From the altar; the place of sacrifices and burnt-offerings. Which had power over fire; which had commission to execute God's judgments, compared to fire, Psalms 11:6, Psalms 21:9 1:3. And cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, saying: God's holy ones cry unto him who hath a power to execute vengeance. Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; put an end to the rage of antichrist, and gather those clusters which grew upon this vine of Sodom, and were as the clusters of Gomorrah. For her grapes are fully ripe; for their iniquities were come to the full, and they were now ripe for judgment. Our learned Dr. More expounds this ripeness, of a readiness for conversion, as well as for destruction, and thinks the first is here rather intended: the last words of the next verse incline me to judge otherwise.
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Revelation 14:18
18 And another angel came out from the altar, which had power over fire; and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, saying, Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe.