Harvest imagery uses sowing, reaping, fields, fruit, and harvest to speak of labor, judgment, blessing, mission, or moral consequences.
Harvest imagery uses sowing, reaping, fields, fruit, and harvest to speak of labor, judgment, blessing, mission, or moral consequences.
Harvest imagery is an agricultural image-field in which sowing, seed, field, fruit, reaping, sickle, and harvest language communicates blessing, judgment, mission, patience, repentance, or moral consequence.
These examples show how Harvest Imagery functions in biblical language, rhetoric, poetry, prophecy, narrative, or theological imagery.
seedtime and harvest... shall not cease
Harvest language anchors ordinary providence after the flood.
they that sow in tears shall reap in joy
Sowing and reaping imagery expresses restoration after grief.
he that gathereth in summer is a wise son
Harvest imagery teaches wisdom, diligence, and shameful neglect.
sow to yourselves in righteousness
Agricultural imagery calls for repentance and righteous seeking.
The harvest truly is plenteous
Jesus uses harvest imagery for mission and laborers.
the harvest is the end of the world
The parable interprets harvest as eschatological judgment.
the fields... are white already to harvest
Harvest imagery describes readiness for gospel mission.
whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap
Sowing and reaping imagery teaches moral consequence and perseverance.
the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit
Agricultural patience becomes an image for endurance until the Lord’s coming.
the harvest of the earth is ripe
Harvest imagery portrays end-time judgment.
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