THE HARVEST = Matthew 13;36-43

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THE HARVEST = Matthew 13;36-43

 

Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and His disciples came unto Him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field.  He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man; The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one; The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels. 

As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world. The Son of man shall send forth His angels, and they shall gather out of His kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity; And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear. 

AMEN

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5 hours ago, MizKJVOnly said:

THE HARVEST = Matthew 13;36-43

 

Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and His disciples came unto Him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field.  He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man; The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one; The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels. 

As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world. The Son of man shall send forth His angels, and they shall gather out of His kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity; And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear. 

AMEN

There is a number of points here that many students of Matthew 13 miss.

The end of the age is a harvest. If we study end-time prophecy, the general consensus is that the Church is harvested first - sometime before the Great Tribulation. (Hey, you post-Trib guys; give me three minutes and read on). But here this parable gives the harvest of the Tares first. Is not the Harvest of the unbeliever at Armageddon which is long after the Church is raptured? How are we to explain this?

And then a very strange thing is revealed if we are strict with the grammar. The Tares get harvest first and burned. The next verse begins with "As Therefore". "AS THEREFORE" means "just like the Tares". Then follows the Harvest of "His (God's) Kingdom". The harvest of the Tares is over. And the tares were never "His Kingdom" because to be in His Kingdom one has to be REBORN (Jn.3:3-5). According to the grammar, the "things that offend cannot be Tares, but must be Wheat". How shall we explain this?

1. The Tares Harvested First.

The Tares, literally "Darnel" is not just the unbeliever. They are COUNTERFEIT Christians. The parables says; "The Kingdom of Heaven IS LIKE ..." And our Lord Jesus was talking to a mixed crowd of (i) His disciples, (ii) Jews, (iii) Samaritans and (iv) Gentiles. That is, all peoples of earth would see the Kingdom LOOK LIKE ....". And this "LOOK ALIKE" would simulate the Christian Church. Now which entity looks and talks like the Christian Church but is an Imposter? There is only one - The Roman Church. In 300 AD, Rome was in serious decline. Added to this, the more Christians they martyred - the more Christians sprung. So in 313 AD, Caesar Constantine declared Christianity a State religion. The Roman soldiers changed their armour for priests robes and the name changed from "The Roman Empire" to "The HOLY Roman Empire". Caesar, called Pontifex Maximus, kept his designation and his fish shaped hat to show he worshiped the fish-god Dagon.

But 97% and more of the "Holy Roman Empire" were still heathens. So to keep them happy, all the pagan feasts were kept but given Biblical names. The resurrection of Baal, three nights after the winter equinox was Christ-mas. And Ishtar, the fertility goddess, whose feast day fell on the first sun-day after the first full moon after the Spring Equinox, was named Easter. What with halloween becoming "all-saints", and the heathen idols allowed in the Churches, the infiltration and SIMULATION of the Church was complete. And just to crown it all, the Roman Church could now exercise its politics from the pulpit THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE EARTH. It became, and still is the most wealthy and politically active entity on earth. Even the most biased of tourists could not help noticing how the East-West facing Roman Churches dominate the skyline of every small and large city, especially in Europe. That the Russian Revolution and Hitler were supported by Rome is no secret. But be careful. Propagate this and you might have the Jesuits looking you up - fatally.

Not so well known among Christians is the fact that we have had six world powers since Nimrod's Babel. Egypt, Assyria, Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece and Rome. And while language and local customs changed, the RELIGION of all six powers was the same - Nimrod's Religion of Babel. And if a study is made of all the Theistic religions and cults of the world today, it turns out that they are all branches of one big Trunk - the BABYLONIAN RELIGION. You could say; "Babylon and her DAUGHTERS", which would make her a MOTHER who has infiltrated or spawned all the false religions of the world. And if you said this, you would agree not only with the prophets of old, but you would agree with John in Revelation 17:5

"and upon her forehead was a name written: ‘Secret, Babylon the Great, the Mother of the Whores, and the Abominations of the earth.’ (Young's Literal Translation)

And this leads us to the solution of why the tares are harvested first. If you read on in Chapter 17 you will find that the Beast, who supports Her and is her carrier, in order to get universal worship for the Dragon, must DO AWAY WITH HER! The Beast will demand and command, under pain of death, all mankind on earth to receive a Mark of allegiance and to WORSHIP him. He cannot afford to have a worldwide COMPETING RELIGION. So in verses 15-18 we read that the ten kings who gave the Beast his power on earth DESTROY THE WHORE. The Roman Church and all her branches, her daughters, will be destroyed at least three and a half years before Armageddon.

Armageddon is no doubt a harvest too, but not of the Tares. In Revelation 14 we read that Armageddon is the harvest of THE VINE OF THE EARTH, not TARES. Matthew 13 concerns the Kingdom of the heavens and how it looks while in Mystery - that is, the Church age.

2. Why is the Kingdom of Wheat found to have offensive things which too must be burned?

To shorten this answer to the OP, I will leave this for another day.

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2. As promised, it now time to examine Matthew 13:40–43 (NKJV)

⁴⁰Therefore as the tares are gathered and burned in the fire, so it will be at the end of this age.

⁴¹The Son of Man will send out His angels, and they will gather out of His kingdom all things that offend, and those who practice lawlessness,

⁴²and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be wailing and gnashing of teeth.

⁴³Then the righteous will shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears to hear, let him hear!

These verses are largely ignored by student of scripture. It is an interesting exercise to try to find commentary on them which includes the deadly warning. If we catalog the facts as the grammar presents, the astute student of scripture will immediately see the somberness of it.

• In verse 40 the angels harvest the Tares and they are "burned in the fire". That ends the subject of the Tares. The next sentence refers to Christ's Kingdom - not the Tares.
• Now to be a member of Christ's Kingdom you have t be born again (Jn.3:3-5). Thus,verses 41-43 CONCERN CHRISTIANS!
• This doubly settled by the fact that the WHEAT is dealt with
• To be wheat you must come from Christ (Jn.12:24)
• With this double proof concerning His Kingdom, it is NOT the unfaithful who are them divided from the faithless, BUT THE LAWLESS FROM THE RIGHTEOUS - that is, WORKS are the deciding factor. 
• With the DIVISION of Tares from Wheat it is the SEED that counts, but concerning the Wheat, its members are divided into TWO BASED ON WORKS

This can only lead to one conclusion. Rebirth, eternal life and sonship to God are by FAITH, but entry into the Kingdom when Christ sets it up on earth IS DEPENDENT ON WORKS.

Is this confirmed by other scriptures? 

1. In Matthew  5:20 the Lord Jesus said that OUR righteousness must exceed that of the Pharisees. He is not talking about the righteousness of God which is accorded to the believer
2. In Matthew 7:21-23 certain men who knew Jesus and had done wondrous works are refused the Kingdom because they were LAWLESS - that is, not DOING the will of the Father
3. In Matthew 22:11-14 the Kingdom is LIKENED to a Wedding Feast and one who accepted the call and tried to enter the Feast (which is the kingdom), is ejected because his "garment" did not fit. According to Revelation 19:7-8 the wedding garment is the WORKS OF THE SAINT - not the imputed righteousness of God
4. In Matthew 24:45-51 the unfaithful servant, who was once faithful, is cast out of the Kingdom for his WORKS
5. In Matthew 25 the Kingdom is LIKE a Wedding. The five foolish Virgins are the same as the wise in seven points. they only difference is that they dis not BUY extra oil. Their folly was that they did not PAY and PRICE THEMSELVES
6. In Matthew 25 the servant who buried his Talent is still called a servant after his sentence. He is cast out of the Kingdom because of WHAT HE DID
7. In 1st Corinthians 6:9-10 the UNRIGHTEOUS will not inherit the Kingdom. In this case it was taking a fellow Christina to a heathen court of law. The letter is addressed to "all, who in every place, call upon the Lord" (1:2)
8. In Galatians 5:21 the WORKERS of the flesh are excluded from the kIngdom. The letter is addressed to Churches.
9. In Ephesians 5:5 the WORKERS of the flesh are excluded from the Kingdom. The letter is addressed to Christians.

I propose that the parable of the Tares not only shows the fiery end of the counterfeit Christian, but FIRE AS WELL for the Christian who does not obey God's Words.