Then I saw another angel. This, angel destroys all the unbelievers of earth. [This does not mean annihilation.] He shouted in a loud voice. Still another angel shouts to the destroying angel. These are God's orders: "Use your sickle." Cut the grapes from the vine. The vine symbolizes the great crowds of evil men who repudiate God. The grapes symbolize the individual unbelievers. The grapes were squeezed out. These who would not believe are crushed in the winepress of God's wrath. The blood comes out in a flood 200 miles long and about five feet deep to show the completeness of God's JUDGMENT of the earth. [I understand both harvests to take place at the same time. Compare Matthew 13:36-43; Matthew 25:31-33.]

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