Adam Knowlden
01-06-2005, 11:54 PM
To answer we have to first read the parable of the wheat and tares...
<font color="red"> 24 Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field: </font>
What is the good seed? The Word of God! What is the produce of Good seed? The children of God.
<font color="red"> 25 But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way. </font>
First though, what is a tare?
http://weeds.montana.edu/images/WeedWebImages/darnel-seedhead.jpg
<font color="green"> darnel, tare, bearded darnel, cheat, Lolium temulentum -- (weedy annual grass often occurs in grainfields and other cultivated land; seeds sometimes considered poisonous) </font>
A tare is a type of "disfigured" wheat. One can not tell the difference between a tare and a stalk of wheat when they come up out of the ground. They look similar. The difference is wheat grows and produces good "fruit"(wheat), while the tare produces no fruit. The wheat from the weight of the fruit, bows down. The tare stands up straight...
Now we see the results the seeds planted by the advesary of the one who planted the good seed
[ QUOTE ]
26 But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also.
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Now its important to understand the concept of fruit.
God said in Genesis 3,
<font color="blue">11 And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.
12 And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
13 And the evening and the morning were the third day.
</font>
Seed always produces after its own kind. How many times have you opened and apple and found a peach seed? The same is true with the Word of God. The fruit produced by the sowing of the seed of God's Word, will produce the same fruit, as they are the same kind.
<font color="blue"> 27 So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares?
28 He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up?
29 But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them.
30 Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.
</font>
So it will be when the angels reap in the last days. They will easily be able to tell the wheat and the tares. The tares will be standing proud, while the wheat will be bowing down before the Lord. The wheat will be harvested, the tares thrown in the fire.
This also shows why the Lord has has not yet come. The fruit of the harvest of the earth is not yet complete. Plucking it now would destroy both the wheat and tares as when they herbs are young plucking up one would cause the other to pull up.
In Revelation the final harvest of souls comes to pass,
<font color="red">15 And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in thy sickle, and reap: for the time is come for thee to reap; for the harvest of the earth is ripe.
16 And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth; and the earth was reaped.
17 And another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven, he also having a sharp sickle.
18 And another angel came out from the altar, which had power over fire; and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, saying, Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe.
19 And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of God.
</font>
<font color="brown"> 17 And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.
</font>
But....this is the interesting point,
<font color="red"> 25 But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way. </font>
While men slept,
<font color="blue"> 9 And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
</font>
That seems like an contradiction. God created all the plants that are pleasant to the sight and good for food, then tells Adam not to eat from the tree of knowledge a tree not good for food.
So who planted the tree?
The enemy!
<font color="red"> 25 But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way. </font>
I believe this also shows the point in which satan fell.
While God created the garden and formed man, satan the advesary sowed the tares and went his way.
<font color="brown"> 16 And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:
17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
</font>
So God created the trees and plants pleasant to the eyes and good for food. Logically it would seem he did not create the tree that was not good to eat. The enemy did, and God warned Adam not to partake of the enemies seed.
<font color="green">16 And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:
17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
</font>
We see in Daniel 2 another interesting coorelation with the enemies seed.
<font color="blue"> 31 Thou, O king, sawest, and behold a great image. This great image, whose brightness was excellent, stood before thee; and the form thereof was terrible.
32 This image's head was of fine gold, his breast and his arms of silver, his belly and his thighs of brass,
33 His legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay.
34 Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces.
35 Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshingfloors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.
</font>
This infamous prophecy dictates the kingdomes of the world through the ages. But one in particular stands out...
<font color="red"> 33 His legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay.
</font>
This final kingdome, the revised Roman empire, is the seed of the enemy!
Here is the prophecy of Christ in Genesis:
<font color="brown">15 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
</font>
What is on the foot aside from the toes? The heel!
I am now conviced the enemy truely does believe he can defeat God. This final kingdom will be his attempt to reverse this prophecy. God's seed, His Son, will crush the enemies head however, as verse 35 of Daniel 2 shows.
<font color="red"> 24 Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field: </font>
What is the good seed? The Word of God! What is the produce of Good seed? The children of God.
<font color="red"> 25 But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way. </font>
First though, what is a tare?
http://weeds.montana.edu/images/WeedWebImages/darnel-seedhead.jpg
<font color="green"> darnel, tare, bearded darnel, cheat, Lolium temulentum -- (weedy annual grass often occurs in grainfields and other cultivated land; seeds sometimes considered poisonous) </font>
A tare is a type of "disfigured" wheat. One can not tell the difference between a tare and a stalk of wheat when they come up out of the ground. They look similar. The difference is wheat grows and produces good "fruit"(wheat), while the tare produces no fruit. The wheat from the weight of the fruit, bows down. The tare stands up straight...
Now we see the results the seeds planted by the advesary of the one who planted the good seed
[ QUOTE ]
26 But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also.
[/ QUOTE ]
Now its important to understand the concept of fruit.
God said in Genesis 3,
<font color="blue">11 And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.
12 And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
13 And the evening and the morning were the third day.
</font>
Seed always produces after its own kind. How many times have you opened and apple and found a peach seed? The same is true with the Word of God. The fruit produced by the sowing of the seed of God's Word, will produce the same fruit, as they are the same kind.
<font color="blue"> 27 So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares?
28 He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up?
29 But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them.
30 Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.
</font>
So it will be when the angels reap in the last days. They will easily be able to tell the wheat and the tares. The tares will be standing proud, while the wheat will be bowing down before the Lord. The wheat will be harvested, the tares thrown in the fire.
This also shows why the Lord has has not yet come. The fruit of the harvest of the earth is not yet complete. Plucking it now would destroy both the wheat and tares as when they herbs are young plucking up one would cause the other to pull up.
In Revelation the final harvest of souls comes to pass,
<font color="red">15 And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in thy sickle, and reap: for the time is come for thee to reap; for the harvest of the earth is ripe.
16 And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth; and the earth was reaped.
17 And another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven, he also having a sharp sickle.
18 And another angel came out from the altar, which had power over fire; and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, saying, Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe.
19 And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of God.
</font>
<font color="brown"> 17 And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.
</font>
But....this is the interesting point,
<font color="red"> 25 But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way. </font>
While men slept,
<font color="blue"> 9 And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
</font>
That seems like an contradiction. God created all the plants that are pleasant to the sight and good for food, then tells Adam not to eat from the tree of knowledge a tree not good for food.
So who planted the tree?
The enemy!
<font color="red"> 25 But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way. </font>
I believe this also shows the point in which satan fell.
While God created the garden and formed man, satan the advesary sowed the tares and went his way.
<font color="brown"> 16 And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:
17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
</font>
So God created the trees and plants pleasant to the eyes and good for food. Logically it would seem he did not create the tree that was not good to eat. The enemy did, and God warned Adam not to partake of the enemies seed.
<font color="green">16 And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:
17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
</font>
We see in Daniel 2 another interesting coorelation with the enemies seed.
<font color="blue"> 31 Thou, O king, sawest, and behold a great image. This great image, whose brightness was excellent, stood before thee; and the form thereof was terrible.
32 This image's head was of fine gold, his breast and his arms of silver, his belly and his thighs of brass,
33 His legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay.
34 Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces.
35 Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshingfloors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.
</font>
This infamous prophecy dictates the kingdomes of the world through the ages. But one in particular stands out...
<font color="red"> 33 His legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay.
</font>
This final kingdome, the revised Roman empire, is the seed of the enemy!
Here is the prophecy of Christ in Genesis:
<font color="brown">15 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
</font>
What is on the foot aside from the toes? The heel!
I am now conviced the enemy truely does believe he can defeat God. This final kingdom will be his attempt to reverse this prophecy. God's seed, His Son, will crush the enemies head however, as verse 35 of Daniel 2 shows.