Parable of the Wheat & the Tares (The Evil Are Removed - NOT Us)

Parable of the Wheat & the Tares/Weeds

(The Evil Are Removed - NOT Us)

Last year I did a series on the Book of Jude - a seven part series (remember, Jude was one of Jesus' half brothers).  In that small but power packed book of the Bible, Jude quotes directly from the Book of Enoch (click HERE to view Part#4 which quotes from the Book of Enoch:  "Apostates Depraved & Doomed").

After reading Jude in detail, it was the Holy Spirit who directed me to read the Book of Enoch and in the first chapter I read this (and it just filled me with awe and clarification): 

 Did you read the yellow portion??? - "When all the wicked and godless are to be removed."  I truly believe that we have been mislead about the "Rapture."  We are NOT going anywhere - it is the vile evil who are being removed from God's glorious creation.

Then, just recently I reread the Parable of the Wheat & the Weeds and I was thrilled to realize that that same Enoch message was in the New Testament!

Let's study this parable today.

Good seed has been planted but before it germinated, the servants were sleeping ("while men slept") and the enemy was able to creep in and scatter weed seeds.  This is exactly what has happened to all of our societies - we're all sleeping!!  Evil has crept into all aspects of our lives:  blasphemous, debaucherous and atrocious behavior is everywhere!  Human trafficking and the raping of precious children (even babies) and we've been sleeping through all of it!!!!

This evil is the weed seed that has been planted (infiltrated) into our good crop - satan has quietly spread his diabolical seeds throughout all of our goodness (see Scripture above).  (And in the picture below you can see these weeds that are growing throughout the wheat field).

What did the owner of the field do (in the Parable)?  He's calm - He knows exactly what to do.  The servants ask if they should pull out all of the weeds (remember - they are still young plants).  Not right now!!!  Only when the time is right can the weeds be pulled, otherwise the good wheat plants would be uprooted when the weed is pulled.  

Verse 30 is the best!  Our Heavenly Father is the owner of the field and only He knows the exact time of the harvest - not even Jesus Christ knows the harvest date (read Matthew 24:36).

Now here comes the best part:  "FIRST gather together the weeds" (see Scripture above) - in other words pull them;  remove the tares.  And then, bundle them together so that way none of the evil will get away.  Finally, the most important part is to burn the weeds (the evil) - totally DESTROY them.  When weeds are burned there can never be anymore evil seeds to spread anywhere - they are annihilated.

And, all of God's goodness is gathered into His barn.

All throughout both the Old and New Testaments we read how our Heavenly Father intended for us to live in abundance.  He made everything for us!!  (below are just a couple of those "abundance" verses):       

"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."
Jeremiah 29:11

And also in the Bible verse below:

"The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly."
John 10:10

I know that this way of thinking may be shocking to some, but please pray for discernment.  It took me a while but the Holy Spirit guided me to clarity about this subject and Matthew 13 just confirms that revelation even more.

Previous PARABLE posts:

PARABLE OF THE VINE - "The True Vine & the Father Gardener"
PARABLE OF THE VINE - "Be a Fruitful Branch Instead of a Withering Branch"
PARABLE OF THE VINE - "Producing Joyful Fruit - God's Love Remains Forever"
PARABLE OF THE VINE - "Everlasting Fruit & Everlasting Friends"
The Prodigal Son PARABLE - The Son Who Ran Away
The Prodigal Son PARABLE - The Son Who Stayed Home
PARABLE of The Good Samaritan - Love God First
PARABLE of the Good Samaritan - Love Others
PARABLE of the Sower - Along the Pathway
PARABLE of the Sower - On Rocky Places
PARABLE of the Sower - Seeds Among Thorns

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Baker's Dozen #7 - SUMMER

Baker's Dozen #7 - SUMMER

This is the seventh post in my 2024 series celebrating the 13th year of "God's Growing Garden".  The term "baker's dozen" comes from medieval England where there were strict laws about the price of bread/wheat.  If a baker was caught cheating on the size of bread they would be fined or even punished physically.  To make sure that punishment never happened, bakers started adding an extra baked good in with each customer's order. 

Once or twice a month I will post in this series.  I will choose a topic and then share 13 previously published posts on that chosen topic.

Today's topic:

SUMMER

ENJOY!

click on each title to view the entire post:


4 Okra Varieties & Breaded Sauteed Okra

Backyard Groceries (with RECIPES)

Rustic Outdoor Sink for Washing Garden Produce

Summer is Ice Cream Season!

Stevia Sweetened Lemonade Slushy/Icey

Worship Wednesdays - FREEDOM

Not-so-green Green Fried Tomatoes

Classic American Potato Salad

I Finally Captured a Hummingbird (on Camera)

Photo by Angie Ouellette-Tower

Rhubarb Sauce with a Touch of Vanilla

Turning an Old Shed into a Playhouse

Fun Photos - Coffee & Cake on the Beach

Free Backyard Grocery Store

Other "Baker's Dozen" posts:

WINTER

CHOCOLATE

SPRING

FLOWERS

HERBS

BERRIES



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Tuesdays with a Twist Blog Hop #583

Welcome to Tuesdays with a Twist #583!

Before we get to the blog hop today - 

all month I will be featuring a post featuring berries:

Strawberry, Mulberry & Lime Scones

Checkout wonderful seeds at Mary's Heirloom Seeds 

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Good Morning and Welcome to another No Rules Party!

We're your hosts & co-hosts 

Marci @ Stone Cottage Adventures
Angie @ God's Growing Garden
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Features!

Each co-host will be sharing her own picks for Features. This gives everyone a better chance of being featured. Be sure to check all of our blogs to see if you were featured! 

My Features this Week are:

1. "Back Yard Cottage Garden, 2024" by Debbie-Dabble Blog

2. "Easy Dill Zucchini Pickles" by Cindy's On-Line Recipe Box

3. "White River Near Branson" by Old Rock Farmhouse

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The party starts every Tuesday at 7am EST and will continue until Saturday at 11:59pm.  Feel free to stop back any time and "like" your favorites.  Please visit other blogs if you have a moment. 

Share older posts as well as new ones.  No limit on links!

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You're the STAR - Week#4 HOME (June 2024)

I wasn't able to post much last week because we were without power and internet for a few days.  Hopefully this week is storm free.

Thank you again for joining us!

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Recipe for the Christian Life - KNOWLEDGE

WELCOME to the June 2024 "You're the Star" Blog Hop!

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WELCOME to HOME feature week of the June 2024 "You're the STAR" blog hop!
Meet your HOME week Hosts

 
This week is HOME feature week
Swing by the Home Hosts' Blogs:
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This is a month long Linky party featuring YOU!

There will be 4 different features each week and 4 different feature categories.  Just to be clear - this is NOT a themed party - you may link up ANY family-friendly blog posts any day of each month. 
The "theme" occurs in our weekly features:
WEEK#4 HOME - recipes, home décor, antique/DIY &/or travel (this can include anything about your home - even history posts - all while remaining family friendly)

(All features were chosen from the May 2024 "You're the Star" blog hop)

Funfetti Cake Balls by The Kitchen Is My Playground

 

Birds, Blooms & a Bride by Life is Better Lakeside

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God's Power Within Us #9 - THROUGH THE TRUTH OF GOD'S CREATION

God's Power Within Us #9 - Through the Truth of God's Creation

Today we continue learning about God's Power within us.  God's Word is full of passages talking about His power and showing us that we have nonstop access to His strength every second of every day.

Today we will be focusing on Romans 1:18-23

Remember, Jesus said that we (Spirit filled Christians) are able to perform all of the miraculous works that Jesus did when He was here in human form.  Actually, Jesus said that we would do EVEN GREATER than what He did (see Scripture passage below).

John 14:12-14 also shows us how powerful the name of Jesus Christ is:  "If you ask anything in My name".  (It is important to note that these miracles must glorify our Heavenly Father).

Below is the featured "power" passage for June:

Romans 1:18-23

Sometimes we can't see what is right in front of us - that's similar to what we will be studying today.

Truth is powerful and truth is vital to living a life that glorifies God our Heavenly Father.

Look at verses 18 and 19 below:

We learn that God's wrath (strong punishment) is being poured out on anyone who suppresses the truth!!!  There's a whole lot of truth filtering, banning and twisting going on today on social media and anywhere in the media.

In verse 20 below we learn that God's power is eternal - never ending.  Also, the most important point is the fact that God's power is right in front of our faces every second of every day in His creation.  I especially like the last line in verse 20:

"so that people are without excuse."

We can never say "oh, I didn't know" because God's amazing creation is everywhere, every second of every day.  

Thinking will become futile when anyone ignores or twists God's truth (see Scripture below).

Let's define the word futile:

Futile - of no importance, useless, worthless

God created this glorious earth and everything in it - just read the first line of the Bible in Genesis.  God made us the center of His creation - in other words, He created abundance for us!  There was no "big bang" - all of that nonsense is obviously satan's deception - just look at what Nasa did a few years ago:

Did you know that in Hebrew the word "nasa" means deception, to lead astray?

(If you want to watch some videos about what the Bible says about God's creation then click HERE to view a playlist)

Changing or manipulating the creation "model" takes our Heavenly Father out of His own creation.

Defrauding the reality of God's creation has eternal consequences.  Similar to the Bible verses above, I'm sure that we can find many examples from modern day life of these images/idols.    

Truth is power and God's Truth is in every aspect of His glorious creation.  

You have no excuse.

Previous "Power" posts:

#1 - Not A Spirit Of Fear (2 Timothy 1:7)

#2 - The Holy Spirit's Might (Ephesians 3:14-21)

#3 - God's Divine Power Through The Knowledge of Him (2 Peter 1:2-4)

#4 - Power to the Weak & Weary (Isaiah 40:28-31)

#5 - Kingdom of Light (Colossians 1:9-14)

#6 - The Surpassing Greatness of His Power (Ephesians 1:17-23)

#7 - The Power of Life & Peace (Romans 8:3-11)

#8 - God's Light Shines in Our Hearts (2 Corinthians 4)

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