1. Three Harvests Genesis 8:22
The Bible uses the concept of a harvest to help us understand the seriousness of missed opportunities in the past, the importance of working in the present, and the nature of future judgment.
Genesis 8:22

2. The Past Harvest
The harvest of missed opportunity and the consequences of sin (Jeremiah 8:20)
The consequences of sin (Prov. 22:8; Hosea 8:7-8)
Missed opportunities due to fear, laziness or procrastination (Ecclesiastes 11:4; Prov. 10:5; 20:4)
“Almost persuaded. Harvest is past” (#348)

3. The Present Harvest
The harvest of reaping souls through evangelism (Matthew 9:36-38)
It is motivated by compassion.
It needs laborers.
It is occurring in the present (John 4:35-36)
“Far and near the fields are teeming” (#387)
“Arise!” (#404)

4. The Future Harvest
The Second Coming and Judgment Day (Matthew 13:24-43)
Some in the field will be weeded out.
The future harvest is coming…
Suddenly with surprise (Matthew 24:36-44)
With fierceness (2 Thessalonians 1:7-9)
With joy (2 Thessalonians 1:10)
There will be separation & finality (Mt. 25:46)
“Are you sowing the seed of the Kingdom?” “…you must reap at the last great day” (#85)