Correct.
And
He who sat on the cloud
swung His
sickle* over the earth; and the earth was
reaped. Revelation 14:16 (NAS)
The One who sat on the cloud did not descend to
the earth, but instead swung or cast His sickle over
the earth.
* Note: A sickle is a sharp curved knife used in
harvesting crops. It is used here as a
figurative symbol to represent the reaping or
gathering of people from the earth.
After the earth was reaped by the One who sat on the
cloud, then two other angels appeared:
The angel with a second sickle:
"And
another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven, and he
also had a sharp sickle." Revelation 14:17
The angel with the power over fire:
"And
another angel, the one who has power over fire, came out
from the altar; and he called with a loud voice to him who had the sharp
sickle, saying, "Put in your sharp sickle, and gather the clusters from the
vine of the earth, because her grapes are ripe." Revelation 14:18
The angel with the second sickle gathers from the
earth:
"And
the angel swung his sickle to the earth, and gathered the
clusters from the vine of the earth, and threw them into the great wine press
of the wrath of God. And the wine press was trodden outside the city,
and blood came out from the wine press, up to the horses' bridles, for a
distance of two hundred miles." Revelation 14:19-20 (NAS)
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