The time of the harvest is not on the "beast" time table. Your problem is that the harvest has been going on for 2000 years.
The harvest is only a 2 or 3 year period. .
First, I do not have a "problem with the "harvest" and it has not
been going on for 2000 years (as you claim above) and it does not occur
in only a 2 or 3 periods (as you claim above)
Second... let me make a distinction about the "harvests"...
I am interested in talking about the FINAL HARVEST. But any Saint
should realize the FINAL HARVEST is the last in a series of harvests.
The First Harvest is when God gathered all the living Saints
OUT
of the (1st) Pre-Flood "
Kingdom of Heaven" on Noah's Ark.
[which is a picture of Christ]
The Second Harvest is when God gathered all the living Saints
OUT
of the (2nd) Jewish "
Kingdom of Heaven" [Mat 22:2] into the
Christian Kingdom as they followed Jesus and His disciples.
That "
harvest" is shown here:
Joh 4:35
Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest?
behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields;
for they are white already to harvest.
The Third Harvest is when God gathered all the living Saints
OUT
of the (3rd) Christian "
Kingdom of Heaven" [Mat 13 in 8 verses)
into the Great Tribulation Kingdom. That "
harvest" is shown here:
Mat 25:1
Then [at that time] shall the [Fourth or Great Tribulation]
"
Kingdom of Heaven"
be likened unto [look like] TEN VIRGINS
[also called the ten "Kings" and the ten "Horns"] which took their
lamps [took their Gospels] and went forth [from the Christian "Kingdom"
into the Great Tribulation "Kingdom"] to meet the Bridegroom
[to meet the Returning Lord Jesus Christ]
So those are the first four (4) "
harvests" in history...
But I am interested in talking about the
FINAL HARVEST that occurs
just before the
END of the Great Tribulation or Revelation Beast.
That
FINAL HARVEST is shown here:
(1) In Revelation 18 the destruction of the Fourth Kingdom is shown [v.2] as
"
Babylon the Great is fallen, is fallen". The "
Final Harvest" of Saints, immediately before
the destruction of Babylon, is shown [v.4] as the Lord Commands the Last Saints to
"
Come out of her, My people". And Saints are told [v.20] to "
rejoice" over the destruction
of Babylon for "
God hath avenged you on her".
[a reference to Rev 6:9-11 or Fifth Seal]
(2) In Revelation 19 the destruction of Babylon is shown [v.20] as the False Prophet and
Revelations Beast are "
cast alive" into the eternal "
Lake-of-Fire". The "
Final Harvest"
immediately before destruction of the "
great harlot" [v.2] is shown as the Last Saints are
commanded [v.17] to "
gather yourselves together unto the SUPPER of the Great God".
Then again [v.9] the "
Final Harvest" is shown when the Last Saints are "
called unto the
MARRIAGE SUPPER of the Lamb". And once more we see [v.2] that, when God destroys
the Kingdom of "
Babylon the Great", He also "
hath avenged the blood of His servants".
[again a reference to the Fifth Seal of Rev 6:9-11]
(3) In Revelation 11 the destruction of Babylon is shown [v.13] as a "
great earthquake",
and the "
Final Harvest" is shown [v.12] as the Saints are commanded to "
Come up hither.
And they ascended up to heaven in a cloud". Again the "
Final Harvest" is shown occurring
immediately before destruction of the Fourth Beast. However, this time, the Bible reveals
[v.14] the
TIME for fulfillment of this event is just before the end of the "
Second Woe"...
that is important.
(4) In Matthew 25 the destruction of the Fourth Kingdom of "
Babylon the Great" is shown
[v.10] when the "
Door was Shut". The "
Final Harvest" is again shown [v.10] as a "
Marriage"
with "
they that were ready went in with Him to the Marriage". Again, the "
Final Harvest" occurs
before the "
Door was Shut". However, in this case we see [v.11] there's a period on earth
after the "
Final Harvest" is finished... as the Bible reveals "
afterward came also the other virgins"
[the foolish virgins] This period after the "
Door was Shut" is the period, the Bible specifically
NAMES as being the "
Season and Time".
[also shown in Dan 12 as the "time-of-the-end"]
(5) In Daniel 7 the destruction of the Fourth Beast is shown [v.11] when "
the Beast was slain,
and his body destroyed, and given to the Burning Flame". The "
Final Harvest" of Saints is shown
[v.18] as "
the Saints of the Most High shall take the Kingdom, and possess the Kingdom forever,
even for ever and ever". Again, the "
Final Harvest" of the Great Tribulation Saints is shown [v.22]
when "
Judgment was given to the Saints of the Most High; and the time came that the Saints possessed the [eternal]
Kingdom".
In Daniel 7 the Bible actually reveals the
NAME of the period on earth after the "
Final Harvest"
of the Last Saints, and after destruction of the Fourth Beast. The Bible [Dan 7:12] specifically
NAMES this period the "
Season and Time".
[shown in Dan 12 as the "time-of-the-end"]
So you can clearly see the Last Saints are
WELL AWARE of all the "
harvests" of Saints
throughout history. And, while I do not mind talking about the first four (4) "
harvests"
I was especially interested in talking about the "
Final Harvest" which occurs NOT during
the Christian "
Kingdom of Heaven" but in the Great Tribulation "
Kingdom of Heaven".
Of course the reader must wonder
WHY this information has never been "
revealed" before?
And the answer is: this is just
PART of the Biblical mysteries God
PROMISED would remain
"
closed-up" and "
sealed" to all Saints until the Last Saints [Dan 12:4 and 12:8-10] and this
is
PART of the testimony of those Last Saints as we are commanded to "
prophesy again"
as the Seventh Trumpet "
begins to sound" [Rev 10:7-11].
In any case, I am interested in talking about
ANY of these "
harvests", but I am especially
interested in talking about the "
Final Harvest" occurring at the end of the Great Tribulation
"
Kingdom of Heaven" [Mat 25:1]. Hopefully some readers will be interested in discussing
these "
harvests" of Saints throughout history and especially the "
Final Harvest".
Jim
.