Then another angel came out of the temple in heaven, and he too had a sharp sickle.
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 another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven,.... It is a strange conceit of Mr. Brightman's, that this angel is Thomas Lord Cromwell, in the days of King Henry the Eighth, a sincere favourer of pure religion; and that the following angel is Thomas Cranmer, archbishop of Canterbury, a martyr, that had power over fire; and that the vintage, here spoken...
Verse 17. And another angel. The fifth in order. This angel came for a different purpose--with reference to the cutting off of the enemies of God, represented by the gathering of a vintage. Compare . Came out of the temple which is in heaven. Sent or commissioned by God. . He also having a sharp sickle. On the word sickle, .