1. If you like wine If you have visited a vineyard It is an art Patience Beauty

2. Wine is about… Festivity Class Confidence

3. In scripture wine, grapes and grape juice represent many of these things Wine was provided for the wedding However, wine or grape juice, is also a reminder of death and blood Communion

4. Revelation 14 6 Then I saw another angel flying in midair, and he had the eternal gospel to proclaim to those who live on the earth—to every nation, tribe, language and people.

5. First Angel The Gospel is good news But here it is mostly a warning Time is running out to make a choice for Christ

6. 7 He said in a loud voice, “Fear God and give him glory, because the hour of his judgment has come. Worship him who made the heavens, the earth, the sea and the springs of water.”

7. Second Angel Time’s up The time of judgment is here

8. 8 A second angel followed and said, “Fallen! Fallen is Babylon the Great, which made all the nations drink the maddening wine of her adulteries.”

9. Third Angel Some choices are irrevocable Some commitments are eternal Some decisions inevitably anger God

10. 9 A third angel followed them and said in a loud voice: “If anyone worships the beast and his image and receives his mark on the forehead or on the hand, 10 he, too, will drink of the wine of God’s fury, which has been poured full strength into the cup of his wrath. He will be tormented with burning sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and of the Lamb.

11. Note: A mark versus a seal A actual doing versus a believing Identifiable mark versus an unseen glory

12. 2 Corinthians 1:21-22 21 Now it is God who makes both us and you stand firm in Christ. He anointed us, 22 set his seal of ownership on us, and put his Spirit in our hearts as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come.

13. Ephesians 1:13-14 13 And you also were included in Christ when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation. Having believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, 14 who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s possession—to the praise of his glory.

14. The harvest that will take place is based on the mark or the seal Description of torment continues for those worshipping the beast A call for believers to be faithful

15. 11 And the smoke of their torment rises for ever and ever. There is no rest day or night for those who worship the beast and his image, or for anyone who receives the mark of his name.” 12 This calls for patient endurance on the part of the saints who obey God’s commandments and remain faithful to Jesus.

16. At the given time Christ will gather his people The earth will be ripe It will be harvested

17. 14 I looked, and there before me was a white cloud, and seated on the cloud was one “like a son of man” with a crown of gold on his head and a sharp sickle in his hand.

18. 15 Then another angel came out of the temple and called in a loud voice to him who was sitting on the cloud, “Take your sickle and reap, because the time to reap has come, for the harvest of the earth is ripe.” 16 So he who was seated on the cloud swung his sickle over the earth, and the earth was harvested.

19. There is more than one harvest

20. 17 Another angel came out of the temple in heaven, and he too had a sharp sickle. 18 Still another angel, who had charge of the fire, came from the altar and called in a loud voice to him who had the sharp sickle, “Take your sharp sickle and gather the clusters of grapes from the earth’s vine, because its grapes are ripe.”

21. The winepress of God’s wrath Trampled Squeezed Punished

23. 19 The angel swung his sickle on the earth, gathered its grapes and threw them into the great winepress of God’s wrath. 20 They were trampled in the winepress outside the city, and blood flowed out of the press, rising as high as the horses’ bridles for a distance of 1,600 stadia.

25. We have choices to make Who is our Lord and leader? Do we believe? Are we sealed?

26. Why are we looking into the future? We are making eternal choices Not just long term choices Make sure… You know Christ now You believe in Christ You are sealed with the Spirit