"Harvest..... White and Ready"

Intro: The words harvest and reaper go together like sower and reaper. The seed is what is sown, planted in the field ( it perpetuates - reproduces itself....) the harvest is the time when the crops are ripe for gathering, and the reaper is the person (s) that gather successfully the crops from the field.

I’ve had a little experience with agriculture . My dad did some gardening (field) adjacent to our house. It was about 1/2 acre or so. He planted different types of vegetables in the garden. We all labored together keeping it free from weeds to allow the plants to have the best chance to thrive ( Needed plenty of water). I can remember my dad telling me we would take from the garden what we needed, share with others, but let nothing “ Go to seed”. I understood him to mean, not to leave anything that could be used to eat. Not to let anything be wasted and rot! What he did was to invite others who wanted to labor and get the rest, they were welcomed.

Go to the text: Verse 35: Do you not say, there are four months, then comes harvest? Look I tell you, lift up your eyes, and see that the fields are white for harvest.

Jesus appears to be speaking with a tone of urgency an (fields #5561 regions, districts, areas, that we have access to) opportunity to achieve something good, something great for the kingdom of God is needed right now! We can’t loose this moment!

Definitions:

Urgent: A situation requiring immediate action or attention.... “Help needed now!”

Definition of harvest: #2546 Grk. therimos— reaping to cut the ripe grain-

Reaper- #2325 & 2545— therizo— gets the harvest grain

Historical Context: Samaria: Town called Sychar, not far from Galilee (sea). It was in that region Jesus, began his ministry, baptized in Jordan, called four of his disciples, made them fishers of men. Began to preach, repent: for the kingdom of God is at hand. Teaching in synagogues and preaching, healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people. And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought to him all sick people taken with divers diseases and torments, possessed with devils, lunatics and had palsy; and he healed them.

And he must needs go through Samaria..... It is at Jacob’s well he rest because he’s tired from the journey: and it is about the 6th hour (noon) Then comes a woman of Samaria to draw water. He says, “Give me a drink”.

Main characters: Jesus- Samaritan Woman- Jesus Disciples, townspeople.

Key scriptures vs. 35: .....Look on the fields; fort they are white already to harvest.

Application: Can’t loose sight of the fields, they are white already,

Closure: Verses 36-37

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