River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-06-23

~ I'M VIC A1dNC AIIIAO0uSOO Oy all
II other Kingdom" parable a
great prophecy. Our study of a
week ago showed various classes of
hearers of the truth. To-day's
study ignores all except the good
ground" hearers, which shows that
our Lord foreknew the Gospel Age
We are informed that he and his
Apostles sowed none but good seed,
but that after the Apostles had
fallen asleep in death, the great
Adversary, Satan, over-sowed the
wheat field with tar seed, darnel.
We are told that such spite work is
not uncommon in the Orient. The
"darnel' seed is very different from
the wheat, but the growing stalks
look very much alike, and even when
headed the resemblance is close,
except to the expert, until the heads
ripen; then the head of the wheat
becomes heavy, while the darnel
being light stands upright. Only
the expert can discern the wheat
from the tares while growing.
The Master gave this parable to
illustrate how error would be
brought into the church by Satan,
and that the children produced by
the error would in many respects
resemble or counterfeit those pro-
duced by the truth. 1t was impos-
sible for the Adversary to corrupt
the seed of truth which Jesus and
the Apostles sowed; neither was he
allowed to interfere with the sowing
of it, but he was permitted to over
sow it in the field and, if possible,
to choke the wheat, and in a
general way to deceive the outside
world respecting the true character
of the wheat-the children of the
Kingdom.
We are to have in mind the
Almighty power of God by which he
could hinder Satan and prevent the
accomplishment of his plans at any
and all times. We are to remember
that the Divine Plan of the Ages
permits many things which God
does not approve, but in his Word
condemns. We are to remember that
the Divine Plan spans several ages
and that only the finished work will
fully display the Divine Wisdom,
Justice, Love and Power. We are to
remember that, in the present time,
God permits the wrath of demons
and men 10 oppose his purposes,
but only SO far as he can and
eventually will override these to
his own glory and for the good OF
all in harmony with himself.
The parable represents the
servants as asking whether or not
the "tares" should be gathered out
from the wheat" and thus the
enemy's work be destroyed. The
answer is No, because in so doing
there would be such commot1on
in the wheat field as to disturb all
of the wheat-so intimately were
the true and false associated-t
roots INTERVENING in society, in the
home, etc. Instead the Master de-
clared that both should be allowed
to grow together throughout the
age until the harvest" time at the
end of the age, then the "reapers'
should be instructed concerning the
gathering together and the separat
ing of the two classes. The wheat
would then be gathered into the
barn and the tares would be bundl
ed for burning, to the end that none
of the bad seed might affect the
future crop.
At the special request of the dis
ciples the Master interpreted thi:
parable also. Jesus himself was
the sower of the good seed of the
kingdom message. Satan was the
sower of the crop of seed of false
! doctrines and deception. The har
-aet +;,,oa will he tha end of thi.
age, just before the inauguration o.
the new age of Christ's Millenn1a
Kingdom. The wheat class will be
i those counted fit to be associated
with Christ in the glory of his Mil
lennial Kingdom, and the gathering
into the barn" or garner repre-
sents the resurrection change which
this wheat class will experience
The Apostle explains this, saying
1T is sown in corruption; it is rails
ed in interruption; it is sown in dis
honor; it is raised in glory; it is
sown in an animal (earthly) body
it is raised in spiritual Heavenly
BODY" This is the resurrection Of
i the dead-the first resurrection. ~
Cor. 15:43, A; Rev. 20:6.
The tare class is represented as