What happens in this battle of Armageddon?
Matthew 10:34 Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword. 10:35 For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.
Exodus 8:23
And I will put a division between my people and thy people: to morrow shall this sign be.
The separation is not future. We must separate now from all apostasies and not wait for later.
Who are involved in this battle that are separated from each other.
Two classes of people will be involved.
Matthew 13:24 Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field:
13:25 But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way.
13:26 But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also.
13:27 So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares?
13:28 He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up?
13:29 But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them.
13:30 Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.
Elements of the parable:
1. The sower of good seeds
2. The sower of bad seeds
3. The good seeds
4. The bad seeds
5. The Field
6. The reapers
7. The harvest
SOWER OF THE GOOD SEED
Matthew 13:37 ".. He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man.."
Who and what is this good seed that the sower (Jesus Christ) sowed into the field?
Matthew 13:38 "...the good seed are the children of the kingdom; So these good seeds that were sown into the field are called the children of the kingdom.
1 Peter 1:23, “Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.”
SEED– WORD OF GOD
CHILDREN OF GOD – ACCEPTED THE WORD OF GOD
SEED – CHILDREN OF GOD WHO ACCEPTED THE WORD OF TRUTH
BAD SEEDS
Matthew 13:38 "...but the tares are the children of the wicked one."
BAD SEEDS – CHILDREN OF SATAN WHO ACCEPTED THE SEED OF LIES AND FALSEHOOD
Two classes revealed:
Who is the wicked one?
Matthew 13:39, “The enemy that sowed them is the devil…”
2 Cor 11:14 And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.
11:15 Therefore [it is] no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.
Devil and his agents sow and spread lies, deceptions and falsehood, evil reports, all kinds of devilish works.
When will the enemy sow bad seed?
Matthew 13:25 “But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way.”
Sleep = when you’re not sober and watching
1 Thess 5:6 Therefore let us not sleep, as [do] others; but let us watch and be sober.
1 Thess 5:7 For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night.
WHILE WATCHMEN are NOT WATCHING AND ARE DRUNKEN, LIES AND FALSEHOOD ENTERS THE CHURCH UNAWARE, put people to sleep and rest and unprepared,
We need to watch now while probation is still open!!!
Tools to sow seeds: Mouth
Next, what is the field?
Matthew 13:38 "The field is the world..."
#2 meaning for world
2889 kosmos kos'-mos
probably from the base of 2865; orderly arrangement, i.e. decoration; by implication, the world (in a wide or narrow sense, including its inhabitants, literally or figuratively (morally)):--adorning, world.
WORLD – is where the seeds of truth and lies are being sown, the battlefield
- Is where you can find the children of God and the children of Satan living together in the same planet
The reapers
Matthew 13:39 "... and the reapers are the angels."
Revelation 1:1 The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to show unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified [it] by his angel unto his servant John:
God the Father -> Jesus -> Angels -> John
ANGELS – messengers of God
- People of God who are His messengers into the world
The harvest
Matthew 13:39 "...the harvest is the end of the world;"
End of the world –
# 1 meaning world
165 aion ahee-ohn'
from the same as 104; properly, an age; by extension, perpetuity (also past); by implication, the world; specially (Jewish) a Messianic period (present or future):--age, course, eternal, (for) ever(-more), (n-)ever, (beginning of the , while the) world (began, without end).
#2 meaning for world
M't:13:38: The field is the world;
2889 kosmos kos'-mos
probably from the base of 2865; orderly arrangement, i.e. decoration; by implication, the world (in a wide or narrow sense, including its inhabitants, literally or figuratively (morally)):--adorning, world.
The Greek word for the word “world” is aion which means the “age” preceding Christ’s return. This age or period is the work of Jesus Christ before He will come to rapture His saints. This is the work of investigative judgment where He moved into the Most Holy Place of the heavenly sanctuary to start opening the books of those who profess to know Him from the dead to the living. Dan 8:14 is the last time prophecy mentioned in the Bible wherein Jesus started the this special work. After this work is done, He will come to punish the wicked, rapture the saints and set up New Jerusalem on Earth
End of the world = when Angels came to reap the harvest .1844 3 angels came
1888 Another angel came to give more understanding for the sealing time in the righteousness of Christ, the refreshing presence of the Lord which will produce the swelling of the Loud cry until Sunday laws when the battle of Armageddon will reach a climax between truth and error.
How do angels harvest the wheat from the tares:
Tool: Mouth
#1 Angel
Revelation 14:6 And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven,.. 14:7 Saying with a loud voice,
#2 Angel
Revelation 14:8 And there followed another angel, saying,
#3 Angel
Revelation 14:9 And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice,
Another angel
Revelation 18:4 And I heard another voice from heaven, saying,…
Each angel has a message that reaps the earth.
Harvested – those who have accepted are harvested and are gathered to be ready for the barn
Message of truth unites God’s people
We are not to centralize a church organization
No one man will stand as head of a church organization
When you go against them, these wolves will tear you to pieces.
End Result of Harvest
Wheat
Matthew 13:30 Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.
Tares: Burn
Matthew 13:30 Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.
Chaff:
Matthew 3:12 Whose fan [is] in his hand, and he will thoroughly purge his floor, and will gather the wheat into his garner; but the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable.
Chaff looks like wheat but no kernel inside.
They blow with the wind.
Job 21:18 They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away.
Matthew 23:27 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead [men's] bones, and of all uncleanness.
Matthew 15:8 This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with [their] lips; but their heart is far from me.
Jesus has a sickle to harvest the saints
Rev 14:14 And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud [one] sat like unto the Son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle.
14:15 And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in thy sickle, and reap: for the time is come for thee to reap; for the harvest of the earth is ripe.
14:16 And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth; and the earth was reaped.
Earth reaped – His children gathered and sealed.
Jer 8:20 probation has closed, harvest is done
Another angel has a sickle to harvest the wicked
Rev 14:17 And another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven, he also having a sharp sickle.
14:18 And another angel came out from the altar, which had power over fire; and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, saying, Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe.
14:19 And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast [it] into the great winepress of the wrath of God.
19:15 And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.
SUMMARY
WE ARE IN THE HARVEST TODAY
Wheat and Chaff – those who will accept the truth of the 3 angels
Threshing floor will separate the wheat from chaff
Matthew 3:12 Whose fan [is] in his hand, and he will thoroughly purge his floor, and will gather the wheat into his garner; but the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable.
Tares – those who will reject the gospel truth
Gathered together in the harvest of the tares
Will experience the winepress threshingfloor of the 7 last plagues, the wrath of God.
