I Shall Show You How Fitly the End of the World May be Compared to Harvest
B. Keach. Matthew 13:24-41 Another parable put he forth to them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened to a man which sowed good seed in his field:… 1. The harvest is the time that the husbandman longs for, and hath much patience until it cometh. So this spiritual harvest is the day which all the godly long for, and are exercised with patience under all their trials until it comes. 2. When the harvest is fully ripe then both the wheat and tares are severed one from another by the servants of the husbandman. So all sincere Christians and hypocrites shall, by the angels, be separated one from another. 3. When the harvest is fully ended there is no more wheat or tares growing, or to be found in the field. So when this world is ended there will be no people, either godly or wicked, to be found to live as they do together now in this world, any more. 4. Harvest is a time of great joy to an industrious husbandman, but the sluggard meets then with great disappointment, and is perplexed with grief and sorrow (Galatians 6:8).HOW SHALL THE TARES BE KNOWN FROM THE WHEAT, OR HYPOCRITES BE DISCERNED FROM SINCERE BELIEVERS AT THE END OF THE WORLD? — 1. The tares shall be known by their contemptible bodies — their bodies shall not be glorious as the bodies of the saints, (Philippians 3:21). 2. The ungodly will be known by their company — the saints shall be attended by all the glorious angels, 3. The wicked will be blown by their cries and lamentations (Isaiah 65:14.) 4. The ungodly will that day be known by that signal act of our Lord Jesus Christ (Matthew 25:22). 5. Moreover, it will be known by the different placing of the one and the other — "and life shall, set the sheep on His right hand, the goats on His left." (B. Keach.) Parallel Verses KJV: Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field: WEB: He set another parable before them, saying, "The Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field,