The Lord of the Harvest
I happened to see the image of a mosque with a crescent symbol atop its spire. But then I was reminded of something written in the Book of Revelation. It describes an event that is very closely related to the wrath of God. There is a figure involved which seems very special and yet mysterious since he is described as, "one like unto the Son of man". This one is never called an angel but in addition to the above we are told that: (1) he sits upon a cloud (2) he has a golden crown upon his head (3) he has a sharp sickle It is very unusual that he is not called an angel but rather referred to according to his characteristics, above. It is unusual because there are three others also involved in the harvesting activity of the immediate context which are called angels. Why is this figure not called such? It sounds like the Lord in Daniel 7:13, yet can it be since this figure receives instructions from an angel? I can't imagine the Lord, who is One with His Father, being ...