TODAY'S SCRIPTURE TO REFLECT ON

“Then another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven, he also having a sharp sickle. 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.” 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. 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.” Revelation 14:17-20 nkjv

TODAY'S WORD FOR US
This description is very similar to the description on Matthew 13:24-30, the image of the Second coming of Our Lord Jesus Christ. It’s pretty clear of what is happening here, destruction, judgement, and also the wrath of God is poured on the city over 200 miles of nothing but destruction. This is the aftermath image of the battle of Armageddon mentioned in Revelation 16:15 and the Christ’s defeating the human armies. In Isiah 63:3, winepress is always linked to God’s wrath and judgement. There is no turning back, the plan of God is in process of being completed, the final time of judgement. Is it so much different for us right now? We have witnessed so far, the destruction of the whole city by the nuclear weapon, and also innocent killing by the wars over ideology, and also we have witnessed natural disasters that consumed so many who are innocent. This will be one that the world has not seen before. Of course, we could imagine this more than early believer