Matthew 13:24-58 "Oops, not you".
24 Another parable set he before them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man that sowed good seed in his field: 25 but while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares also among the wheat, and went away. 26 But when the blade sprang up and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also. 27 And the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst thou not sow good seed in thy field? whence then hath it tares? 28 And he said unto them, An enemy hath done this. And the servants say unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up? 29 But he saith, Nay; lest haply while ye gather up the tares, ye root up the wheat with them. 30 Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of the harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather up first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them; but gather the wheat into my barn.
False prophets look just like wheat but they are poison. This is evidence that there is a spiritual warfare and that the Lord has an enemy. Why do we have Antifa riots? Simply to discredit those who protest for righteousness sake.
31 Another parable set he before them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like unto a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field: 32 which indeed is less than all seeds; but when it is grown, it is greater than the herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the heaven come and lodge in the branches thereof.
I like mustard, but it is a herb, not a meal. Mustard is not the main dish, it isn’t the “big guy”. It isn’t steak or potatoes. Abnormal growth is an indication of something cancerous, something corrupt. For example the first time I was visiting Mexico I was stunned by the poverty. We drove past houses that people were living in that were being built a few cinder blocks at a time. It was as though with each paycheck the family would add another ten cinder blocks to the house. But then we passed this huge mansion. It had a wall with barbed wire and guards. The person in the van with me told me that in that mansion they had an indoor tennis court and a swimming pool. I asked “who lives there”? He said “the police chief”.
33 Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till it was all leavened.
This is probably the most difficult parable to interpret. Everyone loves leavened bread, if you were not aware of that there are two possible reasons, either you don’t know bread or you buy horrible store bought bread. The best french restaurants have wonderful bread. I once had to live on thirty dollars for thirty days. I slept in the fields and I would buy one loaf of bread each day (this was in England where they had wonderful bread as well). We are talking about the best bread, not the worst. Second, I used to make bread. Making unleavened bread is simple, a ten year old could do it without any difficulty. But making leavened bread, that is where the art and skill and training comes in. So why is it that you or anyone else is afraid to share the word? How did people get intimidated to not speak? Hollywood and the media brings in the most skillful story tellers and by comparison we just can’t stand up to them. No one can, everyone has to start at the white belt stage and work up to black belt. The church is supposed to be a safe place where we can learn to speak the word of God. We all begin with unleavened bread. The world mocks us, but as a result we have millions that can share the word and speak their testimony. So let's consider this parable, the bread signifies the bread of life, which is the word of God. The leaven signifies the customs and traditions of the society. These customs and traditions are tied to the covenant. Noah had a covenant, Abraham had a covenant, Moses had a covenant, and Jesus had the New Covenant. The Old testament has their traditions, their customs and the New Testament has a different set of traditions and customs. So then in the kingdom of the heavens we have tares (false prophets, false believers) and we have abnormal growth which changes the function of the church (we are supposed to be a house of prayer but it becomes a den of robbers) and we have traditions and customs which permeates everything we teach and speak.
34 All these things spake Jesus in parables unto the multitudes; and without a parable spake he nothing unto them: 35 that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the foundation of the world. 36 Then he left the multitudes, and went into the house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, Explain unto us the parable of the tares of the field. 37 And he answered and said, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man; 38 and the field is the world; and the good seed, these are the sons of the kingdom; and the tares are the sons of the evil one; 39 and the enemy that sowed them is the devil: and the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are angels. 40 As therefore the tares are gathered up and burned with fire; so shall it be in the end of the world. 41 The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that cause stumbling, and them that do iniquity, 42 and shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth. 43 Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He that hath ears, let him hear.
So there is not just the rapture of the saints to the hidden chamber, the harvest of the wheat, there is also the gathering of the tares to fires. What are we seeing right now? We are seeing a scandal that involves Hunter Biden and Joe Biden. But not only so, it involves Facebook and Twitter who actively censored the story, admitted they were wrong, but continue to censor it. But not only so, we have ABC, CBS, NBC, MSNBC, NY Times, Washington Post and PBS all refusing to carry the story. Why? It has been verified by the FBI, DOJ, and DNI. A little persecution and they have completely withered (if you are not aware the internet has completely destroyed these news agencies and they survive by the good grace of Facebook). Then there are other news sources, the conservative right, that are on Youtube but are being actively choked by Youtube. But Jesus is Lord, and in His sovereignty the tares will be exposed, gathered and cast into the furnace. Cuomo and Newsom are being cast into the furnace, Epstein and Prince Andrew are being cast into the furnace, the CIA and their drug operation in Afghanistan is being cast into the furnace. It now appears that the story goes beyond Joe Biden and includes John Kerry and Hillary Clinton. In addition to these three there are other very prominent government officials mentioned as contacts as well. We need to pray and ask the Lord “Jesus, you have come out of the House, this is the Day of the Lord, not the day of the Tares, we expect you to honor your word and God’s word. We expect you to send for the angels to gather your faithful ones to the hidden chamber and we also expect you to send forth your angels to gather the tares to the furnace of fire.”
44 The kingdom of heaven is like unto a treasure hidden in the field; which a man found, and hid; and in his joy he goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field. 45 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is a merchant seeking goodly pearls: 46 and having found one pearl of great price, he went and sold all that he had, and bought it.
Jesus sold all that He had to buy the church. Therefore, it isn’t asking too much that He expects the same of us. The New Testament is a contract in which we inherit Jesus Christ as our good land, in exchange we need to sell all that we have. A pearl indicates the transformation that takes place when we have grace in our tribulation. A grain of sand gets into an oyster which then coats the grain which is persecuting the oyster with nacre (the pearl substance). If you want to be transformed so that you have the “sword of the Spirit” to buy that sword you need to sell all that you have. I like how this story is repeated with "again". What we saw at the beginning of this age we will see again at the end of this age.
47 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast into the sea, and gathered of every kind: 48 which, when it was filled, they drew up on the beach; and they sat down, and gathered the good into vessels, but the bad they cast away. 49 So shall it be in the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the righteous, 50 and shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.
How horrible is that? These ones were so close, even in the same net as those who are raptured to the heavens and then the Lord picks them out and says, “oops, not you”.
51 Have ye understood all these things? They say unto him, Yea. 52 And he said unto them, Therefore every scribe who hath been made a disciple to the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is a householder, who bringeth forth out of his treasure things new and old.
Thank you Lord for saving the Apostle Paul and many others who have helped your church so much.