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Welcome to Among the Tares! This site was created by a Christian wife, mother, and teacher, and is now run by a small team of good friends. We are just beginning a new endeavor together, to bring this website to life with regular content!

The Team

Jen – Site owner, writer, and editor
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Hlubi – Admin, writer, and editor
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Sonis Camp – Admin, writer, and editor
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Jesus Christ, the King of kings, who said in Matthew 28:18-20:

“All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.” 

Significance of the Name “Among the Tares”

In the Bible, specifically in Matthew 13:24-30, Jesus tells a parable about a farmer who sows good seed in his field, but an enemy comes and sows weeds (tares) among the wheat. The parable teaches about the kingdom of heaven and the coexistence of good and evil until the end of time.

Key Elements

1. Good Seed (Wheat): Represents believers, God’s children, who have a personal relationship with Him and seek to grow closer to Jesus.

2. Weeds (Tares): Symbolize unbelievers, the children of the evil one, who may appear similar to believers but are ultimately destined for destruction.

3. Farmer (God): Represents God, who allows both good and evil to coexist in the world until the harvest (end of time).

4. Harvest: Represents the final judgment, when God will separate the wheat (believers) from the tares (unbelievers).

Lessons

1. Discernment: It’s not our responsibility to identify and separate believers from unbelievers. Only God knows the hearts of men and will make the distinction at the harvest.

2. Patience: We must wait for the harvest, rather than trying to root out unbelievers prematurely, lest we damage or destroy the good seed (believers) along with the weeds.

3. Tolerance: The parable encourages tolerance and acceptance of those who may appear to be believers but are actually unbelievers, as we cannot always discern the difference.

Interpretations

1. Eschatological: The parable looks forward to the end of time, when God will separate believers and unbelievers.

2. Church: The parable has been applied to the Church, where believers and unbelievers coexist until the final judgment.

3. Individual: The parable can also be seen as a reflection of the individual’s spiritual journey, where good and evil thoughts and actions coexist until the end of life, when God will separate the wheat from the tares.

Similarities with Other Biblical Imagery

1. Wheat and Chaff: The parable of wheat and tares is similar to the imagery of wheat and chaff, where chaff represents worthless, useless things, and wheat represents the valuable and pure.

2. Leaven: The parable of the leaven (Matthew 13:33) also teaches about the presence of evil and good in the world, but with a focus on the gradual spread of evil.

In conclusion, the parable of wheat and tares teaches about the coexistence of good and evil in the world, the importance of discernment and patience, and the ultimate separation of believers and unbelievers at the harvest (end of time).

Thanks to the Brave browser’s AI-generated summary of the Wheat and Tares parable found above.