The Grapes Of Wrath
What are the Grapes of Wrath?
In 1939 AD, John Steinbeck published his novel about the hardships faced by Oklahoma farmers, who fled to California to escape the Dust Bowl. When he was finished, he did not really have a suitable title. His wife gave his novel the title of "The Grapes of Wrath".
She did not get this title from the book itself. This phrase only appears once in the novel, in the twenty-fifth chapter. She got this title from a line in the Battle Hymn of the Republic. The verse that inspired her was this:
The lyrics of this song were themselves inspired from Revelation, the last book in the Book of Truth (The Bible).
In the relevant passage, an Angel of Truth gathers clusters of fully ripe grapes, throws them into the winepress of the wrath of the Father of Truth (YHVH aka God aka THE LORD), and then millions of gallons of blood comes out of the winepress (Revelation 14:17-20).
So, the grapes, that are thrown into the winepress of the the wrath of the Father of Truth, are referred to as "the grapes of wrath" in this song. However, the question then becomes: What are these grapes?
The best place to start is with a little explanation of wine making. Wine is simply the blood of grapes (Genesis 49:11). It is made from grapes being trampled and crushed in a winepress.
There is more than one winepress in the Book of Truth. Looking at all of them should make it plain, what the grapes of wrath are.
The winepress of Jerusalem was the place, where the Father of Truth trampled the people of Judah in His wrath, the first time (Lamentations 1:12-15). When they drank the wine of His wrath, they became as senseless as men drunk on wine (Isaiah 51:17-21).
The wine of the wrath of the Father of Truth will be poured out on his enemies completely in the future (Psalm 75:8). The wine of the wrath of the Father of Truth will not be watered down with mercy, when He makes His enemies drink it (Revelation 14:9-11).
The Man of Truth (Yeshua HaMashiach aka Jesus Christ) will first crush, all by himself, so many enemies of Israel, who are gathered in the winepress of Edom in the last days, that their blood will make his clothes look like they have been stained in a winepress (Isaiah 63:1-3). He will make them so full of terror, that they will act as senseless as men drunk on wine (Isaiah 63:4-6).
After that, the Man of Truth will come in his blood stained garment with the armies of heaven (Revelation 19:11-14). He will come with these armies, to tread upon the rest of the enemies of the Father of Truth in the winepress of Jerusalem, to set up his kingdom on Earth (Revelation 19:15-16). All of the fowls of the air will be called to this winepress, to feast on the flesh of his enemies (Revelation 19:17-18).
So, Jerusalem shall become the winepress of the Father of Truth for the last time, where the enemies of Israel shall drink the wine of His wrath (Isaiah 51:22-23). He will make Jerusalem a cup of wine that brings trembling to everyone, who drinks from it (Zechariah 12:1-2).
When the Man of Truth comes to save Jerusalem, those who came against Jerusalem, will become drunk with terror (Zechariah 12:3-4). Then the leaders in Jerusalem will be emboldened to join in the fight against their enemies (Zechariah 12:5-6). The Man of Truth will first save the people of Judah, who live outside of Jerusalem (Zechariah 12:7). This will embolden even the weak of them, and then the inhabitants of Jerusalem, to fight like King David, when they join the Man of Truth in destroying their enemies (Zechariah 12:8).
The Man of Truth will destroy all, who try to destroy Jerusalem (Zechariah 12:9). The Man of Truth and his armies, will totally destroy the Man of Lies (The Antichrist aka The Beast) and his armies, in the winepress of Jerusalem, and the fowls of the air will pick their bones clean (Revelation 19:19-21).
So, the grapes of wrath are placed in the winepress of wrath to produce the wine of wrath. The grapes of wrath are the enemies of the Father of Truth, who are trampled in the winepress of His wrath. When they are crushed in the winepress of His wrath, then their blood flows out of them like wine from squished grapes. Like drinking wine causes people to act senseless, the sight of their overflowing blood will cause His enemies to become drunk with fear.
So, the grapes of wrath are people, who have provoked the Father of Truth to crush them in His wrath. So the question becomes: What kind of people are the grapes of wrath?
When Jerusalem was the winepress of the wrath of the Father of Truth for the first time, the people of Judah were the grapes of wrath. They were the grapes of wrath, because of their many transgressions against the Father of Truth (Lamentations 1:5). They were the grapes of wrath, because of they were heavily involved in sexual sin (Lamentations 1:8-9). They were the grapes of wrath, because of their bondage to sin (Lamentations 1:14). They were the grapes of wrath, because they rebelled exceedingly against the commandments of the Law of Truth (Torah aka The Law) (Lamentations 1:18-20).
When Jerusalem will be the winepress of the wrath of the Father of Truth for the last time, the enemies of Judah will be the grapes of wrath. They will be the grapes of wrath, because of their humiliating treatment of the Jews (Isaiah 51:23). They will be the grapes of wrath, because they will surround Jerusalem to annihilate the Jewish people (Zechariah 12:2-3). They will be the grapes of wrath, because they will worship the Man of Lies, and choose to be marked as his property (Revelation 14:9-10). They will be the grapes of wrath, because they will be fully ripe with sin (Revelation 14:18). They will be the grapes of wrath, because they will make war against the Man of Truth (Revelation 19:19).
So, the grapes of wrath are people, who are in opposition to the plans of the Father of Truth. The grapes of wrath rebel against the Law of Truth. The grapes of wrath persecute the Jewish people. The grapes of wrath reject the Man of Truth.
The Father of Truth will give the lives of the grapes of wrath, in order to bring the Jewish people back to Himself (Isaiah 43:4-7). After the grapes of wrath have been trampled in the winepress of Jerusalem, the Spirit of Truth (Ruach HaQodesh aka The Holy Spirit aka The Holy Ghost) will be poured out on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the people of Israel will mourn deeply for the wounds, that the leaders of their ancestors inflicted upon the Man of Truth, their savior (Zechariah 12:10-14).
So, the same day that the grapes of wrath will be crushed in judgment, will also be the day when the atonement of Jerusalem is completed.
This is all foretold in the sixth act of the Greatest Play Ever - the Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur). This day is also called Judgment Day. It is both the day, when the enemies of Israel will face the judgment of the Father of Truth, and the day, when all of the people of Israel will finally accept the Messiah of Israel as their atonement for sin. It is the day, when all of the people of Israel will finally submit to the Man of Truth in total surrender.
The grapes of wrath dread this day, but the Children of Truth say, "Bring it on!". This is the day when the saints go marching in.
The grapes of wrath are ripening today. The grapes of wrath are covering the Earth today.
Everyone, who does not put their trust in the Man of Truth, is part of the grapes of wrath (John 3:36). Everyone, who rejects the truth that the Father of Truth has made known to them, is part of the grapes of wrath (Romans 1:18-19). Everyone, who despises the goodness of the Father of Truth, which leads to repentance, is part of the grapes of wrath (Romans 2:4-6). Everyone, who does not obey the truth, written in the Book of Truth, is part of the grapes of wrath (Romans 2:8-9). Everyone, who obeys the Father of Lies, by disobeying the Father of Truth, is part of the grapes of wrath (Ephesians 2:2-3). Everyone, who does those things that are contrary to the kingdom of the Father of Truth, is part of the grapes of wrath (Ephesians 5:3-6). Everyone, who continues in sexual sin and the like, is part of the grapes of wrath (Colossians 3:5-6). Everyone, who opposes the Children of Truth in carrying out the Great Commission, is part of the grapes of wrath (1 Thessalonians 2:14-16).
All of the grapes of wrath will be crushed in the winepress of the Chamber of Horrors.
This being the case, then how can people escape being part of the grapes of wrath?
They escape being part of the grapes of wrath, by showing real repentance from their sins (Luke 3:7-8). They escape being part of the grapes of wrath, by accepting the blood of the Man of Truth as their atonement for sins (Romans 5:9-11). They escape being part of the grapes of wrath, by remaining faithful to the Man of Truth (1 Thessalonians 1:10). They escape being part of the grapes of wrath, by remaining alert to the Spirit of Truth (1 Thessalonians 5:8-10).
The Father of Truth has been letting the grapes of wrath ripen, so that He can extend mercy to everyone, who will come into the House of Truth (Romans 9:22-24). The grapes of wrath will not go into the winepress of His wrath, until they are fully ripe, so that all people can be given the opportunity to come into the House of Truth (2 Peter 3:7-9).
You escape being part of the grapes of wrath, by making the Man of Truth your king, because you believe that the Father of Truth raised him from the dead (Romans 10:9).
Come into the House of Truth!
In 1939 AD, John Steinbeck published his novel about the hardships faced by Oklahoma farmers, who fled to California to escape the Dust Bowl. When he was finished, he did not really have a suitable title. His wife gave his novel the title of "The Grapes of Wrath".
She did not get this title from the book itself. This phrase only appears once in the novel, in the twenty-fifth chapter. She got this title from a line in the Battle Hymn of the Republic. The verse that inspired her was this:
What are the grapes of wrath referenced in this song?Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord:
He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored;
He hath loosed the fateful lightning of His terrible swift sword:
His truth is marching on.
The lyrics of this song were themselves inspired from Revelation, the last book in the Book of Truth (The Bible).
In the relevant passage, an Angel of Truth gathers clusters of fully ripe grapes, throws them into the winepress of the wrath of the Father of Truth (YHVH aka God aka THE LORD), and then millions of gallons of blood comes out of the winepress (Revelation 14:17-20).
So, the grapes, that are thrown into the winepress of the the wrath of the Father of Truth, are referred to as "the grapes of wrath" in this song. However, the question then becomes: What are these grapes?
The best place to start is with a little explanation of wine making. Wine is simply the blood of grapes (Genesis 49:11). It is made from grapes being trampled and crushed in a winepress.
There is more than one winepress in the Book of Truth. Looking at all of them should make it plain, what the grapes of wrath are.
The winepress of Jerusalem was the place, where the Father of Truth trampled the people of Judah in His wrath, the first time (Lamentations 1:12-15). When they drank the wine of His wrath, they became as senseless as men drunk on wine (Isaiah 51:17-21).
The wine of the wrath of the Father of Truth will be poured out on his enemies completely in the future (Psalm 75:8). The wine of the wrath of the Father of Truth will not be watered down with mercy, when He makes His enemies drink it (Revelation 14:9-11).
The Man of Truth (Yeshua HaMashiach aka Jesus Christ) will first crush, all by himself, so many enemies of Israel, who are gathered in the winepress of Edom in the last days, that their blood will make his clothes look like they have been stained in a winepress (Isaiah 63:1-3). He will make them so full of terror, that they will act as senseless as men drunk on wine (Isaiah 63:4-6).
After that, the Man of Truth will come in his blood stained garment with the armies of heaven (Revelation 19:11-14). He will come with these armies, to tread upon the rest of the enemies of the Father of Truth in the winepress of Jerusalem, to set up his kingdom on Earth (Revelation 19:15-16). All of the fowls of the air will be called to this winepress, to feast on the flesh of his enemies (Revelation 19:17-18).
So, Jerusalem shall become the winepress of the Father of Truth for the last time, where the enemies of Israel shall drink the wine of His wrath (Isaiah 51:22-23). He will make Jerusalem a cup of wine that brings trembling to everyone, who drinks from it (Zechariah 12:1-2).
When the Man of Truth comes to save Jerusalem, those who came against Jerusalem, will become drunk with terror (Zechariah 12:3-4). Then the leaders in Jerusalem will be emboldened to join in the fight against their enemies (Zechariah 12:5-6). The Man of Truth will first save the people of Judah, who live outside of Jerusalem (Zechariah 12:7). This will embolden even the weak of them, and then the inhabitants of Jerusalem, to fight like King David, when they join the Man of Truth in destroying their enemies (Zechariah 12:8).
The Man of Truth will destroy all, who try to destroy Jerusalem (Zechariah 12:9). The Man of Truth and his armies, will totally destroy the Man of Lies (The Antichrist aka The Beast) and his armies, in the winepress of Jerusalem, and the fowls of the air will pick their bones clean (Revelation 19:19-21).
So, the grapes of wrath are placed in the winepress of wrath to produce the wine of wrath. The grapes of wrath are the enemies of the Father of Truth, who are trampled in the winepress of His wrath. When they are crushed in the winepress of His wrath, then their blood flows out of them like wine from squished grapes. Like drinking wine causes people to act senseless, the sight of their overflowing blood will cause His enemies to become drunk with fear.
So, the grapes of wrath are people, who have provoked the Father of Truth to crush them in His wrath. So the question becomes: What kind of people are the grapes of wrath?
When Jerusalem was the winepress of the wrath of the Father of Truth for the first time, the people of Judah were the grapes of wrath. They were the grapes of wrath, because of their many transgressions against the Father of Truth (Lamentations 1:5). They were the grapes of wrath, because of they were heavily involved in sexual sin (Lamentations 1:8-9). They were the grapes of wrath, because of their bondage to sin (Lamentations 1:14). They were the grapes of wrath, because they rebelled exceedingly against the commandments of the Law of Truth (Torah aka The Law) (Lamentations 1:18-20).
When Jerusalem will be the winepress of the wrath of the Father of Truth for the last time, the enemies of Judah will be the grapes of wrath. They will be the grapes of wrath, because of their humiliating treatment of the Jews (Isaiah 51:23). They will be the grapes of wrath, because they will surround Jerusalem to annihilate the Jewish people (Zechariah 12:2-3). They will be the grapes of wrath, because they will worship the Man of Lies, and choose to be marked as his property (Revelation 14:9-10). They will be the grapes of wrath, because they will be fully ripe with sin (Revelation 14:18). They will be the grapes of wrath, because they will make war against the Man of Truth (Revelation 19:19).
So, the grapes of wrath are people, who are in opposition to the plans of the Father of Truth. The grapes of wrath rebel against the Law of Truth. The grapes of wrath persecute the Jewish people. The grapes of wrath reject the Man of Truth.
The Father of Truth will give the lives of the grapes of wrath, in order to bring the Jewish people back to Himself (Isaiah 43:4-7). After the grapes of wrath have been trampled in the winepress of Jerusalem, the Spirit of Truth (Ruach HaQodesh aka The Holy Spirit aka The Holy Ghost) will be poured out on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the people of Israel will mourn deeply for the wounds, that the leaders of their ancestors inflicted upon the Man of Truth, their savior (Zechariah 12:10-14).
So, the same day that the grapes of wrath will be crushed in judgment, will also be the day when the atonement of Jerusalem is completed.
This is all foretold in the sixth act of the Greatest Play Ever - the Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur). This day is also called Judgment Day. It is both the day, when the enemies of Israel will face the judgment of the Father of Truth, and the day, when all of the people of Israel will finally accept the Messiah of Israel as their atonement for sin. It is the day, when all of the people of Israel will finally submit to the Man of Truth in total surrender.
The grapes of wrath dread this day, but the Children of Truth say, "Bring it on!". This is the day when the saints go marching in.
The grapes of wrath are ripening today. The grapes of wrath are covering the Earth today.
Everyone, who does not put their trust in the Man of Truth, is part of the grapes of wrath (John 3:36). Everyone, who rejects the truth that the Father of Truth has made known to them, is part of the grapes of wrath (Romans 1:18-19). Everyone, who despises the goodness of the Father of Truth, which leads to repentance, is part of the grapes of wrath (Romans 2:4-6). Everyone, who does not obey the truth, written in the Book of Truth, is part of the grapes of wrath (Romans 2:8-9). Everyone, who obeys the Father of Lies, by disobeying the Father of Truth, is part of the grapes of wrath (Ephesians 2:2-3). Everyone, who does those things that are contrary to the kingdom of the Father of Truth, is part of the grapes of wrath (Ephesians 5:3-6). Everyone, who continues in sexual sin and the like, is part of the grapes of wrath (Colossians 3:5-6). Everyone, who opposes the Children of Truth in carrying out the Great Commission, is part of the grapes of wrath (1 Thessalonians 2:14-16).
All of the grapes of wrath will be crushed in the winepress of the Chamber of Horrors.
This being the case, then how can people escape being part of the grapes of wrath?
They escape being part of the grapes of wrath, by showing real repentance from their sins (Luke 3:7-8). They escape being part of the grapes of wrath, by accepting the blood of the Man of Truth as their atonement for sins (Romans 5:9-11). They escape being part of the grapes of wrath, by remaining faithful to the Man of Truth (1 Thessalonians 1:10). They escape being part of the grapes of wrath, by remaining alert to the Spirit of Truth (1 Thessalonians 5:8-10).
The Father of Truth has been letting the grapes of wrath ripen, so that He can extend mercy to everyone, who will come into the House of Truth (Romans 9:22-24). The grapes of wrath will not go into the winepress of His wrath, until they are fully ripe, so that all people can be given the opportunity to come into the House of Truth (2 Peter 3:7-9).
You escape being part of the grapes of wrath, by making the Man of Truth your king, because you believe that the Father of Truth raised him from the dead (Romans 10:9).
Come into the House of Truth!
Labels: Day of Atonement, Judgement Day, Yom Kippur
posted by The House Of Truth @ September 29, 2017
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