The Gospel Grain-field

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Mountain View, Cal. · Oct 14, 1908

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 35, No. 11.

The Gospel Grain-field.

1. WHAT is the scope of this field? "The field is the world." Matt. 13: 38.

2. Who is the sower of the good seed? "He that soweth the good seed is the Son of Man." Verse 37.

3. What is the good seed? "The seed [represented by wheat, Matt. 13: 25] is the word of God." Luke 8: 11.

4. In what does the sowing and growth of the good seed result? "The good seed are the children of the kingdom." Matt. 13: 38.

5. Who sows the evil seed? "His enemy came and sowed;" "the enemy that sowed them is the devil." Verses 25, 39.

6. What is the evil seed called? and in what does it result? "His enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat." "The tares are the children of the wicked one; the enemy that sowed them is the devil." Verses 25, 38, 39.

7. Will the evil be rooted out from among the good? "Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them." Verse 29.

8. How long will these two classes exist together? "Let both grow together until the harvest." Verse 30.

9. What is the harvest? "The harvest is the end of the world [age]." Verse 39.

10. Who are the reapers? "The reapers are the angels." Same verse.

11. What became of those represented by the tares? "As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world. The Son of Man shall send forth His angels, and they shall gather out of His kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity; and shall cast them into a furnace of fire; there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth." Verses 40-42.

12. How will it be with "the children of the kingdom"? "Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father." Verse 43.