St Matthew, Chapter 13, verses: 47 - 48, The Kingdom of Heaven: Like a Net.

Our paragraph topic is:  (Parable of the net) Part 1. 

Christ continues his comparisons of the kingdom of heaven.  He gives his disciples many examples that they may understand the truth of the kingdom.  For they will be the messengers.  They will be the teachers.  They will be the miracle workers, the healers, the ones who cast out demons.  So, he continues to give them truths of the kingdom of heaven.  He tells them stories.  He tells them parables.  He tells them of things that are hidden since the foundation of the world.  Some will understand.  Some will comprehend.  Some will be lost.  Let he who has ears, hear.

Christ tells them of another parable.  This time he talks of fishing, something that the disciples understand since they were already fishermen.  They came from a background of fishing, because this is how they made their living before he called them.  They cast their nets into the sea and caught fish.  Sometimes they caught great fish.  Sometimes they caught small fish.  Sometimes they caught fish that they did not want.  But their lives revolved around fishing. 

Christ says to them,  "Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net cast into the sea that gathered in fish of every kind.  When it was filled, they hauled it out, and sitting on the beach, they gathered the good fish into vessels, but threw away the bad."

All are gathered for the harvest, Christ tells his disciples.  All are taken in by the net, he wants them to know.  And the separation begins, where the just are separated from the unjust, the good from the evil, those who practice justice from those who practice iniquity.  The net will bring all to judgement.  The weeds will be gathered with the good seeds and the bundles will be set.  For the furnace of fire awaits the weeds and the barns of heaven await the good seed that produced fruit.  Where do you stand?  The net will gather all.  Be aware!  Live not for today!  Live not in this world!  For the net will bring all to judgement.

St Matthew, Chapter 13, verse: 43, The Kingdom of Heaven: The Just will shine like the Sun.

Our paragraph topic is:  (Parable of the weeds explained) Part 4. 

The prophecy has been made.  The disciples have heard.  The day of the harvest is forecast.  And the weeds will be gathered up and burned in the furnace of fire.  Christ has given the disciples his knowledge, his wisdom and his understanding of the parable of the weeds that they may understand.  He has opened their eyes and their minds so that they may see and perceive the kingdom of heaven.  He has given them a glimpse of the kingdom by his comparisons of things hear on earth that they may know.  They are the messengers.  They will be the tellers of the parables after Christ has finished.  They will be the ones who will carry the torch of new life to the ends of the earth.

Christ finishes the parable by telling them what happens at the very end of the harvest.  There will be rejoicing.  There will be happiness.  There will be great merriment at the coming of the Lord of the harvest.  For he will clean the fields.  He will burn the weeds.  And he will collect the wheat into the barns of his house that there may be a great feast.  For Christ tells them,  Then the just will shine forth like the sun in the kingdom of their Father.  

The just will shine at the end of the harvest.  The darkness will be removed at the end of the harvest.  The weeds will be burned at the end of the harvest.  All the just will rejoice at the end of the harvest for the time of the Lord of the harvest has come.  Christ tells his disciples that they may see.  Christ tells his disciples that they may know.  Christ tells his disciples that they may have the understanding of his wisdom and knowledge of the kingdom of heaven. 

The kingdom of heaven is like a field.  The field is the earth.  The good seeds that are sown are the sons of the kingdom of heaven.  Can you see the kingdom?  Do you understand the kingdom?  The kingdom of heaven is like a sower who goes out and plants good seed in his field.  The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed which when planted grows to be the tallest plant in the garden.  The kingdom of heaven is like leaven which when placed in three parts all become leavened.  Do you hear the message?  Do you have the knowledge of the parable of the weeds?  Can you perceive the kingdom of heaven?  It is at hand.  It is near you.  It is in you.  It is part of you.  See the light that shines forth for at the harvest of the just will shine forth like the sun.  And there will be no darkness.  And Christ said,  He who has ears to hear, let him hear.

St Matthew, Chapter 13, verses: 41 - 42, The Kingdom of Heaven: Removal of Scandals and Workers of Iniquity.

Our paragraph topic is:  (Parable of the weeds explained) Part 3.  

The harvest will take place at the end of time.  Christ has fortold to his disciples that the kingdom of heaven will be cleansed of all the weeds and they will be burned in the fire.  Christ has spoken and he wants his diciples to know.  He wants them to understand the meaning of the parable so that they will clearly grasp the truth of the parable.  They are the disciples that will continue to carry the message after Christ's work is finished.  They are the ones who will carry the message of the kingdom of heaven to the people throughout the world.  So they must know.  They must understand.  They must have the wisdom and the knowledge of the kingdom.

The angels will come and gather the wicked.  They will put them in bundles as it is done today in all farms across the world.  Only this time the bundles will be burned.  This time the bundles will be set afire for all to see.  This time the wicked will burn.  Christ tells his disciples, The Son of Man will send forth his angels, and they will gather out of his kingdom all scandals and those who work iniquity, and cast them into the furnace of fire, where there will be the weeping, and the gnashing of teeth. 

The now know of the harvest.  Christ has told them what will happen at the harvest.  He has shown them that the wicked will be gathered up by the angels and put into the furnace of fire.  And there will be great anguish and tribulation at the harvest for there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.  Tell the people.  Help them to understand.  Let them know of the forthcoming storm that they may prepare themselves for the coming tribulation.  Those who have ears let them hear.  Those who hear let them understand.  Those who understand let them act that they will not be caught up into the furnace of fire where there is no escape.

Do you understand the parable?  Do you heed its warning?  Christ will come and clean his fields.  Christ will come and gather up all workers of iniquity and scandals.  They will be removed from the kingdom of heaven.  They will be set aside.  They will be burned in the furnace of fire.  And the darkness will be removed from the fields of the kingdom and the just will shine forth.  Do not let the veil of the world blind you from the message.  For the world willl tell you that this will not happen.  The world willl tell you, it did not happen yesterday.  The world willl tell you, it did not happen today.  So, the world willl tell you, it will  not happen tomorrow.  This is what the world will tell you. 

The world will tell you not to worry.  The world will tell you to go back to sleep and continue to work iniquity.  The world will tell you to go back to sleep and continue to walk with Scandal.  The world will tell you to continue to paly with the toys that it provides.  The world will tell you to continue to seek its riches and not the riches of the kingdom of heaven.  But the storm is coming.   The weather man predicts the coming storms and the dangers that they bring.  Christ has fortold the coming of the harvest.  Let all who believe prepare themselves.  Let all who know get ready.  Let all who seek the kingdom understand the forcast given by Christ.  The storm is coming.  Are you prepared?