The Harvest of the Earth

John sees one like the Son of Man sitting on a cloud with a crown of gold on his head and a sharp sickle in his hand. An angel calls out to him in a loud voice: 'Take your sickle and reap, because the time to reap has come, for the harvest of the earth is ripe.'

The one like the Son of Man swings his sickle over the earth, and the earth is harvested. Then another angel comes out of the temple in heaven with a sharp sickle. An angel tells him 'Take your sickle and gather the clusters of grapes from the earth's vine, because its grapes are ripe.'

The angel swings his sickle on the earth, gathers its grapes, and throws them into the great winepress of God's wrath. The winepress is trodden outside the city, and blood flows from it as high as a horse's bridle for a distance of sixteen hundred stadia.

The two harvests represent the gathering of the redeemed and the gathering of the wicked for judgment. Both are final. The redeemed are gathered for eternal blessing. The wicked are gathered for final judgment.