“And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of God.”
The angel swung his sickle on the earth, gathered its grapes and threw them into the great winepress of the wrath of God - the grapes (the ungodly) are gathered and cast into God's winepress of judgment. This imagery, drawn from Isaiah 63, transforms the vintage into an instrument of divine retribution.
Church Fathers on Revelation 14:19
“And the angel thrust in the sickle, and reaped the vine of the earth, and cast it into the wine-press of the wrath of God. And the wine-press of His fury was trodden down without the city.” In that he says that it was cast into the wine-press of the wrath of God, and trodden down without the city, the treading of the wine-press is the retribution on the sinner. “And blood went out from the wine-press, even unto the horse-bridles.” The vengeance of shed blood as was before…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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