The field in this parable is the world in which we currently live. The enemy, the evil one, sows weeds into the world, lost individuals who spew nothing but vile in their sphere of influence. We the workers, are currently living amongst evil people, representatives of the devil. Just as the Lord said that there will always be poor people among us, so will there always be evil people among us. The Kingdom will not be rid of the evil until harvest time, the second coming of Christ. Christ, at harvest time, will separate the wheat from the weeds. The weeds will burn in Hell and the wheat will be stored in Heaven. Are you wheat or weed?
Christ told many parables. He spoke in parables, I guess, so that we humans could understand his message. We all know about the parable of the sower of seeds. The seeds are the word of God and depending on the man who receives them, the yield can be fruitful. Then Christ describes the Kingdom of God. We are presently living in the Kingdom of God on this earth right now. Christ is the landowner. The landowner sows good wheat seed but while he slept, an enemy came and sowed weeds in the landowner’s crop. When both the weed and wheat matured, the workers wanted to remove the weeds before harvest, but the landowner said wait till harvest time because weeding the field in the growing season would disturb the wheat. At harvest the weeds will be pulled first and burned then the wheat will be harvested and taken into the barn.
The field in this parable is the world in which we currently live. The enemy, the evil one, sows weeds into the world, lost individuals who spew nothing but vile in their sphere of influence. We the workers, are currently living amongst evil people, representatives of the devil. Just as the Lord said that there will always be poor people among us, so will there always be evil people among us. The Kingdom will not be rid of the evil until harvest time, the second coming of Christ. Christ, at harvest time, will separate the wheat from the weeds. The weeds will burn in Hell and the wheat will be stored in Heaven. Are you wheat or weed?
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6/10/2015 23:24:08
Can you explain more about parables? I'm afraid I do not understand it clearly. I'm trying to grab the idea, but seems like it's far from me.
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