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

Reaping

• Is the cutting of the corn in harvest Job 24:6; Lev. 23:10
• The sickle used for Dt. 16:9; Mk. 4:29
• Both men and women engaged in Ruth 2:8, 9
• The Jews not to reap
  • The corners of their fields Lev. 19:9, 23:22
  • During the Sabbatical year Lev. 25:5
  • During the year of jubilee Lev. 25:11
  • The fields of others Dt. 23:25
• Mode of gathering the corn for, alluded to Ps. 129:7; Isa. 17:5
• Corn after, was bound up into sheaves Gen. 37:7; Ps. 129:7
• Persons engaged in
  • Under the guidance of a steward Ruth 2:5, 6
  • Visited by the master Ruth 2:4; 2 Ki. 4:18
  • Fed by the master who himself presided at their meals Ruth 2:14
  • Received wages Jn. 4:36; Jas. 5:4
• A time of great rejoicing Ps. 126:5, 6
• The Jews often hindered from, on account of their sins Mic. 6:15
• Often unprofitable on account of sin Jer. 12:13
• Illustrative of
  • Receiving the reward of wickedness Job 4:8; Pr. 22:8; Hos. 8:7; Gal. 6:8
  • Receiving the reward of righteousness Hos. 10:12; Gal. 6:8, 9
  • Ministers receiving temporal provision for spiritual labors 1 Cor. 9:11
  • Gathering in souls to God Jn. 4:38
  • The judgments of God on the antichristian world Rev. 14:14-16
  • The final judgment Mt. 13:30, 39-43