Revelation 14:16

And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth,.... He put forth, and made use of that power which he had in his hand, in answer to the entreaty of the angel, the time being fully come…

And he that sat on the cloud - The Saviour, Rev 14:14. Thrust in his sickle on the earth - To cut down the harvest - that is, to gather his people to himself. And the earth was reaped - So far as the…

The earth was reaped - The judgments were executed. But where, or on whom, who can tell?

Here we have the vision of the harvest and vintage, introduced with a solemn preface. Observe,

I. The preface, Rev 14:13. Here note, 1. Whence this prophecy about the harvest came: it came down from…

thrust in Lit. cast: but the word is used in much milder senses, e.g. of the Lord "putting" His fingers in the deaf man's ears, St Mar 7:33. The A. V. can therefore be defended: but it is perhaps…