

• HEART: Bear up under pressure and await B______________.13

Be comforted with the fact that the Lord R________________ our faith and deeds. 

• HAND: Stay A________! Be R________! (Matt. 24:42, 44)

REVELATION 14:13-20 (ESV)

And I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Write this: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.” “Blessed indeed,” says the Spirit, “that they may rest from their labors, for their deeds follow them!” 

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. 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.” 16 So He who sat on the cloud swung His sickle across the earth, and the earth was reaped.

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

Daniel 7:13-14 “I saw in the night visions, and behold, with the clouds of heaven there came one like a Son of Man, and He came to the Ancient of Days and was presented before Him. 14 And to Him was given dominion and glory and a kingdom, that all peoples, nations, and languages should serve Him; His dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and His kingdom one that shall not be destroyed.

Matthew 24:36-44 “But concerning that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father only. 37 For as were the days of Noah, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. 38 For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day when Noah entered the ark, 39 and they were unaware until the flood came and swept them all away, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. 40 Then two men will be in the field; one will be taken and one left. 41 Two women will be grinding at the mill; one will be taken and one left. 42 Therefore, stay awake, for you do not know on what day your Lord is coming. 43 But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what part of the night the thief was coming, he would have stayed awake and would not have let his house be broken into. 44 Therefore you also must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.