Harvest, The
Harvest, The
Ingathering of fruits of the fields - Mr 4:29
To continue without intermission - Ge 8:22
CALLED THE
Fields appeared white before - Joh 4:35
Of barley at the passover - Le 23:6,10; Ru 1:22
Of wheat at Pentecost - Ex 34:22; 1Sa 12:17
Men and women engaged in - Ru 2:8,9
PERSONS ENGAGED IN
- Reapers
- Ru 2:4 - Binders
- Ge 37:7; Ps 129:7 - Called harvest-men
- Isa 17:5 - Called labourers
- Mt 9:37 - Fed by the husbandman during
- Ru 2:14 - Received wages
- Joh 4:35 - Often defrauded of their wages
- Jas 5:4
Former and latter rain necessary to abundance of - Jer 5:24; Am 4:7
Patience required in waiting for - Jas 5:7
Not to be commenced until the first fruits had been offered to God - Le 23:10,14
A time of great joy - Ps 126:6; Isa 9:3
Omitted in the sabbatical year - Le 25:5
Omitted in year of jubilee - Le 25:11,12
The Sabbath to observed during - Ex 34:21
Legal provision for the poor during - Le 19:9,10; 23:22; De 24:19
FAILURE OF
- Occasioned by drought
- Am 4:7 - Occasioned by locusts
- Joe 1:4 - Sometimes continued for years
- Ge 45:6 - A cause of great grief
- Isa 16:9; Joe 1:11 - A punishment for sin
- Isa 17:10,11
Slothfulness during, ruinous - Pr 10:5
Miraculous thunder, &c in - 1Sa 12:17,18
ILLUSTRATIVE
- Of seasons of grace
- Jer 8:20 - Of the end of the world
- Mt 13:30,39 - Of a time when many are ready to receive the gospel
- Mt 9:37,38; Joh 4:35 - Of a time of judgment
- Jer 51:33; Ho 6:11 - Of ripeness for wrath
- Joe 3:13; Re 14:15 - (Dew in,) of God's protection
- Isa 18:4 - (Cold in,) of a refreshing message
- Pr 25:13 - (Rain in,) of honour given to fools
- Pr 26:1 Next Topic (Hatred)