1. Revelation 14:14–20 (ESV)
  2. Structure and outline

The way in which Revelation 14:14–20 links to the preceding paragraph

Revelation 14:14–20 (ESV)

14 Then I looked, and behold, a white cloud, and seated on the cloud one like a son of man, with a golden crown on his head, and a sharp sickle in his hand.

In the present verses the phrase “another angel” appears three times (Revelation 14:15, Revelation 14:17–18). The preceding paragraph had also used the phrase “another angel” three times (Revelation 14:6, Revelation 14:8–9). That parallel links these two passages. Further, the present paragraph begins with the vision of Jesus Christ carrying a sharp sickle (Revelation 14:14). The three angels of Revelation 14:6–13 had called all the earth to repentance; in Revelation 14:14–20 Jesus Christ with his angels takes in the harvest that developed from that call. Whereas the activities of Revelation 14:6–13 characterize the entire New Testament era, the harvest described in Revelation 14:14–20 direct our attention to the end of the present age.