Opening Question

Is it discrimination to divide people into groups?

Introduction

Our lesson this week is based on Revelation 14:14-20. It merges two concepts or interpretations of this section: the judgment/separation of people into two distinct groups, and the harvest, which the writers assume means the 2nd Coming of Christ. Thus, the lesson tries to deal with both topics at the same time but does not provide as much background into why or how the structure of Revelation 12-14 informs these conclusions.

What is the harvest? How does it fit into Revelation’s narrative? What is the context before and after this passage? We ...