And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of God.
"The vine" is the subject of judgment, because its grades are not what God looked for after careful culture, "The vine" is the subject of judgment, because its grades are not what God looked for after careful culture, but "wild graves" (Isaiah 5:4). Apostate Christendom, not pagandom, which has not heard of Christ, is the object of judgment. Compare the emblem, Isaiah 63:2-3; Joel 3:12-13; Revelation 19:15.