200. Internal Meaning of Joel, Chapter 3

1 Then the church will be gathered together, (11, 17)

2 and then judgment will be executed upon those who have scattered the goods and truths of the church; (15)

4-8 upon those who are in knowledges [cognitiones] alone and in faith alone, and have thereby destroyed the truths of the Word and of doctrine. (15)

9-12 Combat of good and truth against evils and falsities at that time. (15)

13-15 Then evil is consummated. (3)

16-17 This is from the Lord, whom they will then also acknowledge, and from whom is the church. (11)

18-19 The Lord will then teach them the Word, and falsifications of the Word will be removed. (11)

20-21 Then the church will be the Lord's, and from the Word. (11)

The 'Harvest,' as mentioned in Mark 4:29, signifies the increase of the church in general and particular.

In Joel 3:13, it signifies the last state of the church before it has been devastated from all good and truth.

'A harvest' symbolizes the state of the church with respect to Divine truth. The reason is that a harvest yields the grain used to make bread, and grain and bread symbolize the church's goodness, which is achieved through truths.

(References: Apocalypse Revealed 645; Joel 3; Mark 4)