So the One seated on the cloud swung His sickle over the earth, and the earth was harvested.
Here we have the vision of the harvest and vintage, introduced with a solemn preface. Observe, I. The preface, Rev 14:13. Here note, 1. Whence this prophecy about the harvest came: it came down from heaven, and not from men, and therefore it is of certain truth and great authority. 2.
Commenting on Revelation 14:13-20
And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth,.... He put forth, and made use of that power which he had in his hand, in answer to the entreaty of the angel, the time being fully come which was fixed for this great event: and the earth was reaped; and the harvest of it was got in; reaping and harvest...
Verse 16. And he that sat on the cloud. The Saviour, . Thrust in his sickle on the earth. To cut down the harvest; that is, to gather his people to himself. And the earth was reaped. So far as the righteous were concerned.