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But when the fruit is ripe, immediately he puts forth the sickle, because the harvest has come."
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The Two Harvests
Commentators explain that the "harvest" can be understood in two ways. First, it can represent the end of an individual believer's life, when their spiritual growth is complete and God brings them to heaven. Second, it can signify the great eschatological harvest at the end of the age, when Christ returns to gather all His people.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Immediately he putteth in the sickle. This is the way with the farmer. As soon as the grain is ripe, it is cut down. So it is often with t…
Is ripe (παραδο, second aorist subjunctive with οταν). Whenever the fruit yields itself or permits.
Putteth forth <…
19th Century
Anglican
He puts in the sickle.—From one point of view, here again, the harvest is the end of the world ([Reference Matth…
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This parable emphasizes the mysterious power of the seed to produce a crop. All the farmer can do is plant the seed on suitable ground; he cannot m…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
But when the fruit is brought forth Unto perfection, and is fully ripe; signifying that when grace is brought to mat…
These declarations were intended to draw the disciples' attention to the word of Christ. By His instructing them in this way, they were enabled to …
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