HARVEST
HARVEST, The
- Ingathering of fruits of the fields # Mr 4:29
- To continue without intermission # Ge 8:22
- CALLED THE 3a) Appointed weeks of harvest
# Jer 5:24
3b) Harvest time # 2Sa 23:13 Jer 50:16 4) Fields appeared white before # Joh 4:35 5) Of barley at the passover # Le 23:6,10 Ru 1:22 6) Of wheat at Pentecost # Ex 34:22 1Sa 12:17 7) Men and women engaged in # Ru 2:8,9 8) PERSONS ENGAGED IN 8a) Reapers # Ru 2:4 8b) Binders # Ge 37:7 Ps 129:7 8c) Called harvest-men # Isa 17:5 8d) Called labourers # Mt 9:37 8e) Fed by the husbandman during # Ru 2:14 8f) Received wages # Joh 4:35 8g) Often defrauded of their wages # Jas 5:4 9) Former and latter rain necessary to abundance of # Jer 5:24 Am 4:7 10) Patience required in waiting for # Jas 5:7 11) Not to be commenced until the first fruits had been offered to God # Le 23:10,14 12) A time of great joy # Ps 126:6 Isa 9:3 13) Omitted in the sabbatical year # Le 25:5 14) Omitted in year of jubilee # Le 25:11,12 15) The Sabbath to observed during # Ex 34:21 16) Legal provision for the poor during # Le 19:9,10 23:22 De 24:19 17) FAILURE OF 17a) Occasioned by drought # Am 4:7 17b) Occasioned by locusts # Joe 1:4 17c) Sometimes continued for years # Ge 45:6 17d) A cause of great grief # Isa 16:9 Joe 1:11 17e) A punishment for sin # Isa 17:10,11 18) Slothfulness during, ruinous # Pr 10:5 19) Miraculous thunder, &c in # 1Sa 12:17,18 20) ILLUSTRATIVE 20a) Of seasons of grace # Jer 8:20 20b) Of the end of the world # Mt 13:30,39 20c) Of a time when many are ready to receive the gospel # Mt 9:37,38 Joh 4:35 20d) Of a time of judgment # Jer 51:33 Ho 6:11 20e) Of ripeness for wrath # Joe 3:13 Re 14:15 20f) (Dew in,) of God’s protection # Isa 18:4 20g) (Cold in,) of a refreshing message # Pr 25:13 20h) (Rain in,) of honour given to fools # Pr 26:1