Tune: St George\'s, Windsor
(\'Come, ye thankful people, come\')
Revelation Chapter 14 parts
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Harvest of the earth shall be
Comes with justice, judgement, see
Angel puts in his sickle
Earth is reaped, the righteous all
Safely then are gathered in
Never more troubled by sin
For the time is ripe that they
Ever with the Lord shall stay
But a contrast, an angel
Puts in his sickle, farewell
Unto the wicked, evil
None can help them, they shall fall
The vine\'s grapes clusters are reaped
Those in unrighteousness steeped
Cast into God\'s wine-press fierce
For sorrows their souls shall pierce
Blood of the grapes, there outside
City was seen, woe betide
Flowing to sixteen hundred
Furlongs* there in terror, dread
For \'tis complete destruction
Symbolic of every one
Who does wickedness, and they
Shall not live in harvest day
But upon Mount Sion, see
There all the redeeméd be
Their Father\'s name is written
On their foreheads, they no sin
The sing new song, the Lamb they
Worship Him, Christ, for alway
They the first-fruits, good and pure
At home with the Lord e\'ermore
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1600 furlongs - a symbolic number:
4 x 4 x 1000 = 1600
4 - the number of the earth - doubled here.
1000 - 10 the number of power - trebled here,
showing completeness, fullness, entirety.
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