The Last Harvest An Exposition of the Parable of the Tares (Matt 13.24–30, 36–43) For now, the wicked coexist with God's kingdom. In the end, they will be taken away in judgment. •The Parable of the Tares (Matt 13.24–30) •The Parable of the Tares Explained (Matt 13.36–43) ✓Setting: private and privileged ✓Symbolism: the seven elements of Jesus, the world, believers, unbelievers, the devil, Judgment Day, and angels ✓Substance: ➡Before the harvest time. Wheat and tares grow together. Kingdom of Christ and of Satan increase simultaneously. We need to know of the wicked's doom to avoid discouragement and to have compassion for the lost. ➡During the harvest time. Jesus reveals in literal language what shall really happen in an actual, complex event: Judgment Day. Four parts mentioned: the commanding of the angels, the gathering of the wicked, the casting of them into a furnace of fire, and their suffering. ➡After the harvest time. Glorification of the righteous: Christians, real disciples of Jesus, justified by grace alone through faith alone, and sanctified by the Spirit. •The Parable of the Tares Applied ✓Embrace a biblical perspective on the church and the world today. ✓Tremble at the coming doom of the wicked. ✓Rejoice in the hope of the righteous and persevere to the end.
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Pastor D. Scott Meadows has been an elder at the Calvary Baptist Church (Reformed) of Exeter, New Hampshire, since 1991. Pastor Meadows holds a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering and a master's degree in Christian theology. He left his engineering career for pastoral...