v. harvest, harvest
Exo 23:16 the festival of the s, the first fruits
Jos 3:15 usually overflows .. the time of the s
Rth 1:22 they arrived in Bethlehem at the beginning of the s of
1Sa 12:17 is it not now the s of wheat?
Pro 6:8 at the time of the s its maintenance
Pro 10:5 he who sleeps in the time of the s is
Pro 25:13 like snow cold in the time of the s
Pro 5:24 gives .. and keeps us the times .. of the s
Jer 8:20 passed the s, summer ended, and we
Mat 13:30 until s; and at the time of s I will say
Mat 13:39 the s is the end of the age; and the reapers
Mar 4:29 the sickle is put in, because the s has arrived
Joh 4:35 four months to go until the s?
Harvest (Heb. qâtsîr; Gr. therismós). The 1st grass harvested in Palestine was barley, which was usually ready for harvest in the 1st part of April. It was preceded by the offering of a sheaf (Lev 23:10, 11) on the 16th of Nisan (see 2Sa 21:9). The harvest (Heb. ‘âsîf) of barley was closely followed by that of wheat (Rth 2:23), which extended over several weeks, beginning early in the lowlands but ending around June and July in the highlands. higher. The wheat harvest was celebrated by the presentation of 2 loaves in the temple on the 50th day after Nisan 16 (Lev 23:15-21; Deu 16:9-12). In the fall came the harvest of the fruits. When they were all finished, the Feast of Harvests (Exo 23:16) or Tabernacles (Lev 23:34-43) was celebrated. This was a time of great rejoicing and thanksgiving to the Lord for the blessings of the field and forest (Neh 8:14-18; cf. Is. 9:3). Psa_65 and possibly 67 are hymns of harvest and rejoicing. Jesus referred to the world as a field ripe for the harvest of the gospel, but with few workers to do the work that this demands (Mat 9:37, 38; Luk 10:2; Joh 4:35). Harvest is also used in the OT to 1093 represent the time of judgment (Hos 6:11; Jl. 3:13). So did Christ (Mat 13:24-30; cf Rev 14:15). Jeremiah drew a parallel between the end of the harvest and the end of the time of trial granted to human beings (Jer 8:20; cf Rev 22:11). See Sickle.
Source: Evangelical Bible Dictionary
(Heb., cathar; Gr., zerídso, harvest). Strict harvest laws were imposed on Israel (Lev 19:9; Lev 23:10; Lev 25:11; Deu 16:9). Samuel mentions that the harvest would be a duty that the newly chosen king of the nation, Saul, would demand of them (1Sa 8:12). The figurative use of the term speaks of events that produce their own harvest (Pro 22:8; Hos 8:7; 1Co 9:11; Gal 6:7-8).
Source: Hispanic World Bible Dictionary
The time to gather the fruits in the plains and lowlands of the land of Israel was in the middle of April. In the mountains it would arrive three or four weeks later. The first thing to be harvested was barley. It coincided with the beginning of the s. with the feast of Easter. The. of the wheat came last, and then Pentecost was celebrated (Lev 23:9-16; Exo 34:22). When harvesting the fruits, care had to be taken to leave “for the poor and for the foreigner” (Lev 23:22). †¢Ruth the Moabite, in the fields of †¢Boaz, benefited from the practice of that commandment (Ruth 2:1-3). The. It was a time of great joy (Isa 9:3). The rain in time of the s. it was not suitable (1Sa 12:17-18; Pro 26:1). God is the one who “keeps the appointed times of the s” (Jer 5:24).
The figure of the s is used. to express the arrival of a ripe time for a certain action. Jeremiah tells Jerusalem that Babylon would have “the time of the s.”, that is, the time when judgment would be made upon her (Jer 51:33). Judah was “prepared for a s.”, said Hosea, announcing the return from captivity (Hosea 6:11). The Lord Jesus used the s. as a figure of the “end of this age”, in the parable of the wheat and the tares (Mat 13:24-30, Mat 13:37-43). Also to point out to his disciples that the world was ready, mature, to receive the good news of salvation (Jua 4: 35-38).
Source: Christian Bible Dictionary
See AGRICULTURE, HARVEST, HEARING, WHEAT.
Source: New Illustrated Bible Dictionary
See HARVESTING; REAPER, REAP.
Source: Dictionary of the Bible
therismos (qerismov”, 2326), related to therizo, to reap. It is translated “harvest” in Mat 13:30, twice; v. 39; Mark 4.29; John 4:35, twice. See MIES. Cf. therizo under SEGAR; theristes under REAPPER.
Source: Vine New Testament Dictionary
The harvest, like the *harvest, means in the eyes of the peasant the *fruit of his *labor and the guarantee of his annual subsistence. This judgment pronounced by nature on the work of man can also mean the *judgment of God.
I THE JOY OF THE REAPERS. The harvest of barley (April) and that of wheat (May) are occasions for popular rejoicing: from hill to hill the song of the groups of reapers spreads, which makes one forget the rough fatigue of working with the sickle, under a sun burning (Ruth 2; Is 9, 2; Jer 31,12; Sal 126,6). In this *joy, Yahweh is not forgotten: harvesting is a sign and fruit of divine *blessing. To God who has given *growth (lCor 3,6s), thanksgiving corresponds (Ps 67, 7; 85,13); this is expressed by the liturgical festival of the harvest, *Pentecost, during which the *firstfruits of the harvest are offered (Ex 23,16; 34,22), especially the first sheaf (Lev 23,10).
The reaper must also share his joy with others by being liberal. The law prescribes that “the ox that threshes should not be muzzled” (Dt 25,4; lCor 9,9) and above all that “it should not be reaped until the end of the field and that the glean should not be gathered” (Lev 19, 9; Dt 24,19) to reserve their share for the poor and the foreigner. It was to this liberality that Boaz owed meeting and marrying Ruth, the foreigner, whom he considers to be the grandmother of David and of the Messiah (Ruth 2,15ss; Mt 1,5).
However, this legitimate and fraternal joy should not cast the gaze of the peasant to the ground. It is without a doubt what the law about the sabbatical year wanted to inculcate, which imposed that the land be allowed to rest every seven years (Lev 25,4s), inviting the peasant to return to a pastoral life and put more trust in only God. And Jesus points it out: we must abandon ourselves to the heavenly Father like “the ravens that neither sow nor reap” (Lk 12,24 p). Thus, the peasant will not put his safety or his hope in his barns full of wheat, and he will not hoard for himself, but “in view of God” who one day will reap his soul (Lk 12:16-21; cf. Jer 17,11).
II. THE HARVEST AND THE SOWING. 1. The harvest is the fruit of the sowing. Between both there is correspondence in different degrees. What has been sown is reaped (Gal 6,7); without tillage, there is no harvest (Prov 20,4); “Whoever sows injustice reaps misfortune” (Prov 22,8); to sow justice is to reap a harvest of goodness (Os 10,12s). All this means that “God gives to each. one the fruit of the * works of him ”(Jer 17,10). It is useless to protest saying like the lazy servant: “God reaps where he has not sown” (Lk 19,21), because God, by creating and rescuing men, sowed his word in all hearts (Jer 1,21; Mk 4 ,twenty).
2. Although reaping is of the same nature as sowing, it nevertheless differs from it in the manner in which it is carried out. “Those who sow in tears reap singing” (Ps 126, 5). It also differs in measure; True, “he who sows sparingly will reap sparingly, and he who sows cabbage. lavishly, lavishly he will reap” (2Cor 9,6), but, in the manner of God, always superabundant in his works, the harvest is greater than what is sown and can reach up to a hundredfold in the case of Isaac (Gen 26,12 ) or in that of the good land that welcomes the word of God (Mt 13,8.23 p).
3. Finally, although the ideal is to reap what has been sown (Is 37,30), God has distributed the times of sowing and harvest (Gen 8,22; Jer 5,24) so that man must wait patiently while the grain ripens (Mk 4,26-29), but with full confidence, despite the saying: “One sows and another reaps” (Jn 4,37).
III. THE HARVEST, JUDGMENT OF GOD. As God reaps the works of men, he judges them according to the * retribution of his * righteousness. This judgment that will take place at the end of time is anticipated by the coming of Jesus Christ.
1. The day of Yahweh. The harvest has a double aspect. Picking it up, *joy, joy; when cutting it, hitting it on the grass, threshing it and finally burning the straw (Is 28,27s), it is the *punishment.
God, like a reaper, cuts, crushes, sieves when he punishes Israel (Is 17,5; Jer 13,24) or Babylon (Jer 51,2.33). And when the malice of men reaches its climax, it is necessary to “throw down the sickle: the harvest is ripe” (J1 4,13), the harvest of the judgment of the peoples. But at the same time, due to a radical contrast reflected in the prophetic oracles, the announcement of the joyful harvest immediately follows, which closely follows the fatigue of the tasks (Jl 4,18; Am 9,13; Hos 6,11; Salt 126.5s).
2. In messianic times. This announcement becomes a reality with the coming of Jesus.
a) The sower and the reaper. While for the Precursor Christ is the fan who cleans his threshing floor and separates the grain from the chaff (Mt 3,12 p), Christians see in Jesus the sower par excellence who spreads the word in the hearts of men (Mk 4,3-9 p) and to the reaper who puts the sickle in the field where the harvest is at its point (4,29). There is no need to wait: “the fields are white for harvest: ..; the sower thus shares the joy of the reaper” (Jn 4,35s).
b) The harvest workers. If the harvest is already ripe, the teacher calls the task (Mt 9,38 p). The disciples, sent throughout the world, will reap the fruit of the work of his predecessors, especially Jesus, who paid with his blood for the multiplication of the grain of wheat. In this the proverb that distinguishes between the sower and the reapers is verified (Jn 4, 37). However, the reapers themselves will be “passed through the sieve” of *trial and *persecution (Lk 22:31).
c) Waiting for the final harvest. If it is true that the new *Pentecost inaugurates the harvest of the Church, this, however, will not end until the *day of the Lord, when the *Son of man throws the sickle into the finally ripe harvest (Ap 14,14ss; Mark 4,29). Up to this time the tares continue to be mixed with the good grain; Although it is up to the Church to judge and condemn evil, she does not have the mission of throwing the wicked into the fire. The Son of Man will be the one who, at the end of time, sends his angels to execute the * judgment that he has pronounced on the works of men (Mt 13,24-30.36-43).
-> Blessing – Joy – Lord’s Day – Judgment – Pentecost – Sow – Harvest.
LEON-DUFOUR, Xavier, Vocabulary of Biblical Theology, Herder, Barcelona, 2001
Source: Vocabulary of the Pauline Epistles