{"id":1550,"date":"2009-11-18T08:39:42","date_gmt":"2009-11-18T16:39:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oxgoad.ca\/2009\/11\/18\/wheat-and-tares\/"},"modified":"2009-11-18T08:39:42","modified_gmt":"2009-11-18T16:39:42","slug":"wheat-and-tares","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oxgoad.ca\/2009\/11\/18\/wheat-and-tares\/","title":{"rendered":"wheat and tares"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the kingdom parables is often misinterpreted. I am amazed at this since our Lord Jesus Christ<\/em> himself gave us the proper interpretation. Here is the parable:<\/p>\n

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Matthew 13:24 Jesus presented another parable to them, saying, "The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field. 25 "But while his men were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went away. 26 "But when the wheat sprouted and bore grain, then the tares became evident also. 27 "The slaves of the landowner came and said to him, ‘Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field? How then does it have tares?’ 28 "And he said to them, ‘An enemy has done this!’ The slaves said to him, ‘Do you want us, then, to go and gather them up?’ 29 "But he said, ‘No; for while you are gathering up the tares, you may uproot the wheat with them.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

What is the popular misinterpretation?<\/p>\n

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Many, many, many people, pastors, laymen, and [yes, believe it] \u2018scholars\u2019 alike say that this is a parable of the church \u2013 that the reality is you will find unregenerate people in the church, you can just as well expect it.<\/p>\n

What is the proper interpretation? Let\u2019s let the Lord<\/em> speak:<\/p>\n

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Matthew 13:36 Then He left the crowds and went into the house. And His disciples came to Him and said, "Explain to us the parable of the tares of the field." 37 And He said, "The one who sows the good seed is the Son of Man, 38 and the field is the world<\/strong>; and as for the good seed, these are the sons of the kingdom; and the tares are the sons of the evil one; 39 and the enemy who sowed them is the devil, and the harvest is the end of the age; and the reapers are angels. 40 "So just as the tares are gathered up and burned with fire<\/em>, so shall it be at the end of the age<\/strong>. 41 "The Son of Man will send forth His angels, and they will gather out of His kingdom all stumbling blocks, and those who commit lawlessness, 42 and will throw them into the furnace of fire; in that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 43 "Then THE RIGHTEOUS WILL SHINE FORTH AS THE SUN in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

It really bugs me when people misinterpret this parable<\/a>. It bugs me when other<\/a> people don\u2019t<\/a> call the misinterpreters<\/a> on this error. This is an elementary grade school kind of interpretation issue. What exactly is the problem with the authority of the Lord to tell us what he meant?<\/p>\n

I thought the young fundamentalists were the ones who looked up the verse.<\/p>\n

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