Today’s passage from the Book of Revelation describes the judgment at the end times. The judgment is depicted as a double harvest. In the first harvest, the son of man cuts and gathers the good fruit, the righteous of earth. In the second harvest, the grapes are cut down, representing the ungodly. The grapes are crushed and thrown into God’s fury.
This is quite a harsh image that we might want to dismiss. But there will be a final judgment in which we will all be judged for their actions. We will be held responsible. Even though Jesus and sacred Scripture warns us many time of the judgment that is to come, many people knowingly persist in doing evil and giving way to their temptations.
Those disciples of Christ who make great effort and great sacrifice to follow the moral life and to follow God’s commandments should be encouraged on their journey of faith through this message today. Those who turn their back on God and continue to persist in their sinfulness should have fear cast into them through this scene.
In the end, we will not be able to escape God’s judgment. That is our destiny.
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