There will be a Harvest of Souls in these Last Days

THERE WILL BE A HARVEST OF SOULS IN THESE LAST DAYS

 

And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come. - Matthew 24:14

 

I. JESUS IS THE LORD OF THE HARVEST

 

Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few;

Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest. - Matthew 9:37-38 (Also Luke 10:2)

 

A. The harvest belongs to the Lord.

1. This is a work of God.

 

2. Man alone can not produce a harvest.

 

B. He does the sending.

 

1. Pray to the Lord of the harvest.

 

2. That He will send forth laborers.

 

C. The fields are ready to harvest.

 

1. The harvest is plenteous.

 

2. I have set before thee an open door. – Rev. 3:8

 

Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest. – Jn. 4:35

 

II. THE GOSPEL SHALL GO TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH

 

But I say, Have they not heard? Yes verily, their sound went into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world. - Romans 10:18

 

A. Fulfilling the Great Commission

 

Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.

-Matthew 28: 19-20.

 

B. Fulfilling Bible prophecy – Mt. 24:14

C. God’s Word is going forth to heathen lands.

 

 

III. GOD WILL SEND RAIN FOR THE HARVEST

 

A. There is a Biblical pattern for the rain.

 

That I will give you the rain of your land in his due season, the first rain and the latter rain, that thou mayest gather in thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil.

-Deuteronomy 11:14

 

Then I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield her increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.

-Leviticus 26:4

 

1. God sent the rain at appointed times.

 

Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear the LORD our God, that giveth rain, both the former and the latter, in his season: he reserveth unto us the appointed weeks of the harvest. - Jeremiah 5:24

 

2. The rain was for the harvest.

 

3. The greatest rain was right before the final harvest.

 

B. The rain is a symbol of the Holy Ghost.

 

C. We need the Holy Ghost rain for the harvest.