“This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but people loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil.”
John 3:19 NIV
But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars—they will be consigned to the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death.
Revelation 21:8 NIV
Who is the liar? It is whoever denies that Jesus is the Christ. Such a person is the antichrist—denying the Father and the Son.
“Turn to Me and be saved, all the ends of the earth; For I am God, and there is no other.“Isaiah 45:22
For the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel, has said: “By repentance and rest you would be saved; your strength would lie in quiet confidence–but you were not willing. (Isaiah 30:15)
Therefore Jesus said again, “Very truly I tell you, I am the gate for the sheep. All who have come before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep have not listened to them. I am the gate; whoever enters through me will be saved. They will come in and go out, and find pasture.” (John 10: 8-10)
9.2 Church, Glory God Beyond
Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him (harvest), That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ (Day of the Lord’s wrath) is at hand. Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come an apostasy first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshiped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.
2 Thess. 2: 1-4 (parentheses mine)
9.3 Church, Glory God Beyond
Serve the Lord with fear, and rejoice with trembling. Kiss the Son, lest He be angry and you perish in your rebellion, when His wrath ignites in an instant. Blessed are all who take refuge in Him. (Psalm 2: 11-12)
Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with that person, and they with me. (Rev. 3:20)
9.4 Church, Glory God Beyond
Enter through the narrow gate for wide is the gate and broad the way leading to destruction, and many are those entering through it. (Matt. 7:13)
I (Jesus) am the door; by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and go out, and shall find pasture. (John 10:9)
Someone asked him, “Lord, are only a few people going to be saved? He said to them, Make every effort to enter through the narrow door, because many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able to. (Luke 13: 23-24)
9.5 Church, Glory God Beyond
1 John 2:15-17, “Do not love the world or anything in the world.
If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in them. For everything in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—comes not from the Father but from the world.
The world and its desires pass away, but whoever does the will of God lives forever.”
Therefore if you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any common sharing in the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion,then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and of one mind. Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others. In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus: Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage; rather, he made himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness.And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to death—even death on a cross!Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name,that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth,and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always obeyed—not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence—continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose. (Philippians 2: 5-12)
1. THE BARLEY: 24 Elders, the Bride of Christ and the Fifth Seal Martyrs
2. THE WHEAT: 144,000, the Tribulation Saints and the Two Witnesses
3. THE FRUIT: Resurrected O.T. Saints, Remnant Jews and the Last Martyrs
1. TheBarley Harvest
The First Fruits of the Barley Harvest
The 24 Elders
My studies have revealed that the 24 elders are either those who came up out of their graves on the Mount of Olives and walked into Jerusalem right after Jesus Christ was resurrected; Matt. 27:52-53, “And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, and came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.” Or, they were among those who were in Hades/Sheol/Hell the good part, which was ‘the bosom of Abraham’. They both rose at the First Fruits of the barley harvest; They could be the same saints who rose in two parts.
Some of them may’ve been from among those mentioned in Hebrews 11 – the Hall of Faith. 8 out of 22 of the Old Testament saints mentioned in Hebrews 11 were not Israelites; For example, Abel, Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Sarah and Rahab. Verse 32 states that the writer didn’t have time to write about all of them, so we can speculate: Surely Deborah the prophetess, military leader and 4th and only female Judge of pre-monarchic Israel belongs in the Hall of Faith! Job certainly belongs and he wasn’t an Israelite. The Barley Harvest is for all nations, just like the Wheat Harvest and doesn’t exclude Hebrew Israelites. The Fruit or ‘Good Grape’ Harvest seems to be the only harvest of saints that’s mostly (but not completely) exclusive to the Jews.
When did the 24 elders arrive in God’s throne room? I agree with most Bereans that it was sometime after Jesus Christ’s Resurrection, probably at the time of His Ascension.
“I know your deeds. See, I have placed before you an open door that no one can shut. I know that you have little strength, yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name. . . Since you have kept my command to endure patiently, I will also keep you from the hour of trial that is going to come on the whole world to test the inhabitants of the earth.”
Revelation 3: 8,10
Although the following is from the Olivet Discourse, this passage backs up the concept. Luke is considered, by many, to be the gospel to the bride; The following passage isn’t in Matt. or Mark.
But watch yourselves, or your hearts will be weighed down by dissipation, drunkenness, and the worries of life — and that day will spring upon you suddenly like a snare. For it will come upon all who dwell on the face of all the earth. So keep watch at all times, and pray that you may have the strength to escape all that is about to happen and to stand before the Son of Man. (Luke 21 34-36)
Many Bereans think, and for quite a few good reasons, that since the body of Jesus Christ has different parts for different purposes, that His bride is one special part of His body. I believe it. If it’s true, I think she must be mainly the Church of Philadelphia, because out of the 7 church types, only to her did Jesus Christ the, Bridegroom, give the special promise that He’d keep her from the hour of trial that’s going to come upon the whole world to test its inhabitants. Perhaps they’re the ones who loved Him the most, having proved it by keeping themselves apart from worldliness, hating the state of this fallen world, while still loving the people in it. This is the group who will have been waiting longingly for Him every day and when He arrives and will LOVE His appearing!
The saints in the Church of Philadelphia are ‘watching’ for Him, not living for the world. They’re eagerly awaiting and praying every day for our Lord and Savior to come. In Revelation 2-3, the seven types of churches are evaluated by Jesus Christ. It seems like, ultimately, some saints from each of them will also be brought through His open door; But as just mentioned, the promise was only given to the Church of Philadelphia, who seems to be the model of the ‘bride of Christ’; I think the wise bridesmaids will be brought through Jesus’ door also, and that they’ll be from the other 6 church types.
St. John is the Individual Model for the Bride of Christ.
St. John, who is called ‘the one Jesus loved,’ was the only apostle who stayed at the cross during Jesus’ crucifixion; 65 years later, immediately after St. John experienced His first amazing Revelation vision, of Jesus Christ walking among the seven golden lamp stands, which represent the 7 church types, St. John looked and saw an open door. “He heard God say ‘Come up here’ and he went up and saw seven blazing torches before the throne of God; then he saw the Lamb who appeared to have been slaughtered in the center of the throne.” (Rev. 4:1)
The fact that St. John saw all seven lamp stands before the throne of God, and that they were all blazing, seems to indicate that at least some saints from every one of the seven church types, even the five faltering ones, will be gathered by Jesus Christ unto Himself at His Open Door Harvest.
What I’m calling the Open Door Harvest is the harvest that more and more modern Bereans are calling the Barley Harvest, the owner’s portion of it.
In St. John’s Rev. 2-3 vision, Jesus gave a stronger warning to two of the 7 church types. He said He’d remove their lamp stands if they didn’t repent. I think it highlights Jesus’ grace that, none of the lamp stands were ultimately removed! If my interpretation is right, the great news of Rev. 4:1 is: All 7 church types will come to be eternally represented as Christ’s true church, the other six, at least as His bridesmaids. Perhaps some of those He will count as being of His bride also; I hope so. It’s not a value judgment, saints have different roles; for example the 24 elders, who are the first fruits of the same barley harvest, although not of His bride, have their own thrones in God’s throne room!
The very next thing St. John sees in God’s throne room is the Lamb of God breaking the seals of the scroll of the Deed to Earth.
So when do the saints of the Open Door Harvest arrive in heaven? If the blazing torches in the throne room of God Almighty are symbolic of the seven fold church being full of the holy spirit and shining their light into the world, does that mean that automatically mean that the individual members of the bride of Christ will have already arrived in the third heaven before Jesus Christ takes the scroll from His Father’s hand?
Or, is His bride still on Earth when the Worthy One begins breaking the seals?
Did St. John witness only the church’s ‘symbolic’ representation in God’s throne room, with the flames on the lamp stands being indicators of the condition of God’s church on Earth, at the time immediately before Jesus breaks the first seal?
It makes sense that the Lamb of God would begin breaking seals right after all 7 lamp stands begin blazing in unison, indicating that His 7 fold bride and bridesmaids are ready. and therefore that it’s time for Him to receive the scroll from His Father and begin breaking its seals!
It’s very important for me to understand this because I see so much evidence that our Lord and Savior has already begun breaking them.
The ‘watching’ part of the church seems ready now, and hopefully with representatives from each of the 7 church types. (But, I’m praying more saints will wake up just before His Open Door Harvest. I don’t see any reason why that can’t be, as long as His bride’s still on Earth, even if Jesus has already begun breaking seals.)
When will the Open Door Harvest take place? At first it seemed, to me, that it’d be on one of God our Father’s Torah Law appointed-times/holy convocations, since Jesus Christ was sent to ‘fulfill the law’.
Matt. 5:17-18, “Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill. For assuredly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle will by no means pass from the law ’till all is fulfilled.”
In the year of His crucifixion, Jesus Christ fulfilled at least 3, but maybe 4 of the 7 yearly Torah holy convocations/appointed-times, in perfect order. Some think the fourth one, Shavuot/Pentecost, hasn’t been completely fulfilled since Jesus Christ was in heaven, not on or near Earth when He asked Father God to send the Holy Spirit down to Earth, 10 days after His Ascension. Also, Shavuot is a pilgrimage holy convocation, meaning it requires a return trip, and we know that the Holy Spirit must return back to heaven along with the saints.
For a brief overview of God’s 7 holy-convocations/appointed times see:
But there’s not Presently a Temple of God standing in Jerusalem!
Since the masonry temple, with its priesthood, sacrifices and proper time keeping, was central to the keeping of God’s appointed-times, especially the highest-holy-days, the fact that it currently doesn’t exist as it did when Jesus Christ walked the earth, makes it seem like God’s final appointed times can’t be fulfilled yet. Nevertheless, I still watch each of the 7 holy convocation time slots on the calendar carefully. Thankfully, as I’ve matured in my understanding, I’ve discovered that there are quite a few other prophetic high watches that we should be aware of, ones that don’t center upon the temple of God. (See post 1.)
We can already perceive the accelerating convergence of Old Testament prophesies in addition to many of the cosmic and cultural signs Jesus described in His Olivet Discourse. Even though some of those events will occur after the church is gone, the storm clouds are forming now. I mean it’s time for Jesus Christ to collect His bride and He could do it at any moment. To understand what’s happening in the world right now requires a pretty good foundation in Old Testament prophesy, after all, He was talking mainly to ‘Jews’ with His Olivet Discourse, but we also need to be able to properly integrate that knowledge into New Testament prophesy.
Revelation Type Events Are Approaching Us Daily
Artificial intelligence is doubling its power every three months, trans-humanism is about to irreversibly take hold; These are parts of Mystery Babylon, and so is their tampering with the DNA of everything. The things they’re doing literally underground are unspeakable. See links by Sling and Stone, in post:
Before they become an overwhelming threat to the mind, body, soul and spirit of His bride/true-church, I believe Jesus Christ our faithful Bridegroom King, will gather His Barley Harvest Bride through His Open Door Self.
That must be why He said “I know you have little strength” and promised to keep the Church of Philadelphia from the hour of trial. Again, Rev. 4:1 seems to demonstrate that individual unsoiled saints from the other church types will also be redeemed at the same time. Hallelujah!
I’ve not found any verses in the Bible stating that our glorious Lord, Savior, Bridegroom Christ will come for His Church exactly when the 70th week of Daniel begins, exactly when the final Daniel 9:27 agreement is signed (if it is a signed document) or exactly 7 years before the first day of Jesus Christ’s Millennial Kingdom. (See post 3.) Although it’s been frequently taught, the Bible simply never says that!
Most Christians conflate the harvests, which is necessary, at times, because they have many similar elements. Complete information about them hasn’t been clearly given to us, because certain things are revealed to us only as needed; This is true, especially in these last days, because satan is most jealous of the bride of Christ and although he wants us out of here, he will also try to ruin Jesus’ plan.
I’ve mentioned that the bride/true church of Christ must be the Barley Harvest: Barley bows its head while wheat is stiff necked. Barley pearls come right out, while wheat ears must beaten with a tribulum.
Jesus Christ was resurrected on the third holy convocation, which is called ‘First-Fruits’ and it marks the beginning of the barley harvest, when a sheaf must be presented to God in his Temple.
In the three days that His body lay dead, Jesus Christ rescued captives out of Sheol, from Abraham’s bosom. Where did He take them? Either He took them to His Father, in His throne room, as a First-Fruits offering of the Barley Harvest of saints; Or He brought them to paradise, which is the place in heaven where saints who died wait for their glorified bodies that they’ll receive later, when the rest of the church is harvested.
As mentioned above, and this is speculation: If Jesus brought the sheaf of souls out from Abraham’s Bosom in Sheol, perhaps they made a pit stop on Earth to animate their old dead bodies, which may’ve been those that came up out of their graves on the Mount of Olives when Jesus died.
Shavuot/Pentecost, God’s fourth holy convocation is actually the day in which the first fruits of the wheat harvest is presented to God in His temple; But, it also marks the fulfillment of the barley harvest; So Pentecost/Shavuot is also the model for the fulfillment of the barley harvest of saints, including the gleanings of the barley saints who must be martyred. The greatest martyrdom will happen at the 5th seal, immediately before the first fruits of the wheat harvest of saints when the 144,000, are sealed; at the beginning of the sixth seal. see below …
The 7 Year Countdown Begins Before the Church Age Ends:
I think the ‘great tribulation’ (not to be confused with God’s wrath) begins soon after Jesus Christ breaks the FOURTH SEAL. The ‘hour of trial’ is not specifically about Daniels entire 7 year period on Earth at the end of this age. Nevertheless, since time is utterly elastic when traveling in the cosmos, it’s still possible that the bride will spend exactly 7 years in God’s heaven, as per God’s will, before she returns to Earth with Jesus. The first seal’s events don’t cause great worldwide tribulation, since they’re the releasing of the diplomatic exploits of the future antichrist before the restrainer’s fully removed. The second seal removes peace, but it’s a process that doesn’t happen all at once, not going nuclear until the fourth seal. The third seal is similar: Food prices begin rising, more and more, but the full impact isn’t fully reached until the process reaches the fourth seal, which is when multitudes start dying from the sword famine, pestilence and wild animals with the march of the black horse. This is supported by Matt. 24:7, which informs us that the famines will occur ‘in various places.’ I think the ‘beginning of sorrows’ becomes the ‘great tribulation’ at the 4th seal; When the Lamb of God breaks the fourth seal, a 1/4 of humanity will die due to the cumulative effects of all that was let loose into motion when He broke the first three seals. That’s opposed to the trumpet and bowl judgments, which are the wrath of God. Breaking the seals are mainly God way of allowing the world to progress toward the Beast System. God’s harvest of the core of Christ’s ‘true church’ will take place just before the ‘hour of trial which will come upon the whole Earth sometime after Jesus Christ breaks the 4th seal. That’s also when the greatest part of the Holy Spirit’s power will be removed from Earth.
the tarry
Jesus Christ our Bridegroom strongly implied He’d tarry! But, why would He delay gathering His bride? What if the bride of Christ is busy serving our Lord by warning and/or making preparations for those who’re not getting ready, and are about to enter the great tribulation? I sometimes feel as if that’s what I’m doing.
The limit of the timing of the Open Door Harvest is that it must happen before the death of the 5th Seal Martyrs. According to Levitical Law the owner’s portion of any harvest, must be gathered in completely, before any of the gleanings are touched by the poor or the stranger (which in the case of the end time tribulation will be the ‘Beast System) until the owner (God) has taken the entirety of His portion. That’s according to God’s Levitical Law. But that doesn’t mean satan won’t break God’s law; Nevertheless, we can be fully assured that Jesus Christ will arrive with His Door Open before all the 5th seal martyrs arrive under Father God’s alter! Hallelujah! Perhaps we’ll watch King Jesus break the fifth seal when we arrive in God’s throne room!
The gleanings are the part of a harvest that‘s given over to the stranger and the poor who become the new owners. In the case of the harvests of souls at the end of the age, the gleanings are given over to the world. Even though the whole field of the souls of the Barley Harvest had become holy when the sheaf of the First Fruits offering, of saints (the 24 elders)was accepted by God Almighty, God won’t take back for Himself any part that was given over to a different owner, unless they’re put to death by the enemy. This is true in the case of souls in the time of the end, because the new owner, will be the world of the Beast.
Rev. 6: 9-11 “When He opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the testimony which they held. And they cried with a loud voice, saying, ‘How long, O Lord, holy and true, until You judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?’ Then a white robe was given to each of them; and it was said to them that they should rest a little while longer, until both the number of their fellow servants and their brethren, who would be killed as they were was completed.”
12,000 from each of the 12 tribes of Israel, Dan being replaced by Levi, are the first fruits of the Wheat Harvest. What suddenly triggered so many Sons of Jacob to begin following Jesus Christ? It’s likely that after living through the many events that occurred after Jesus Christ broke the first four seals, and seeing so many Christians go missing from Earth because of Jesus Christ’s Open Door Harvest, they figured out who their Messiah really is.
The Owner’s Portion of the Wheat Harvest
The Tribulation Saints
It’s a metaphor. Wheat is the largest harvest of the year in Israel. Wheat requires a beating by a ‘tribulum’ to become useful. Such is not the case with barley, which is why the true church or the ‘bride of Christ’ is referred to as the ‘Barley Harvest.’ The tribulation saints will makeup the greatest harvest of saints ever to be seen in heaven. Their unaccountable multitude was witnessed by St. John after Jesus Christ broke the sixth seal! They’re gathered to heaven by our Lord and Savior, at the conclusion of the ‘great tribulation’ but before God’s wrath begins. The tribulation saints are part of the body of Christ and they include both gentiles and Hebrew Israelites, a fact that’s underscored by God requiring two loaves of leavened bread as the first fruits offering of the wheat harvest on Shavuot. https://biblehub.com/q/Why_use_leaven_in_Lev_23_17_loaves.htm
(I call God’s Wrath the ‘greatest tribulation’ to avoid confusion.)
And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
Revelation 7:14
In the Book of Revelation, the first mention of the ‘wrath of God’ (which is the greatest tribulation) is at the end of the sixth seal after the ‘great tribulation’ has reached it’s conclusion, the martyrs have been killed and the 144,00 have been sealed. Then there’s announcement of God’s wrath:
Then the kings of the earth, the princes, the generals, the rich, the mighty, and everyone else, both slave and free, hid in caves and among the rocks of the mountains. They called to the mountains and the rocks, ‘Fall on us and hide us from the face of him who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb! For the great day of their wrath has come, and who can withstand it?’
The Two Witnesses will come on the scene 1,260 days before the Beast (King, Caliph, Mahdi, Emperor of the Beast Empire) comes up from the abyss after having been greatly empowered there. That means the two witnesses must arrive very early in Daniel’s 70th week. A careful analysis of the passages reveal that St. John only reports on the actual whereabouts of the Two Witnesses as they’re killed and lay in a street of Jerusalem for three days;That’s before they’re resurrected and raptured from that very same spot. The Two Witnesses were not ever described as having been inside the temple courts or on the temple mount. Although it seems to us that they’ll be drawn there. The angel told St. John all about the two witnesses right after having instructed him to measure the 3rd temple of God, but not the outer court because the gentiles will be trampling it. That’s why most people assume that the two witnesses will begin and carry out most of their their ministry around the temple. Because of that assumption, and because their foreshadowers Zerubabbel and Joshuah were Jews, the narrative that believers have clung to, is that the Two Witnesses are sent to witness and prophesy only to the Jews;But the Two Witnesses are described by the angel as ‘the 2 olive trees andthe 2 lamp stands.’ I interpret that as meaning they must also prophesy and preach to Christians including to Christ’s bride and bridesmaids in the beginning, since they’ll begin their ministry before she’s gathered.
The 7 church types or church models in Rev. 2-3, hold up the 7 lamps – that’s reminiscent of one menorah. God has two betrothals in the Bible, one inthe Old Testament and one in the New Testament. The two menorahs represent the two brides/wives, the Israelites betrothed to Father God YHWHand the true church, which is a part of the body of Christ,betrothed to God the Son Jesus Christ. (As I edit this on August 4 ’26: Assuming there’ve been no mis-translations of the text, the two witnesses began their ministry 2.3 yrs. ago. So they must be hiding in plain sight on the World Wide Web! That’s according to my calculations, see post 4. The Countdown.)
Zechariah wrote about the original two witnesses: Joshua and Zerubabbel:
And interestingly, there’s no record of their deaths. In Zechariah’s vision he saw that they were introduced to their Savior Messiah as the ‘chief corner stone’ (with 7 eyes on it); That’s the chief corner stone of the temple they were building. So, yes; I think they’ll be here, on Earth as the 3rd temple is being built. And, in the same way that Elijah returned as the spirit of John the Baptist, for anybody who’d believe it, I think they grew up on Earth. I think at some point they’ll became completely and continuously filled with the Holy Spirit; That means they’ve been granted virtually unlimited defensive powers by God; But, I believe they’ll only use those powers in the final year and a half before they’re killed. Unfortunately, just as the Jews recognized neither Elijah nor their Messiah, I suspect that most ‘Christians’ won’t recognize the Two Witnesses. I’ve started a list of possibilities on post 15.
I am the true vine, and my Father is the vine dresser. Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit. Already you are clean because of the word that I have spoken to you. Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.
We’ve all heard of the Grapes of Wrath, but I think there’s also a Good Grape Harvest since Jesus himself is the good grape vine.
Grape Harvest Passages
Grape Harvest Passages
Then I looked, and there before me was a white cloud. Sitting on the cloud was someone like a Son of Man seated on the cloud was one like a son of man (Jesus) with a crown of gold on his head and a sharp sickle in his hand. Then another angel came out of the temple and called in a loud voice to him who was sitting on the cloud, “Take your sickle and reap, because the time to reap has come, for the harvest of the earth is ripe.” So he who was seated on the cloud swung his sickle over the earth, and the earth was harvested. (Rev. 14: 14-16)
I think Jesus Christ harvested the living branches, those who were attached to Himself. SinceJesus is the grape vine, His true follower are the ‘good grapes’ on the branches that are attached to Him. Although this harvest, which is the first Rev. 14 harvest, isn’t specifically said to be grapes, the barley and wheat harvests had already been completed before Rev. 11. Olives and figs were the only other important late season crops in Jerusalem.
The Other Rev. 14 Harvest is the ‘Grapes of Wrath’
Another angel came out of the temple in heaven, and he too had a sharp sickle. Still another angel, who had charge of the fire, came from the altar and called in a loud voice to him who had the sharp sickle, “Take your sharp sickle and gather the clusters of grapes from the earth’s vine, because its grapes are ripe.” The angel swung his sickle on the earth, gathered its grapes and threw them into the great wine press of God’s wrath. They were trampled in the wine press outside the city, and blood flowed out of the press, rising as high as the horses’ bridles for a distance of 1,600 stadia. (Rev. 14 17-20)
Those are the wild grapes that remained, after Jesus took His good grape harvest.
It started with the First Fruits of the ‘Good Grape’ Harvest
Resurrected Old Testament Saints
Soon after the war with Michael and satan breaks out in heaven, there’s a very large resurrection of Old Testament saints. They’re the first fruits of the Good Grape Harvest.
Daniel 12: 1-2 “At that time Michael, the great prince who protects your people, will arise. There will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until then. But at that time your people—everyone whose name is found written in the book—will be delivered. Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life others to shame and everlasting contempt . . .”
With 3 mentions of ‘time’ in just those two verses, perhaps we should ask: ‘when’? The answer is found in the context of the end of Daniel 11, (the final King of the North invading Israel) and also in Revelation 12 7-9 see below:
Revelation 12: 7-9 “Then war broke out in heaven. Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought back.But he was not strong enough, and they lost their place in heaven. The great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil, or satan, who leads the whole world astray. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him.”
TheMain Good Grape Harvest (owner’s portion) is the Rev. 14: 14-16 harvest by Jesus Christ, when He sits on the clouds with His sickle: It takes place after Rev. 12 when the abomination of desolation (A.O.D.) is initially set up and the Jews flee to the mountains to a place God will have prepared for them. We know they’ll stay there for 1,260 days. The sickle Jesus is holding is symbolic; Jesus’ Olivet Discourse tells us that when He harvests them, He’ll be seen across the entire sky by everyone on Earth, from the East to the West, in great glory; And that He’ll be with a host of His angels who’ll gather them. But, this isn’t Jesus Christ’s second coming, when He’ll be accompanied by all His saints – a huge standard – all of us on white horses together with myriads and myriads of good angels. This is only the Olivet Discourse Harvest. No horses are mentioned. The wedding feast hasn’t happened yet in heaven and Armageddon will begin very soon.
This group isn’t part of Christ’s church, since they’ve already suffered through the seven trumpets of God’s judgment/wrath onto the earth. The church, is not appointed to God’s wrath. But, I think this group will still be invited to the Marriage Supper of the Lamb since they’ll arrive in heaven before the wedding feast.
And the angel said to me, “Write this: Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.” And he said to me, “These are the true words of God.” (Rev. 19:9)
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Gleanings of the Good Grape Harvest of Revelation 19
The Last Martyrs
The last martyrs are described by St. John who saw them toward the end of his journey in the spirit. He saw them standing in heaven beside what appeared to be a sea of glass and fire, and heard them named “those who defeated the beast and his image.” These are the gleanings of the Good Grape Harvest. Although they will be mostly Jews, I think there will also be some gentles among them because . . .
.The woman fled into the wilderness to a place prepared for her by God, where she might be taken care of for 1,260 days. … .Then the dragon was enraged at the woman and went off to wage war against the rest of her offspring – those who keep God’s commands and hold fast their testimony about Jesus. (Rev. 12:6,17)
“And it was given unto him (the Beast) to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.”
Revelation 13:7
The Revelation 12 woman is Israel, but satan couldn’t get to her, so instead he went after whoever else left on Earth was following her son Jesus Christ, the body of Christ. All those who follow Jesus Christ are considered to be her offspring also, because they abide in Jesus.
None of the last martyrs, whether Jew or gentile, are part of Christ’s church, because they come out of God’s wrath. The church is completely gone by then, nevertheless there seems to be a group of gentile stragglers who missed the entire church age, yet are somehow humbled after seeing the Two Witnesses resurrected. Perhaps they find some Bibles in their hideouts as they’re trying to dodge the beast; They’re saints too. And they seem to arrive in heaven just in time, for the Marriage Supper of the Lamb! See:
Then the angel said to me, “Write this: Blessed are those who are invited to the wedding supper of the Lamb!” (Rev. 19:9)
And he added, “These are the true words of God.” (Rev. 19:9) For God did not appoint us (the church) to suffer wrath, but to receive salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ. (1 Thess. 5:9)
The Last Martyrs will come out of the Wrath of God
None of these will have repented until after the sixth trumpet judgement (the second woe). Not even being tortured for five months by demonic locusts from the bottomless pit, at the fifth trumpet judgment, without being able to die although wishing to, impressed them enough to call on Jesus Christ’s name for help. Only later, after hearing the powerful testimonies of the Two Witnesses and seeing the beast come out of the bottomless pit and kill them, and then seeing them resurrected 3.5 days later, followed by a great earthquake that destroys a tenth of the Jerusalem, killing 7,000, did they finally get humbled and turn to Jesus Christ!
In Rev. 20, St. John sees the souls of the last martyrs, and then sees them come to life and reign with Christ for a thousand years!
First Fruits of the Barley Harvest could also be the captives Jesus removed from Hades, the ‘Bosom of Abraham’, when He “took captivity captive”.My interpretation of the two harvests of Rev. 14, is that only the second harvest is the grapes of wrath and the first one is the smaller harvest of good grapes.
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Final thoughts about gleanings:
As mentioned above, according to Romans 11:18, When the first-fruits of something offered to God is holy, the whole lump is holy; This applies to fields of grain and other crops. The gleanings of a holy field (lump) are given over to the poor and the stranger who become its new owner.
Leviticus chapters 25-27 relates to harvests, valuation, vows, redemption and many animal offerings, which are also holy to God.
God has given rules about their redemption, including cases when the animal must be killed. see post 2
(((These are not the regular alter sacrifices.)))
As far as I understand it, no living thing that’s holy to God, and is then given over to another owner can be redeemed back to God except by death. The corners of a field are holy to God, if that field had been dedicated to God. But, God has commanded in Torah for the corners to be given over to the poor and the stranger passing through. The corners are the gleanings. Therefore, regarding God’s harvest of souls, those saints who find themselves as part of the gleanings in the end times, having actually been given over to the world Beast/Antichrist system, must be martyred by the enemies team. That’s the only way God will take them back.
That’s an example of gleanings of a holy batch. I believe that verse is also about the portion of the Good Grape Harvest that must be put to death in order to to be redeemed back to God, and that similar things happened with the Barley and Wheat Harvests.
65 years later, immediately after St. John experienced His first amazing Revelation vision, of Jesus Christ walking among the seven golden lamp stands, 
which represent the 7 church types, St. John looked and saw an open door. 
“He heard God say ‘Come up here’ and he went up and saw seven blazing torches before the throne of God; then he saw the Lamb who appeared to have been slaughtered in the center of the throne.” (Rev. 4:1)
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