New Torrey's Topical Textbook: Rev. R. A. Torrey

Harvest, The

• Ingathering of fruits of the fields Mk. 4:29
• To continue without intermission Gen. 8:22
• Called the
  • Appointed weeks of harvest Jer. 5:24
  • Harvest time 2 Sam. 23:13; Jer. 50:16
• Fields appeared white before Jn. 4:35
• Of barley at the passover Lev. 23:6, 10; Ruth 1:22
• Of wheat at Pentecost Ex. 34:22; 1 Sam. 12:17
• Men and women engaged in Ruth 2:8, 9
• Persons engaged in
  • Reapers Ruth 2:4
  • Binders Gen. 37:7; Ps. 129:7
  • Called harvest-men Isa. 17:5
  • Called laborers Mt. 9:37
  • Fed by the husbandman during Ruth 2:14
  • Received wages Jn. 4:36
  • Often defrauded of their wages Jas. 5:4
• Former and latter rain necessary to abundance of Jer. 5:24; Amos 4:7
• Patience required in waiting for Jas. 5:7
• Not to be commenced until the first fruits had been offered to God Lev. 23:10, 14
• A time of great joy Ps. 126:6; Isa. 9:3
• Omitted in the sabbatical year Lev. 25:5
• Omitted in year of jubilee Lev. 25:11, 12
• The Sabbath to be observed during Ex. 34:21
• Legal provision for the poor during Lev. 19:9, 10, 23:22; Dt. 24:19
• Failure of
  • Occasioned by drought Amos 4:7
  • Occasioned by locusts Joel 1:4
  • Sometimes continued for years Gen. 45:6
  • A cause of great grief Isa. 16:9; Joel 1:11
  • A punishment for sin Isa. 17:10, 11
• Slothfulness during, ruinous Pr. 10:5
• Miraculous thunder, &c in 1 Sam. 12:17, 18
• Illustrative
  • Of seasons of grace Jer. 8:20
  • Of the end of the world Mt. 13:30, 39
  • Of a time when many are ready to receive the gospel Mt. 9:37, 38; Jn. 4:35
  • Of a time of judgment Jer. 51:33; Hos. 6:11
  • Of ripeness for wrath Joel 3:13; Rev. 14:15
  • (Dew in,) of God's protection Isa. 18:4
  • (Cold in,) of a refreshing message Pr. 25:13
  • (Rain in,) of honor given to fools Pr. 26:1