WEEK 5: Completion of the Harvest

DATE: May 31st

MAIN IDEA: The harvest will be completed when Christ returns. We live faithfully now as we await the final gathering.

KEY SCRIPTURES: Revelation 7:9-10; Revelation 14:14-16; Matthew 13:39

SERMON IDEAS:

1) Vision, the final harvest is coming

- Revelation 7:9, a great multitude from every nation

- This is the end of the story, the gathering of the greatest harvest!

- Every tribe, every people, every language gathered

- This is what God has been moving toward all along, this is His endgame!

2) Completion, the harvest will be finished

- Revelation 14:14–16, the earth is harvested

- Matthew 13:39, the harvest is the end of the age

- God finishes what He starts, long ago as the Children of Israel had their exodus from Egypt to Sinai, God continues to bring His people to Himself.

- God continues to bring to completion, the harvest seen by His son, empowered by His Spirit, and carried by His church, it comes to a crescendo!

- The harvest is not uncertain. It is guaranteed

3) Tension, we live in the middle

- We are not at the beginning. We are not at the end. We are in the middle of the harvest story

- We can participate today knowing that everyday that dawns is one day closer to the end of the Harvest

- As that day approaches, are we ready? Are we doing all that we can? He who promised is faithful, it will surely come. Are you ready?

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ADDITIONAL CROSS REFERENCE:

- Romans 8:23–25, groaning and hope

- James 5:7–8, the farmer waits patiently

- 2 Peter 3:9, God is patient

- Philippians 1:6, He will complete it

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APPLICATION:

- Live with urgency. The harvest is moving toward completion.

- Live with hope. God will finish what He started.

- Stay faithful. Even when results are not visible.

- Anchor your life in eternity. Let the future shape your present.

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