Revelation 14:14 Then I looked, and behold, a white cloud, and on the cloud sat One like 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 who sat on the cloud, “Thrust in Your sickle and reap, for the time has come for You to reap, for the harvest of the earth is ripe.”
16 So He who sat on the cloud thrust in His sickle on the earth, and the earth was reaped.
The many-membered Sons are “One” like the Son of Man and make up His Body. They now have the Divine authority and are prepared to harvest the earth. The cloud of witnesses beyond the Throne which make up the outer court will watch and observe as the Sons go forth in power and authority for they truly have the revelation of Love in their hearts. Jesus spoke of this harvest and explained the parable of the wheat and the tares in Matthew 13:
38 The field is the world, the good seeds are the sons of the kingdom, but the tares are the sons of the wicked one.
39 The enemy who sowed them is the devil, the harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are the angels.
40 Therefore as the tares are gathered and burned in the fire, so it will be at the end of this age.
41 The Son of Man will send out His angels, and they will gather out of His kingdom all things that offend, and those who practice lawlessness,
42 and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
43 Then the righteous will shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears to hear, let him hear!
Angels are messengers with a specific mission given to them by FATHER. We are now at the end of the age by the reckoning of those who study the prophetic time clock. Exactly when will this harvest occur? What does it matter if you are one with FATHER? We should spend each day enjoying our relationship with HIM and know that when the day comes for this harvest, we will be endued with power from ON HIGH to participate in whatever capacity we are called. FATHER knows our hearts and our calling thus we can trust HIM in fulfilling HIS plan in us. We must wait on THE LORD!
In the timeline of our preparation, this passage begins the events that we all are waiting for. The earth is yet to be harvested and the Sons have been in the process of being perfected.
Revelation 14:17 Then 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, who had power over fire, and he cried with a loud cry to him who had the sharp sickle, saying, “Thrust in your sharp sickle and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth, for her grapes are fully ripe.”
19 So the angel thrust his sickle into the earth and gathered the vine of the earth, and threw it into the great winepress of the wrath of God.
20 And the winepress was trampled outside the city, and blood came out of the winepress, up to the horses’ bridles, for one thousand six hundred furlongs.
This chapter speaks of three groups: The Sons of GOD, the wheat harvest of the church, and the final harvest of the rest of mankind who dwell outside “the city”. The blood is associated with the number of Love (16) in that the distance was 1,600 furlongs. FATHER’S Love extends beyond the Throne, the outer court, and the city. It extends to all of mankind. The sharp sickle tells us that nothing will be left after the cut of the sickle for it was fully prepared to complete the harvest. The “barley” overcomers, the “wheat” of Pentecost, and the “grapes” of the third feast, Tabernacles, are all included in this chapter.
In Scripture the number 14 represents release or deliverance. It is only appropriate that verse 14 of chapter 14 represents the final deliverance of all mankind.