The harvest was then. The harvest is now. And the harvest is the end.
Genesis 8:22 KJV
[22] While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.
Proverbs 10:5 KJV
[5] He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.
Jeremiah 8:20-22 KJV
[20] The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved. [21] For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt; I am black; astonishment hath taken hold on me. [22] Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?
Matthew 9:37-38 KJV
[37] Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few; [38] Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest.
Consider the parable of the workers that are hired last but receive the same. Be in the field. Or be on the rooftop. Wait upon the Lord.
John 4:35-38 KJV
[35] Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest. [36] And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together. [37] And herein is that saying true, One soweth, and another reapeth. [38] I sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour: other men laboured, and ye are entered into their labours.
The harvest: Bind the tares for the fire and gather the wheat into His barn. What is His barn? John 15:6 KJV [6] If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned. Abide in Him.
The First Baptism (Water):
2 Peter 3:6-14 KJV
[6] Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished: (Except those in the Ark.) The earth was first baptized with water.
Second Baptism(Fire):
The earth will be baptized with fire and cleansed of all wickedness. (Luke 12) "I am come to send fire on the earth; and what will I, if it be already kindled? But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished!" . Unlike Noah's ark which was built by mans hands which pointed to >>>The Ark of God which is Spiritual(Christ) and to be "in Christ" is the only way to withstand God's judgment and wrath. That is why the trying of our faith through an already "kindled" cleansing fire is so vital...to prove our Salvation is built on the foundation of Jesus Christ and will withstand in the day the books are open. Whether you believe the fire is Spiritual or literal...the earth will be consumed by His Holy presence.
[7] But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men. [8] But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. [9] The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. [10] But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up. [11] Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness, [12] Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat? [13] Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness. [14] Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless.
Genesis 7:17 KJV
[17] And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the earth.
Jeremiah 4:4 KJV
[4] Circumcise yourselves to the Lord , and take away the foreskins of your heart, ye men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem: lest my fury come forth like fire, and burn that none can quench it , because of the evil of your doings.
Mark 1:8-12 KJV
[8] I indeed have baptized you with water: but he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost.
Zephaniah 3:8-9 KJV
[8] Therefore wait ye upon me, saith the Lord , until the day that I rise up to the prey: for my determination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them mine indignation, even all my fierce anger: for all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy. [9] For then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of the Lord , to serve him with one consent.
Daniel 7:9-11 KJV
[9] I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire. [10] A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened. [11] I beheld then because of the voice of the great words which the horn spake: I beheld even till the beast was slain, and his body destroyed, and given to the burning flame. Recommend: (Ezekiel 10: 2- 7)
We keep speaking of works and those works being judged.
(1 Corinthians) "Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is." This is the harvest.
He does it. No worries with trying to figure out every ones works and what they are... man will not be able to fake it. What is done of the flesh, instead of by the Spirit...will not make it through the fire. Even those saved will suffer loss from works of the flesh that do not make it through the fire.
Zechariah 13
13] Be silent, O all flesh, before the Lord : for he is raised up out of his holy habitation.
(Hebrews 9) So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.
The harvest was then. The harvest is now. And the harvest is the end.