Matthew 13: 36-43

The harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels

 

Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field.  He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man; The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one; The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels. As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world. The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity; And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear. (Matthew 13: 36-43)

What we need to know is God's judgment. While Adam and Eve were loved by God, they abandoned God's Word for themselves and chose the Devil. Eve responded and answered the devil's questions, so she followed the devil's words. If you think only of God's love, you are far from salvation. They left the word of God while being fully loved by God.

Solomon is an example of God's perfect love throughout the Old Testament. God gave Solomon the name "Yadidia." It means "loved one." He inherited the throne from his father and wisdom from God. He was the one who received everything, like Adam. However, he forgot God and began to serve idols.

The prodigal son left his loving father like Solomon. It was like Adam. That's what everyone did. It is under God's judgment. This is what Noah preached. , Jesus said directly, "It is" righteousness "that Noah delivered.

What people in the world need is not "Do of Love", but "Right". Without righteousness, no one can meet God. So all humans have become blind. God called Moses and said, "Speak to the people, and all who come up will die." But the Israelites spoke to Moses, listening to the trumpets and clouds of darkness.

They said to Moses, "We are scared of God, and we cannot approach it. I do not want to hear God's voice directly. You listen and tell us. ” God said to Moses, "They will come up, and they will break through. But I will collide 』. In other words, God told Moses, "Even if you don't come up, they will come up." They said to themselves, "We are not afraid to go up." Because humans do not know their situation.

This was the condition of Peter who denied Jesus three times. Everyone can be blind even if they go to church for life before being united with Jesus' death. But they just don't realize it.When they become blind, they are old man. Jesus said, "They will forsake me before the cross."

Said in the book of Revelation: At the end, the Antichrist appears, and he kills "if people do not mark their foreheads or hands, they do not make traffic, and if they do not worship Him". This means that everyone who is not recorded in the book of life will receive a vote. Those who are recorded in the book of life are guided by the Holy Spirit. Anyone who is not led by the Holy Spirit will receive a mark. Repenting, only those who carry their cross are recorded in the book of life and guided by the Holy Spirit.

We do not know God, but God needs us to be saved. The same goes for the parable of the ten virgins. It is not a light on or off, but the question is whether the Lord knows them or not. Only the repentant can be saved. Only those who turn to the word of God are saved. Every time an angel draws the seal of God in Revelation, he judges the whole earth. The seven churches also said, "If you do something wrong, I will you vomit." Judgment begins at the house of God. When the gospel is proclaimed, the judgment is with them. It is salvation only for those who receive the gospel, but those who do not receive the gospel are judgments.

What is the Gospel? It is to repent. Deny yourself and come into the cross. While the seal was removed from the book of Revelation and God was judging, he said, "They do not repent." Sinful man does not repent even when God's judgment begins. It was the same in Noah's day and Jesus' day.

There was a time when Jesus expelled an army ghost. In a town called Gerasa, people couldn't handle the demons. The ghosts said, "And, behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? Art thou come hither to torment us before the time?" (Matthew 8:29) Speaking『And they besought him that he would not command them to go out into the deep. And there was there an herd of many swine feeding on the mountain: and they besought him that he would suffer them to enter into them. And he suffered them. 』(Luke 8: 31-32). The ghost prays to the Lord and gets permission. They know that the Lord is the organizer. So, thousands of pigs run to the sea of Galilee and die. After hearing the news, the villagers asked for Jesus to leave. Humans do not repent even when ghosts happen.

Even if the word of God is proclaimed or the ghost leaves, humans do not repent because of it. When the gospel is proclaimed, it is repentance that can take the opportunity of salvation. Judgment Day must come. The gospel is the word of salvation, but it is also the word of judgment. Rather than being comforted by the gospel of salvation, we must fear God while thinking of the gospel of judgment. When the gospel is proclaimed, salvation and judgment come at the same time. Salvation and judgment are not separate, but together. In Romans 3:9『What then? are we better than they? No, in no wise: for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin; 』 People are not in love, but all are under sin and are to be judged. Even people who look good to humans are to be judged. Goodness comes from God's judgment standards. Therefore, God's goodness does not exist in humans.

In Chapter 3, verses 10-12, 『As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God. They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one. And verses 13-17 refer to the human condition.

『Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips:  Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness: Their feet are swift to shed blood:  Destruction and misery are in their ways:  And the way of peace have they not known: 』