Significance of the Event
Why does this matter? What is the significance of this great fall away?
Matthew 13:24-30 (BSB) provides insight:
"Jesus put before them another parable: 'The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field. But while everyone was asleep, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and slipped away. When the wheat sprouted and bore grain, then the weeds also appeared.
The owner’s servants came to him and said, ‘Sir, didn’t you sow good seed in your field? Where then did the weeds come from?’
‘An enemy did this,’ he replied.
So the servants asked him, ‘Do you want us to go and pull them up?’
‘No,’ he said, ‘if you pull the weeds now, you might uproot the wheat with them. Let both grow together until the harvest. At that time I will tell the harvesters: First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned; then gather the wheat into my barn.’”
This passage shows us that the presence of evil and betrayal during tribulation is allowed temporarily, and God’s ultimate judgment and separation will come at the proper time. The wheat—those who endure in faith—will ultimately be gathered and preserved, while the weeds—the false, selfish, and lawless—will be removed.
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