"The Secret of GOD," as revealed by John in the Revelation of Christ, chapter 14:17, with a renewed mind and our victory as foretold.

We now see another Shepherd-Messenger come on the scene, lets drop in to see what this is all about.


Revelation 14:17-20 "And another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven, he also having a sharp sickle. And another angel came out from the altar, which had power over fire; and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, saying, "Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe." And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of God. And the winepress was trodden without the city, and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs." (KJV)

Revelation 14:17-20 "Then another angel came out of the temple in heaven, and he too had a sharp sickle. And another angel came out from the altar, the angel who has authority over the fire, and he called with a loud voice to the one who had the sharp sickle, "Put in your sickle and gather the clusters from the vine of the earth, for its grapes are ripe." So the angel swung his sickle across the earth and gathered the grape harvest of the earth and threw it into the great winepress of the wrath of God. And the winepress was trodden outside the city, and blood flowed from the winepress, as high as a horse's bridle, for 1,600 stadia." (ESV)

Revelation 14:17-20 "And another Shepherd-Messenger appeared from the most holy place, the Tabernacle located in the heavenly realm; He too had a sharp pruning-hook-type sickle. Yet another messenger emerged from the altar of burnt offerings - this one was in charge of the fire of the altar. He cried with a loud voice telling the messenger with the sharp pruning hook to thrust forth his sickle and gather the vintage since the earth's grapes were bursting with ripeness! And he swung his sickle and gathered the vintage of the earth and cast it into the wine-press of GOD'S great [1] passion. (The word, [1, G2372 from G2380 thuō, to immolate] thumos, speaks of the passion of Christ as the sacrificed Lamb! See the extended notes on the Winepress of the passion of GOD at the end of chapter 19.) And the wine-press was trodden outside the city, and the blood that flowed out of the winepress was as deep as a horse' bridle and it flooded a thousand stadia. (See Hebrews 13:12, According to the prophetic pattern, Jesus, as the final sin sacrifice, was slain outside of the city walls. The symbolic depth of a horse's bridal and 1000 Greek stadia speaks of the completeness and universality of the world-wide impact of the blood covenant of Jesus Christ. the typical Greek stadium was 600 Greek feet. [Aprox. 160 meters.]

Isaiah 63:2-3, "Why is Your approval red and Your garments like one who treads in the wine press? 'I have trodden the wine trough alone.'"

See Colossians 2:14-15....3:9, His body nailed to the cross hung there as the document of humanity's guilt: In dying our death He cancelled the detailed hand-written record which testified against us. Every stain on our conscious, reminding of the sense of failure and guilt, was thus fully blotted out. In Him dying humanity's death, He defused every possible claim of accusation against the human race and thus made a public spectacle of it in GOD'S brilliant triumph (Mat. 27:51b-54), demonstrated in Him. The voice of the cross will never be silenced! (The horror of the Cross is Now the eternal trophy of GOD'S triumph over sin! The cross stripped religions authority to manipulate and control humanity with guilt. Every accusation lost its leverage to blackmail the human race with condemnation and shame! The word, apekduomai, is translated from apo, away from, and ekduo, to be stripped of clothing; To disarm, the religious facade that disguises itself in the Law of works as a means of defining a person's life, was openly defeated. Same word is used in Col. 3:9. The dominance of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil [poneros, hard work and labor] has ended. The word, deikmatizo, means to exhibit in public (again Mat. 27:51b-54). The word, parresia, comes from pas, means all and rheo, outspokenness, pouring forth speech. [The Mirror Bible.]

"The slate wiped clean, that old arrest warrant cancelled and nailed to Christ's Cross. he stripped all the spiritual tyrants in the universe of their sham authority at the Cross and marched them naked through the street." (The Mirror, with editing.)

In our next visit the LORD willing we shall begin our look at the author's notes. Until then may our LORD proved us all His light of understanding His secrets.