📖 Biblical Definition
Harvest in Scripture is the gathering in: agricultural every year, eschatological once. Jesus: "The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few. Therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest" (Matt 9:37-38). The wheat-and-weeds parable climaxes: "the harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are angels" (Matt 13:39). "Whatever one sows, that will he also reap" (Gal 6:7). Two harvests in Revelation: the wheat harvest (Rev 14:14-16) and the grape harvest of wrath (14:17-20). Every Christian labors for the harvest to come.
📜 Webster 1828 Definition
HAR'VEST, n.
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HAR'VEST, n. [Sax. hærfest.] The season for gathering the ripe fruits of the earth. In Scripture, harvest is the signature eschatological image: the end of the age, when God gathers His wheat into the barn and burns the chaff; when angels are the reapers; when every person's sowing is finally reaped. In this age the laborers are few; the Lord of the harvest is asked to send more.
📖 Key Scripture
Matthew 9:37-38 — "The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest."
Matthew 13:39 — "The enemy who sowed them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are angels."
Galatians 6:7-8 — "Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will He also reap."
Revelation 14:15 — "Another angel came out of the temple, calling with a loud voice to him who sat on the cloud, "Put in your sickle, and reap, for the hour to reap has come, for the harvest of the earth is fully ripe.""
⚠️ Modern Corruption
Modern Christians often forget the harvest is coming. Every seed is going to reappear.
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Galatians 6:7-8 is sharp: you will reap what you sow. Sow to the flesh; reap corruption. Sow to the Spirit; reap eternal life. There is no neutral sowing. Every day is seed-planting; every choice goes into ground. The harvest will be specific: each person's sowing, each person's reaping. The Christian worker labors for the great eschatological harvest when wheat is separated from chaff. Pray for laborers; be a laborer; do not forget that the harvest is coming.
🔗 Greek & Hebrew Roots
H7105 — qatsir. G2326 — therismos.
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H7105 — qatsir (קָצִיר) — harvest; reaping.
G2326 — therismos (θερισμός) — harvest; eschatological.
Usage
"The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few. Pray for laborers; be one."
"Whatever a man sows, that will he reap. No exception. The harvest is coming for every seed planted."