Reap the Harvest
From the Journal 12/16/2004
Jesus is with two friends on a path that leads into a valley between high cliffs in the desert. A large stone wall or building rises up from the valley below them. The path itself becomes a well traveled road that runs directly into the stone wall. In its center is a large wooden gate. In front of this wall, and on either side of the road, are carefully tended olive trees.
Jesus explains a piece of ancient scripture with his two friends that is probably not a part of the contemporary Bible. It is a short letter of some kind called (I think) "Micaneas” or something that sounds similar. He points to verses 1:50-1:55 and compares them with verses 9:50-9:55. He says the two are related and go together, though separated by several chapters. The first group of verses describe the taking of olives from a planted garden, the second is about a man in church being used for a pre-designated purpose.
The scripture he refers to is well-known to these men, though I've never heard of it. He takes pains to draw their attention to the relatedness of the two sections of this scripture, which he holds in his hands like a scroll. "You see how it says here in 1:50 and 1:55, 'The garden is planted, the olive is taken' and in 9:50 and 9:55 it says 'He is among men, and then he is gone.' These two verses are saying the same thing."
My impression is that Jesus and these two men intend to meet other among the olive trees below, where certain olives that grow on certain trees will be taken, and then they will enter the city and certain inhabitants will be taken also, each according to their destiny that has been planned before them by God.