Table of Contents
Harvest, The
1. Ingathering of fruits of the fields. Mr 4:29.
2. To continue without intermission. Ge 8:22.
3. Called the
a. Appointed weeks of harvest. Jer 5:24.
b. 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
a. Reapers. Ru 2:4.
b. Binders. Ge 37:7; Ps 129:7.
c. Called harvest-men. Isa 17:5.
d. Called labourers. Mt 9:37.
e. Fed by the husbandman during. Ru 2:14.
f. Received wages. Joh 4:35.
g. 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
a. Occasioned by drought. Am 4:7.
b. Occasioned by locusts. Joe 1:4.
c. Sometimes continued for years. Ge 45:6.
d. A cause of great grief. Isa 16:9; Joe 1:11.
e. 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
a. Of seasons of grace. Jer 8:20.
b. Of the end of the world. Mt 13:30,39.
c. Of a time when many are ready to receive the gospel. Mt 9:37,38; Joh 4:35.
d. Of a time of judgment. Jer 51:33; Ho 6:11.
e. Of ripeness for wrath. Joe 3:13; Re 14:15.
f. (Dew in,) of God’s protection. Isa 18:4.
g. (Cold in,) of a refreshing message. Pr 25:13.
h. (Rain in,) of honour given to fools. Pr 26:1.