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THE WHEAT AM THE TARES.
Matthew 1924 .43-June o6.

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Then shall the righteous shine forth
as the sun in the Kingdom of their Fa
ther.-V 43.
Here we have introduced by another
Kingdom" parable a great prophecy.
Our study of a week ago showed various
classes of hearers of the truth Today's
study ignores all except the good
ground hearers, which shows that our
Lord forekHewSthe history of the Cos
pei 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
tare 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 grow
ing stalks look very much alike and
even when headed the resemblance is
close. except to the eXeprt, 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 il
lustrate how error would be brought
into the church by Satan. and that the
children produced by the error would
in many respects resemble or counter
felt those produced by the truth. 1t
was impossible 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 ne was permitted to oversow
it in the field and. if possible to choke
the wheat, and in general way to de-
ceive the outside world respecting the
true character of the wheat-the chill
drell of the Kingdom.
We are to have in mind the Almighty
rover 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 viii
fullv DISPLAY the Divine Wisdom, JUS
tice Love and Power. We are to re-
member that. in the present tlfne' "'u
nermits the wrath of demons and men
to oppose his purposes. but only SO Tar
as he can and eventually will overdue
these to his own glory and for the gooo
of all in harmony with himself.
The parable represents the servants
as asking whether or not the tares
should be gathered out from the
"u heat" and thus the enemys WORK
no destroyed The answer is. NO, De
cause in so doing there would ne SUCH
cor1motion in the wheat field as 10
disturb all of the wheat--so intimately
wore the true and the false associated
their roots INTERVIEWING in society, III
the home. etc. Instead the Master oe-
cIared that both should be allowed u
grow together throughout the age IN
tiI the harvest" time at the end OIL tne
400. then the "reapers" should be IN
.tructed concerning the gathering TO-
gather and the separating OF the TWO
c,a.ses The wheat would then pe
gathered into the barn and the tares
would be bundled for burning, 10 the
on1 that none of the bad seed might
affect the future crop.
AS the special request OF the olsclpleS
the Master Interpreted TINS paraoie
also Jesus himself was the so"er Vi
the good seed of the kingdom message
Satan was the sOwer OF the crop vi
seed of false doctrines ana deceptio'i J.
The "harvest" will be the emu vi
this age. Just before the lnaus ura''oi
of the new age of Christs MileHnla'
Kingdom The wheat class VIII ue
those counted fit to be ASSOCIATED WIFI
christ in the glory of his Mllleiinidi
Kingdom, and the gathering into the
"barn" or garner represents the resur-
rection change which this wheat Grass
will experience The Apostle explains
this. saying. ut is sown in corruption'