Study Notes: Revelation 14: 13-20

Rezooming Revelation 14 (14:13-20)

The Sabbath
Rev_14:13, Exo_20:8-11, Mat_11:28-30, Heb_4:1-11

-The Israelites couldn't enter into God's rest because they didn't have faith.

-The sabbath rest is given to us as a sign between us and God that might make us Holy. Eze_20:12

-The Sabbath is just between us and God, it isn't for show to other people.

Isa_58:12-14

-The foundation that needs to be built up is our understanding of prophecy. The breech in God's law is the Sabbath law.

-In Revelation 14:13 the "rest from their labours" is the Sabbath.

What does it mean to die in the LORD?
1Co_15:15-30Baptism represents the death of the old man and being born as a new man

Rom_6:1-4

-So when it says to die in the LORD it refers to death to self, entering into God's rest and ceasing from our own works.
-Sabbath is the rest of sin.

Rev_14:14-This is the coming of Christ.
-He has the crown and the sickle

Revelation_14:15-20-We have two different harvests happening here.

Harvest of Wheat-This is the harvest of the righteous at Jesus' second coming.

Harvest of the Grapes-This is the harvest of the wicked at Jesus' second coming.
-The grapes were put in the "winepress" of God's wrath and the blood was very deep. This is to say that there are lots of wicked that are going to be destroyed. Ezekiel_39:17-23, Isaiah_66:24