Revelation 14:15

New International Reader's Version

Then another angel came out of the temple. He called in a loud voice to the one sitting on the cloud. “Take your blade,” he said. “Cut the grain. The time has come. The earth is ready to be harvested.”

Cross References

Genesis 15:6

Abram believed the Lord. The Lord was pleased with Abram because he believed. So Abram’s faith made him right with the Lord.

Isaiah 62:1

The Lord says, “For the good of Zion I will not keep silent. For Jerusalem’s benefit I will not remain quiet. I will not keep silent until what I will do for them shines like the sunrise. I will not remain quiet until they are saved and shine like a blazing torch.

Jeremiah 51:33

The Lord who rules over all is the God of Israel. He says, “The city of Babylon is like a threshing floor when cattle are walking on it. The time to destroy it will soon come.”

Joel 3:13

My soldiers, swing your blades. The nations are ripe for harvest. Come and stomp on them as if they were grapes. Crush them until the winepress of my anger is full. Do it until the wine spills over from the places where it is stored. The nations have committed far too many sins!”

Matthew 13:30

Let both grow together until the harvest. At that time I will tell the workers what to do. Here is what I will say to them. First collect the weeds. Tie them in bundles to be burned. Then gather the wheat. Bring it into my storeroom.’ ”

Matthew 13:39

The enemy who plants them is the devil. The harvest is judgment day. And the workers are angels.

Matthew 23:32

So go ahead and finish the sins that those who lived before you started!

Mark 4:29

Before long the grain ripens. So the farmer cuts it down, because the harvest is ready.”

1 Thessalonians 2:16

They try to keep us from speaking to the Gentiles. These Jews don’t want the Gentiles to be saved. In this way, these Jews always increase their sins to the limit. God’s anger has come on them at last.

Revelation 11:19

Then God’s temple in heaven was opened. Inside it the wooden chest called the ark of his covenant could be seen. There were flashes of lightning, rumblings and thunder, an earthquake and a severe hailstorm.

Revelation 13:12

This beast had all the authority of the first beast. It did what the first beast wanted. It made the earth and all who live on it worship the first beast. The first beast was the one whose deadly wound had been healed.

Revelation 14:14

I looked, and there in front of me was a white cloud. Sitting on the cloud was one who looked “like a son of man.” (Daniel 7:13) He wore a gold crown on his head. In his hand was a sharp, curved blade for cutting grain.

Revelation 14:16

So the one sitting on the cloud swung his blade over the earth. And the earth was harvested.

Revelation 14:17

Another angel came out of the temple in heaven. He too had a sharp, curved blade.

Revelation 14:18

Still another angel came from the altar. He was in charge of the fire on the altar. He called out in a loud voice to the angel who had the sharp blade. “Take your blade,” he said, “and gather the bunches of grapes from the earth’s vine. Its grapes are ripe.”

Revelation 15:6

Out of the temple came the seven angels who were bringing the seven plagues. They were dressed in clean, shining linen. They wore gold strips of cloth around their chests.

Revelation 16:17

The seventh angel poured out his bowl into the air. Out of the temple came a loud voice from the throne. It said, “It is done!”

Revelation 6:10

They called out in a loud voice. “How long, Lord and King, holy and true?” they asked. “How long will you wait to judge those who live on the earth? How long will it be until you pay them back for killing us?”