The End of the World
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Years ago, I was driving a tractor, as a teen (tweener) and plowing 4-6 rows at a time for the planting of corn. I was having a hard time keeping the large tractor tires moving in a straight line because of all the upheaval of the disked soil beneath. That year, we put in crooked rows of corn.
If you ever see fresh silver queen corn, young grains, it is as sweet and tasty as candy..
Farmers buy premium seed, discern the perfect time for planting, disk the ground, plow the fur-rough, and insert the seed with a few grains of fertilizer.
Farmers do a lot of work to minimize weeds.
You home gardeners probably are pulling weeds out of your garden by now. If not, the weeds may have overtaken your garden, choking out some of the seeds you planted.
Corn, tomatoes, and pumpkins can all be victims to weeds.
As Jesus continues His parables about the Kingdom of Heaven, he gives another farming, agricultural story… Parables are earthly stories with Heavenly meanings.
READ: 24-30
Sometimes it’s hard to tell the weeds from the grass when it is just sprouting up.
“The grass family includes all the major cereals, such as wheat, maize, rice, barley, and oats, and most of the minor grains as well, such as rye, common millet, finger millet, teff, and many others that are less familiar.”
READ INTERPRETATION: 36-43
We Know the End, We just Don’t Know When....
We Know the End, We just Don’t Know When....
The Bible Knowledge Commentary (13:36–43)
In this period between Jesus’ rejection and His future return He the King is absent but His kingdom continues, though in a newly revealed form. This Age is broader than but includes the Church Age. The church did not begin until the day of Pentecost, and it will conclude at the Rapture, at least seven years before the end of this Age. This “mystery period” is characterized by profession of faith but also by a counter-profession that cannot be separated until the final judgment.
Matthew: An Introduction and Commentary (a) The Weeds (13:24–30, 36–43)
Out of his kingdom does not necessarily imply that the ‘sons of the evil one’ were once in it, but that they will have no place in it when it is fully consummated (cf. 8:12).
The Heavenly Kingdom and this earthly realm correspond at the moment. We are living here. Christian’s names are written in Heaven.
Word Pictures in the New Testament Matthew 13:38
It is extremely important to understand that both the good seed and the darnel (tares) are sown in the world, not in the Kingdom, not in the church
World = αἰών aiōn; continued duration; a space of time, an age:
Robert L. Thomas, New American Standard Hebrew-Aramaic and Greek Dictionaries : Updated Edition (Anaheim: Foundation Publications, Inc., 1998).
Some believe the “End of the World” in 13:41 is speaking of the End of the church age after the rapture and after the Tribulation, just before the Millennial Kingdom. “The end of the earth as we know it.” It seems further out than that when you consider Revelation 20. The end of the earth.
1/3 of cults in the world said the world would end in 2000.
Many read the Mayan Calendar and said the world would end in 2012.
We Know the End, We just Don’t Know When....
We Know the End, We just Don’t Know When....
THE PLAYERS OF THE PARABLE, 37-39:
Son of Man - Jesus, the King of the Kingdom
The Field - This Earth
The Good Seed - Children of the King
The Bad Seed (Tares) - Children of the Antiking
The Enemy - the Devil, Satan himself
The Harvest - the End of the world age
The Reapers - God’s angels
The New Unger’s Bible Dictionary Son of Man
This is a term, like “the Son of God,” which is now theologically chiefly associated with Christ and is used in both the OT and the NT. Christ employed this expression to designate Himself some eighty times. It portrays Him as the Representative Man. It designates Him as the “last Adam” in distinction to the “first man, Adam” (1 Cor. 15:45).
TWO KINGDOMS AND TWO “KINGS”
The Heavenly Kingdom.
The Earthly Kingdom.
The Heavenly Kingdom is happening now in Heaven and corresponds to time on earth, but this earthly kingdom is not enduring...
Satan is the “prince of this world.”
Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:
The earthly Kingdom is not eternal. God’s Kingdom HAS NO END.
The Purpose of the Parable:
Jesus explains why and how the world is what it is and how it will all turn out.
The Post Script of the Parable, 40-43:
The Wheat and Weeds are Separated at the Harvest.
The Children of God’s Kingdom enjoy being with God. JOY for believers.
The Children of the AntiKing are cast into the Lake of Fire. JUDGEMENT for Jesus Rejectors.
And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.
And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.
Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
The PLAN of This Parable:
The Church Age. NOW.
The Rapture. Christians are rescued, Harvested from Judgement.
The Tribulation.
The Second Coming with Armageddon.
The Millennial Kingdom.
The Final Judgment. (Great White Throne)
The New Heaven and New Earth.
We Know the End, We just Don’t Know When....
We Know the End, We just Don’t Know When....
The Principles of this Parable:
Planting is Happening Everyday.
Planting is Happening Everyday.
Some people will believe the Gospel.
Others will reject the Gospel, embracing, naturalism, atheism, evolution, and false religion.
God’s Kingdom is advancing and growing.
Satan’s overthrow attempt is growing too. He is desperate to lead people astray in rebellion against the True King - Jesus.
Both Good and Evil Seeds Are Growing.
Both Good and Evil Seeds Are Growing.
Why is the earth so evil and getting worse?
Why are people so mean?
How come the world is confused about Right and Wrong?
How is basic truth, honesty, and reality turned upside down?
But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.
The World players are preparing the world for the Antichrist, who is the epitome of everything against God. This man will lead the world against God in the Tribulation, following the Rapture.
Globalism, the economy, military, education, governments, and religion are all consolidated for this Tribulation time. Things are moving that direction now.
Klaus Shcawb of the WEForum summarizes the globalist agenda during Covid. These people are trying to Advance the Earthly kingdom. Christians are serving God Who is advancing His Heavenly Kingdom.
Not only do we hear of more evil in the world, the world is becoming more evil.
Drug dealers, human trafficking, scams, assaults, hatred, fighting, stealing, cheating, killing will all continue to increase.
It is important to be street smart and be prepared to defend yourself and keep your family safe.
The Clock is Ticking.
The Clock is Ticking.
Rapture:
In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
Years ago I was driving a tractor on an old country Road. And I was probably 14 or 15 years old and could not yet drive a truck on the road. My father was following in a truck. At the end of the road is a steep incline and a stop sign. I had the tractor in the wrong gear to continue after stopping and the tractor started to flip. out of nowhere, my dad flies through the air and jumps on the front of the tractor to balance it out, rescuing me.
Just like my father flew out of nowhere to rescue me, Jesus rescues Christian’s from the tribulation in the rapture.
Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
After the Tribulation, a resurrection for the Tribulation saints, persecuted to death by the antichrist...
And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
The Very End: Judgement at Great White Throne:
Revelation 20:12 (KJV 1900)
And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.
The Harvest is Near.
The Harvest is Near.
When the harvest time came each year on my grandparents farm, we would go to the fields and pull off the ears of corn, one cob at a time. We left the weeds. The soil would be turned over with the disk and the weeds would all die… We put the corn in bushel baskets and then would take a day or two and husk the corn. That is the harvest.
Jesus said, the gathering, or Harvest is near. 40
The weeds/tares are judged in the end for rejecting Jesus.
The good seed / Christians are rewarded by being with Jesus and being part of His Heavenly Kingdom. They “Shine like the Sun” because they are in the presence of the Son of God.
The Christian is Living for God today.
The Non-Christian is living for this world.
But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.
We Know the End, We just Don’t Know When....
We Know the End, We just Don’t Know When....
Today's Best Illustrations, Volume 5 Preparing for Judgment
Seattle’s famed Kingdome—home of the Seattle Seahawks, Mariners, and at times, the SuperSonics—was destroyed on March 26, 2000.
Maryland-based Controlled Demolition Incorporated was hired to do the job of imploding the 25,000-ton structure that had marked Seattle’s skyline for two dozen years.
Remarkable about the event was the extreme measures taken to ensure no one was hurt. CDI had experience with over 7,000 demolitions and knew how to protect people. Engineers checked and rechecked the structure. Several blocks around the Kingdome were evacuated. Safety measures were in place to allow the countdown to stop at any time if there was concern about safety. All workers were individually accounted for by radio before the explosives were detonated. A large public address system was used to announce the final countdown.
In short, CDI took every reasonable measure and more to warn people of the impending danger.
The Bible teaches of a final judgment and destruction for this sinful world. Like the engineers who blew up the Kingdome, our heavenly Father has spared no expense to make sure everybody can “get out” safely. He warns us through our consciences, through the prophets, through the Word of God, through the Holy Spirit, through the Church, and through his Son.
RESPONSE:
Know You are a Christian. Believe the Gospel.
Tell others about Jesus.
Live like a child of the Heavenly Kingdom, in spite of all the wickedness around us.