Good morning. The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field. While men were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat. When the wheat sprang up and bore grain, then the tares became evident also. The workers wondered how this could've happened. The owner said that an enemy had done it. Do you want us to go and gather the tares? No; lest while you are gathering the tares, you may root up the wheat with them. Allow both to grow until the harvest; and then we will first gather up the tares; bind and burn them; and gather the wheat into the barn. We will now jump down to Jesus’ explanation. The Son of Man sows the good seed, which are the sons of the kingdom. The field is the world; the tares are the sons of the evil one; and the enemy is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age; and the reapers are angels. At the end of the age, the Son of Man  will send the forth His angels, and they will gather out of His kingdom all stumbling blocks, and those who commit lawlessness, and will cast them into the furnace of fire. Then the righteous will shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. This looks like the reverse of the rapture. The bad ones are removed first. But it says that they are gathered out of His kingdom, not out of the world in general. So it could very well be that He is talking about at the end of the millennium. At that time, He will definitely remove the bad ones out of the world. It neither refutes nor confirms the rapture. There is another parable that says the same thing – we will talk about it another time. Father thank You that You supply all of the reader’s needs. Help his/her family to heal quickly.

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