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Revelation 14:18 stands within a climactic vision of final judgment. This chapter is structured around two harvests — one possibly of the righteous (verses 14–16), and the other, beginning here, of the wicked. The verse introduces a new angel, not the Son of Man figure from verse 14, but another heavenly agent who emerges from the altar. The mention of fire and the imperative call to reap suggest a movement from intercession (symbolized by the altar in Revelation 8:3–5) to judgment.

Καὶ ἄλλος ἄγγελος ἐξῆλθεν ἐκ τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου, ἔχων ἐξουσίαν ἐπὶ τοῦ πυρός, καὶ ἐφώνησε κραυγῇ μεγάλῃ τῷ ἔχοντι τὸ δρέπανον τὸ ὀξύ λέγων· πέμψον σου τὸ δρέπανον τὸ ὀξύ καὶ τρύγησον τοὺς βότρυας τῆς ἀμπέλου τῆς γῆς, ὅτι ἤκμασεν ἡ σταφυλὴ τῆς γῆς.… Learn Koine Greek