“I was doing a search today for the verse in the bible that say’s we must harvest now, while there is still light, because I was thinking with all the censorship that is trying to come about, It hit me, that this might be what this verse was referring to.  We can’t mention Jesus’s name without causing a stir, we can’t voice in public what the Bible say’s about sins ie: homosexuality, worshiping false god’s, etc.  I couldn’t find it in my Bible, so I did a google search, as that usually gives me what I need faster than me flipping through pages.  I came across this article below and it was amazing.  So I thought I’d share part of it.  You can read the whole thing at the link below.  But I thought this is sooo true, we really need to be focusing on the Harvest because the time of darkness is fast approaching.  Too many Christians want to hide their head in the sand, but now is the time to wake up and be about your Father’s business.  Jesus warns in more than one parable in the new testament about a master returning home to find his servants asleep.  Do you want Him to find you asleep?  He’s Coming, He’s Close, Can you Feel Him?

By The Bible A Book Of Truth

If we study the Book of Jeremiah, we can see that he was a prophet in a time
when his nation was in a spiritual decline that led to eventual disaster. How many
professing Christians can conceive that that could be possible? Can we identify a
nation that is in spiritual decline? Can we identify the signs that will lead to total
disaster? There were many false prophets in Jeremiah’s day, who insisted that
everything would be alright. They kept on saying they had the temple and as long
as they had that temple, then they would be fine. In this day, there are many
professing Christians that keep on saying, they are born-again so they will be fine.
There was only Jeremiah who spoke the truth in that time of decline and he was
so far outnumbered by the false prophets, nobody would listen to him. That could
be true in any nation. The people who are prepared to speak the truth about the
Gospel are relatively few. Just as Jeremiah was severely criticised for daring to
speak the truth, so are those in this day who dare to speak words of rebuke; who
dare to speak out what the Bible really says. Jesus said several times, “For those
who can hear – let him hear.” In other words; listen to and obey the Bible.
We can equate the words of the Lord to Jeremiah, to many Christians today. What
is conspicuous in the church today is a lack of respect for the Lord. People could
never say and do the things we see if they had fear of the Lord. The biggest
promises are for those who fear the Lord. ‘These people have a defiant and a
rebellious heart. They have revolted and quit His service and have gone away.
They do not say in their heart, “Let us now fear the Lord our God, who gives rain,
both the former and the latter in its season; He reserves for us the appointed
weeks of the harvest’” (Jeremiah 5:23 & 24). What was the rain given for? The
harvest. The infilling of the Holy Spirit; the gifts of the Holy Spirit; and the fruits of
the Holy Spirit, are all given for the sake of harvest. They are to equip us to go out

into the harvest. They are not given just for us to enjoy ourselves so we can be
‘super-spiritual’ and prophesy over one another. That is not the whole purpose of
the Gospel, and if we cannot understand that, then we are missing part of God’s
plan for our lives.
There are two scriptural harvests. There is the ‘grain’ harvest, and the second is
the ‘grape’ harvest. The grain harvest is the harvest of salvation; the grapes are
the ‘grapes of God’s wrath’ or His divine Judgement. ‘And I looked and behold; I
saw a white cloud and sitting on the cloud, was One like the Son of Man, with a
golden crown on His head and a sharp sickle in His  hand; and another angel
came out of heaven calling with a mighty voice to Him who was sitting on the
cloud, “Put in Your sickle and reap, for the time has come for You to reap, for the
harvest of the earth is ripe.” So He Who was sitting upon the cloud swung His
sickle on the earth, and the earth was harvested. Then another angel came out of
heaven and he also carried a sharp sickle. Another angel who had power over fire
called with a loud cry to him who had the sharp sickle, “Put forth your sickle and
reap the fruit of the vine of the earth, for its grapes are ripe.” So the angel swung
his sickle and stripped the grapes from the vines of the earth and cast it into the
huge winepress of God’s wrath’ (Revelation 14:14 to 19). The harvest of the
judgement (grapes) follows immediately after the first harvest of the righteous
(grain). God is a God of mercy and loving kindness, but He is also a God of
severe judgement and wrath. Paul said, “See the kindness and severity of God.
Severity towards those who have fallen, but kindness to you – provided you
continue in His grace and abide in His kindness; otherwise you too will be cut off’
(Romans 11:22).
Jesus said, “Do you not say that there is still time before the harvest? Behold, I
say to you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields for they are already ripe for
harvest … he who sows and he who reaps rejoice together’ (John 4:35 & 36).
Jesus always spoke about spiritual matters as though they were in the natural
realm, so the hearers could understand what He was  really saying. We are
reaping the latter harvest, and we must get the job done while there is still light,
because one day the window of opportunity will close. ‘We must work the works of
Him Who sent Me when it is day, for the night is coming when no one can work’
(John 9:4). Once that door closes, then the angels will take over from us. In the
Book of Revelation, the last preaching of the Gospel is actually done by angels –
not by people (Revelation 14:6). ‘He who gathers in summer is a wise soul. He
who sleeps in harvest is a son who causes shame’ (Proverbs 10:5). As children of
God, which of these are we? Do we want to be wise or a source of shame to our
heavenly Father? ‘For we must all appear before the Judgement Seat of the
Messiah, that each one may receive the things done  in the body according to
what he has done whether good or bad; knowing therefore, the terror of the Lord,
we persuade men’ (2 Corinthians 5:10 & 11).
We have a mandate to bring as many people to the harvest as we possibly can. It
is what the Lord requires of us and we must work towards the final harvest, to
hasten the coming of the Lord (2 Peter 3:12).
Amen and God bless you.

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