The Harvest and The End

[Mr. M]

Matthew Thirteen:

24 Another parable He put forth to them, saying: 

The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed

good seed in his field; 25 but while men slept,

his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat

and went his way. 26 But when the grain had sprouted

and produced a crop, then the tares also appeared. 

27 So the servants of the owner came and said to him,

‘Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field?

How then does it have tares? 28 He said to them,

‘An enemy has done this. The servants said to him,

‘Do you want us then to go and gather them up?’ 

29 But he said, No, lest while you gather up the tares

you also uproot the wheat with them. 

30 Let both grow together until the harvest, and at the

time of harvest I will say to the reapers, First gather

together the tares and bind them in bundles to burn them,

but gather the wheat into my barn.

Joel Three:

11 Assemble and come, all you nations,
And gather together all around.
Cause Your mighty ones to go down there, O Lord.

12 Let the nations be wakened, and come up to the Valley of Jehoshaphat;
For there I will sit to judge all the surrounding nations.
13 Put in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe.
Come, go down;
For the winepress is full,
The vats overflow—
For their wickedness is great.

14 Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision!
For the day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision.

Revelation Fourteen:

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.

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.

There is no scriptural basis for some end time harvest of righteousness. I have observed these claims for decades now and it is an Evangelical Myth. You can fill big box churches with people who were willing to "accept Jesus as their Lord and Savior" and recite a "sinners prayer", in order to obtain a golden ticket for heaven at death. They are full of tares, and are identifiable, but not to be tampered with or judged "before the time".

John Four:35-38 Do you not say, ‘There are still four months and then comes the harvest’? Behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, for they are already white for harvest! And he who reaps receives wages, and gathers fruit for eternal life, that both he who sows and he who reaps may rejoice together. For in this the saying is true: ‘One sows and another reaps.’ I sent you to reap that for which you have not labored; others have labored, and you have entered into their labors.”

The Lord is addressing His Disciples, who are being prepared for the early harvest. This cannot be transferred to the end times, any more than the Apostolic doctrine and the expectations of the work of the Holy Spirit in accomplishing that task. The End Time Harvest is two-fold, the Ingathering of Israel from "the four corners of the earth", and the Resurrection of those made Righteous by the blood of Christ. The Lord has not abandoned the house of Jacob and Joseph.

The End Time Harvest is a bloody mess.

The Gathered Saints will wash their feet there,

and their dogs will wet their tongue in the same. 

The Resurrected Righteous will be spared this indignity. Those returning must find the Land cleansed. This can only be accomplished by blood, not a red heifer. This is an error in thinking innocent blood can be atoned for in any other way.

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.

As to the possibility of a final revival, this will depend completely on how the world responds to angels, not men.

Revelation Fourteen:

6 Then I saw another angel flying in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach to those who dwell on the earth—to every nation, tribe, tongue, and people— 7 saying with a loud voice, “Fear God and give glory to Him, for the hour of His judgment has come; and worship Him who made heaven and earth, the sea and springs of water.”