Revelation 14:15 - Exposition

A nd another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud; another angel; in addition to those already mentioned, not implying that he who sat on the cloud was an angel. Out of the temple, or shrine ( ναός ); the inner sanctuary of God (cf. Revelation 7:15 ). The angel acts as the messenger of the will of God to Christ in his capacity of Son of man, because the command is one concerning the times and seasons which the Father hath kept in his own power (Alford). The characteristic "loud voice" (see on Revelation 14:7 , Revelation 14:9 , etc.). Thrust in thy sickle, and reap: for the time is come for thee to reap; for the harvest of the earth is ripe ; send forth thy sickle and reap: for the hour to reap is come; for the harvest of the earth is over ripe (Revised Version). Over ripe, or dried; that is, as Alford explains, perfectly ripe, so that the stalk is dry, the moisture having been lost.