OUR FATHER WHOSE SONS WILL SHINE LIKE THE SUN

After the events of the day concluded, the disciples asked the Lord Jesus to decode the parable of the wheat and the tares for them as recorded in Matthew chapter 13 verses 37 - 43;

36 Then Jesus sent the multitude away and went into the house. And His disciples came to Him, saying, “Explain to us the parable of the tares of the field.”

37 He answered and said to them: “He who sows the good seed is the Son of Man. 38 The field is the world, the good seeds are the sons of the kingdom, but the tares are the sons of the wicked one. 39 The enemy who sowed them is the devil, the harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are the angels. 

40 Therefore as the tares are gathered and burned in the fire, so it will be at the end of this age. 41 The 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, 42 and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be wailing and gnashing of teeth. 43 Then the righteous will shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears to hear, let him hear!

The Lord explained the parable by associating the people and components of the parable with the reality they corresponded to;

• The owner who sowed good seeds was Jesus Himself
• The field being sowed was the world
• The good seeds were the sons of the kingdom
• The weeds are the sons of the wicked one
• The sower of bad seeds was the devil
• The harvest was the end of the age
• The harvesters were the angels

The activity at harvest time mirrors the activity at the end of the age where the sons of wickedness are  separated for destruction and eternal regret while the sons of the kingdom of God are separated for eternal glory. 

Lord have mercy on us.

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