HARVEST
(See also Agriculture; Festivals; Reaping; Threshing; Winnowing)
Egypt (ancient):
depiction in tomb: it-2 108
festivals (modern-day): w97 9/15 8-9
giant kelp: g87 3/22 18-19
Jehovah’s blessing a factor: it-2 1013
Ancient Israel
barley: it-1 19, 256, 1040; w07 6/15 10-11
firstfruits: it-1 826, 828, 836-837; it-2 528; w07 1/1 21; w07 7/15 26; w98 3/1 13
discussion: it-1 1040-1041; w12 5/1 29-30
effect of spiritual condition of nation: it-2 1013
firstfruits: it-1 262, 1040; w03 12/1 16-17
fruit: w07 6/15 12
gleaning: it-1 962, 1040; nwt 1699; w11 2/1 15; w06 6/15 22-23; w03 12/1 17; w88 7/1 9; w86 10/15 11
grapes: it-1 1040, 1182; it-2 1155-1156, 1187; w07 6/15 11-12
Sabbaths not to be violated: it-1 1040
sickle: it-1 811; it-2 755; w89 5/1 17
threshing: it-1 556, 811; it-2 953, 1096; nwt 1714; w12 5/1 30; w89 5/1 17
wheat: w89 5/1 17
firstfruits: it-1 836-837; it-2 230; w16.01 17; w07 1/1 21-22; w98 3/1 13
winnowing: it-1 810-811; it-2 953, 1189; w12 5/1 30; w87 6/15 16, 18
Symbolic
during great tribulation:
“vine of the earth” (Re 14:17-19): it-2 1156; w09 2/15 4; re 212-215; w88 1/1 18; w88 12/15 22
‘fields white for harvesting’ (Joh 4:35): w20.04 8-9, 13
view of territory for witnessing: w20.04 8-13
first century: w01 7/15 10-11
‘harvest great, workers few’ (Mt 9:37; Lu 10:2): w01 7/15 11
prayer for more workers: w87 7/15 17
last days: it-1 1041; kr 23, 51-52, 54, 87-92, 95; re 125-126; w88 1/1 11, 16, 18; ws 68-70
encouragement to share in harvest: w10 7/15 16-20; km 11/10 1-2; w01 7/15 10-20, 25
“great crowd” included: kr 52, 54
“harvest of the earth” (Re 14:15): kr 88-89; w10 9/15 26-27; re 211-212; w88 1/1 11, 16; w88 12/15 22
wheat and weeds (Mt 13): it-1 1041; it-2 207, 756; mwb18.02 3; w13 7/15 12-14, 19; w10 3/15 21-23; w10 6/15 5; g 2/07 8-9; w93 11/1 32; ws 68