Reference

Revelation 14:19

And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of God.
17

And another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven, he also having a sharp sickle.

18

And another angel came out from the altar, which had power over fire; and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, saying, Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe.

19

And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of God.

20

And the winepress was trodden without the city, and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs.

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Punishment Language

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Symbolic / Non-Fermented Wine

The verse explicitly mentions "winepress of the wrath of God," which is a clear metaphor for judgment and destruction, not for the nature of wine itself (fermented or unfermented). The "vine of the earth" being gathered and cast into the winepress is a symbolic representation of people being subjected to divine wrath, not a discussion of grape juice. The concept of "wine" here is tied to the *product* of the winepress, which in biblical symbolism is often associated with judgment and bloodshed,