Friday, 10 July 2015

Revelation 14:14-20

또 내가 보니, 흰 구름이 있고, 그 구름 위에는 '인자 같은 분'이 앉아 있었습니다. 그는 머리에 금 면류관을 쓰고, 날이 선 낫을 들고 있었습니다. 또 다른 천사가 성전에서 나와서, 구름 위에 앉아 있는 분에게 큰 소리로 외쳤습니다. "낫을 대어 거두어들이십시오. 땅에 있는 곡식이 무르익어서, 거두어들일 때가 되었습니다."그러자 구름 위에 앉은 분이 낫을 땅에 휘둘러서, 땅에 있는 곡식을 거두어들였습니다. 또 다른 천사가 하늘에 있는 성전에서 나왔는데, 그도 역시 날이 선 낫을 가지고 있었습니다. 또 다른 천사가 제단으로부터 나왔습니다. 그는 불을 지배하는 권세를 가진 천사였습니다. 날이 선 낫을 들고 있는 천사에게 큰 소리로 말하였습니다. "날이 선 그 낫을 대어, 땅에 있는 포도나무에서 포도송이를 거두십시오. 포도가 다 익었습니다." 그래서 그 천사가 낫을 땅에 휘둘러, 땅의 포도를 거두어서, 하나님의 진노의 큰 포도주를 만드는 술틀에다가 던졌습니다. 술틀은 성 밖에 있었는데, 그것을 밟아 누르니 거기에서 피가 흘러 나왔습니다. 그 피가 말 굴레의 높이까지 닿고, 거의 천육백 스타디온이나 퍼져 나갔습니다.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. 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."So he who was seated on the cloud swung his sickle over the earth, and the earth was harvested. Another angel came out of the temple in heaven, and he too had a sharp sickle. 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." The angel swung his sickle on the earth, gathered its grapes and threw them into the great winepress of God's wrath. 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.

1 comment:

Won-Min Lee said...

What could these 3 angels signify as mentioned here? For sure, our Lord is keen to find and reap fruits on this earth. He wants to see the world to be harvested with full of His people, followers who cling to His words until the end. But there will be also clusters of grapes from the earth's vine which be trampled in the winepress of God's wrath outside the city, and there will be blood flowing out of the press. So there will be two groups of clusters of grapes, as it seems. One will be be fruitful and accepted by our Lord while the other will be trampled and rejected by our Lord. In which of these two groups do we belong to? Let's pray...