Verse 43
Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He that hath ears, let him hear.
This entire parable sets forth the divinity and glory of Christ. He is the Son of man who sends his angels to sever the wicked from the righteous. It is his angels who cast the wicked into torment. Such assumptions of prerogative on the part of a mere man would be unthinkable.
The following analogies are explicitly set forth in this parable:
Gathering into his barn represents salvation of the righteous.He that sowed the good seed is Christ.
He that sowed the evil seed is the devil.
The good seed are Christians.
The bad seed are children of the devil.
The field is the world.
The harvest is the end of the world.
The burning of the tares represents hell.
The reapers are the angels in the end of the world.
"While men slept" suggests that Satan must abide his opportunity and may not fully countermand the truth except with God's permission and man's inattention.
Gathering "out of his kingdom" suggests purging of the church at the last day, in the judgment.
From the above, it further appears that Christ expected many analogies, not merely one, to be deduced from a parable.
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