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When Jesus explained the parable of the wheat and the tares to his disciples, he said the good seed is the sons of the kingdom, the tares are the sons of the evil one, and the harvest will take place at the end of the age, Matthew 13:37-39.
Mat 13:37-39 He answered, "The one who sows the good seed is the Son of Man. (38) The field is the world, and the good seed is the sons of the kingdom. The weeds are the sons of the evil one, (39) and the enemy who sowed them is the devil.
Jesus mentions “sons of the kingdom” just once more in Matthew 8:11-12 when he said, many will be at the feast of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob in heaven, while the sons of the kingdom (the good seed) will be thrown into outer darkness where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Mat 8:11-12 I tell you, many will come from east and west and recline at table with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven, (12) while the sons of the kingdom will be thrown into the outer darkness. In that place there will be “weeping and gnashing of teeth."
If Jesus said the good seed are the "sons of the kingdom" in Mat 13:38, then why are these saints thrown into outer darkness where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth while other saints will be at the feast of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob in heaven? (Mat 8:11-12) What is Jesus telling us in this story?
Jesus definition for “the sons of the kingdom” as the good seed reveals some Christians will be raptured to the feast of Abraham, while other saints will be left behind in outer darkness.
Zeph 1:14-15 The great day of the LORD is near.......... (15) A day of wrath is that day, a day of distress and anguish, a day of ruin and devastation, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and thick darkness,
Jesus also said two will be in the field, one will be taken and the other left, therefore stay awake for you do not know what day your Lord is coming, Matthew 24:37-42.
If Jesus only takes the saints who are spiritually awake and ready when he returns, then what happens to the saints who are asleep and have missed the rapture?
Christians are saved by faith and not by works, therefore the good seed, “the sons of the kingdom” who are left behind in outer darkness where there's "weeping and gnashing of teeth," cannot be a description for the pain and suffering of an unbeliever in hell. But then what does this puzzling phrase represent?
Its important to understand that Jesus hides his parables from those who are wise in their own eyes, from those who rely on their own understanding to interpret "weeping and gnashing of teeth" instead of trusting in what God says in his Spirit revealed Word.
Pro 18:13 If one gives an answer (by his own reasoning) before he hears (knowledge and truth from the Spirit), it is his folly and shame.
Pro 3:5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding.
Therefore to understand the meaning of “weeping and gnashing of teeth” we must become like little children and ask Jesus to explain this phrase to us instead of relying on our imperfect reasoning, Matthew 11:25.
Jer 33:3 Call to me and I will answer you, and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known.
In Acts 7:54-60, gnashing of teeth is describing the Jews intense hatred for Stephen when he was being stoned to death for his faith in Christ as he cried out with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge.
In Lamentations 2:14-19, the Lord exalted the might of Israels enemies who gnashed their teeth in hatred against the Jews as they were being taken captive in Babylon for 70 years. As a result of God's severe discipline for rebellious Israel, they wept tears of repentance in the beginning of the night watches, Lamentations 3:38-48.
The beginning of the night watches when Israel was being taken captive into Babylon for 70 years, is prophetic for the beginning of 7 years of tribulation's darkness when Israel's enemies will "gnash their teeth" in hatred as they seek to kill all the Jews, Daniel 7:25, Revelation 18:1-4.
Job says my adversary gnashes his teeth at me, as the Lord gives Job up to the power of Satan when his faith is being tested. As a result of Job's painful trials his face is red with weeping and says, on my eyelids is deep darkness, Job 16:9-11, 16.
In Psalms 35:15-17, like profane mockers “at a feast” the wicked gnash their teeth at the righteous who call out to God to rescue them from the lions. Profane mockers “at a feast” is a prophetic clue for the Feast of Trumpets, also known as the tribulation when the wicked will "gnash their teeth" in hatred as they persecute Israel and the lukewarm saints who have been left behind when the tribulation begins.
In Psalms 37:10-13, The wicked plot against the righteous and gnash their teeth in hatred, but the Lord says the wicked's day of judgment is coming.
In Psalms 112:9-10, the poor in spirit are blessed by God and the wicked see this and gnash their teeth in anger, but the desire of the wicked will perish.
As you can see there is not one scripture in the Bible that says “weeping and gnashing of teeth” is a description of the wicked who are crying and suffering in hell.
Instead this phrase reveals the wicked “gnash their teeth” in hatred as they persecute the righteous and Israel who “weep tears of repentance” for their sins, as they cry out to God to deliver them from their enemies who are persecuting them.
In Matthew 8:12, the "sons of the kingdom" who are cast into outer darkness represent the immature justified saints who willfully sin and are law-breakers in God's Kingdom (Matthew 13:41-43), that will be cast into the darkness of the tribulation when the wicked will gnash their of teeth as they hate and persecute these lukewarm carnal saints who will weep tears of repentance.
While the obedient sanctified saints with great faith like the centurion, will be raptured to the feast of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.
Thus one saint who is spiritually awake and ready when Jesus returns will be taken, while the other saint who is asleep in the darkness of his sin will be left behind in the tribulation where there will be "weeping and gnashing of teeth," which represents God's discipline for his worldly immature saints who sin and are law breakers, Matthew 24:37-42.
In Matthew 13:36-43, Jesus reveals "the good seed" are the "sons of the kingdom"who sin and do evil in his kingdom that will be thrown into the fiery furnace of the tribulation where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth, so the disobedient saints will repent of their sin and shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father.
In Matthew 13:47-50, There is a great catch of fish at the end of the age. The good are kept in containers and the bad are thrown away, when the angels will separate the evil from the righteous by throwing them into the fiery furnace of tribulation where there's weeping and gnashing of teeth.
In Matthew 22:1-14, The friend, a Christian who tried to enter the banquet but had no white wedding garments of righteous deeds (Rev 19:7-8), is bound hand and foot and cast out of the wedding banquet and into the darkness of the tribulation where there's weeping and gnashing of teeth.
In Matthew 24:45-51, The Son of Man returns to bless his faithful servant who feeds his fellow servants at the proper time, while the wicked (Christian) servant who says my master's (Jesus) coming is delayed and beats his fellow servants (Christians) and eats and drinks with the drunkards (partaking of sin with unbelievers), will be appointed a place with the hypocrites in the tribulation where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
In Matthew 25:14-30 The master returns to reward his faithful servants who invested their God given gifts and talents. And the worthless (Christian) servant who buried his talent was cast into the darkness where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
In Luke 13:24-30 Jesus said strive to enter the narrow door to the feast of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob in heaven, for many (disobedient saints) will seek to enter and not be able. Those who desire to enter but are locked out because they are workers of evil, will be sent to a place where there's weeping and gnashing of teeth when the tribulation begins.
Luke 13:24 "Strive to enter through the narrow door (to the wedding banquet). For many (immature worldly saints), I tell you, will seek to enter and will not be able.
While striving to enter the second narrow door to the feast of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob is a conditional reward for the obedient, mature and sanctified saints with great faith like the centurion, when Jesus returns to rapture his bride that has made herself ready by her righteous deeds of faith and love (2 Thess 1:3-5) when the tribulation begins at the end of the age, Luke 13:24-30, Matthew 8:8-12, Revelation 19:7-8.
To enter the second narrow door to the wedding banquet we need to take up our cross and follow Jesus will for our lives in faithfulness and love, and not by relying on our baggage of pride in our self-righteous works or our church attendance, Zeph 2:3.
Mat 16:24 Then Jesus told his disciples, "If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.
But the “sons of the Kingdom” who are "the good seed" that practice lawlessness in God's kingdom will be left behind and cast into the darkness of the tribulation to be disciplined by the Lord, when the worldly church will be handed over to the wicked who will “gnash their teeth” in hatred so the disobedient saints will “weep tears” of repentance, as they wash their filthy sin stained robes and make them white in the blood of the Lamb, Matthew 13:41-43, Revelation 3:4, 7:14-17.
Prov 25:26 Like a muddied spring or a polluted fountain is a righteous man who gives way before the wicked.
1 Cor 5:5 you are to deliver this (disobedient Christian) man to Satan for the destruction of the (sinful) flesh, so that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord (in the tribulation).
Mat 24:9-10 "Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and put you to death, and you will be hated by all nations for my name's sake. (10) And then many will fall away and betray one another and hate one another.
Jer 4:4 "Circumcise yourselves to the LORD and remove the (sinful) foreskin of your heart oh men of Judah, or else My wrath will go forth like fire, and burn with none to quench it, because of the evil of your deeds."
The sons of the kingdom come out of great tribulation weeping tearsRev 7:13-17 Then one of the elders addressed me, saying, "Who are these, clothed in white robes, and from where have they come?" (14) I said to him, "Sir, you know." And he said to me, "These are the (sons of the kingdom who missed the rapture, the) ones coming out of great tribulation. They have washed their (sin stained) robes (through repentance) and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. (15) "Therefore they are before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple; and he who sits on the throne will shelter them with his presence. (16) They shall hunger no more, neither thirst anymore; the sun shall not strike them, nor any scorching heat. (17) For the Lamb in the midst of the throne will be their shepherd, and he will guide them to springs of living water, and God will wipe away every tear from their (weeping) eyes."
"In the Blink of an Eye" is a video of testimonies by Christians who had traumatic dreams of missing the rapture because they were not walking with Jesus in faithfulness and love. And it appears these dreams are a warning from the Lord that we need to be spiritually awake and ready when Jesus returns like a thief in the night to rapture his loving and sanctified bride.
Luke 21:34-36 "But watch yourselves (saints) lest your hearts be weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and (the sinful) cares of this life, and that day come upon you suddenly like a trap (and you are left behind in the tribulation). (35) For it will come upon all who dwell on the face of the whole earth. (36) But stay awake at all times (and follow the Lord's will), praying that you may be accounted worthy (in faith and love) to escape all these things that are going to take place, and to stand before the Son of Man (as his faithful bride at the wedding banquet)."
1 Thess 5:4-6 But you are not in darkness, brothers, for that day to surprise you like a thief......(6) So then let us not sleep (in sin), as other (carnal saints) do, but let us keep awake and be sober.
To understand more about the "sons of the kingdom" who represent the lukewarm church that will be cast into the darkness of the tribulation, read the following articles.
Will you be raptured to the feast of Abraham or left behind in Sodom?
Will you be raptured in the first, second or third watch of the night?
Why will the first be last, and the last first?
Why are many called to the wedding banquet but few are chosen?
In the following articles I examine the scriptures that seem to be pointing to the approximate time-frame for the tribulation.
Is the year when the tribulation ends written in scripture?
Part 2, 2 days, 7th hour, 38
Part 3, 2-38
Mat 13:37-39 He answered, "The one who sows the good seed is the Son of Man. (38) The field is the world, and the good seed is the sons of the kingdom. The weeds are the sons of the evil one, (39) and the enemy who sowed them is the devil.
Jesus mentions “sons of the kingdom” just once more in Matthew 8:11-12 when he said, many will be at the feast of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob in heaven, while the sons of the kingdom (the good seed) will be thrown into outer darkness where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Mat 8:11-12 I tell you, many will come from east and west and recline at table with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven, (12) while the sons of the kingdom will be thrown into the outer darkness. In that place there will be “weeping and gnashing of teeth."
If Jesus said the good seed are the "sons of the kingdom" in Mat 13:38, then why are these saints thrown into outer darkness where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth while other saints will be at the feast of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob in heaven? (Mat 8:11-12) What is Jesus telling us in this story?
Jesus definition for “the sons of the kingdom” as the good seed reveals some Christians will be raptured to the feast of Abraham, while other saints will be left behind in outer darkness.
Zeph 1:14-15 The great day of the LORD is near.......... (15) A day of wrath is that day, a day of distress and anguish, a day of ruin and devastation, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and thick darkness,
If Jesus only takes the saints who are spiritually awake and ready when he returns, then what happens to the saints who are asleep and have missed the rapture?
Christians are saved by faith and not by works, therefore the good seed, “the sons of the kingdom” who are left behind in outer darkness where there's "weeping and gnashing of teeth," cannot be a description for the pain and suffering of an unbeliever in hell. But then what does this puzzling phrase represent?
Its important to understand that Jesus hides his parables from those who are wise in their own eyes, from those who rely on their own understanding to interpret "weeping and gnashing of teeth" instead of trusting in what God says in his Spirit revealed Word.
Pro 18:13 If one gives an answer (by his own reasoning) before he hears (knowledge and truth from the Spirit), it is his folly and shame.
Pro 3:5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding.
Therefore to understand the meaning of “weeping and gnashing of teeth” we must become like little children and ask Jesus to explain this phrase to us instead of relying on our imperfect reasoning, Matthew 11:25.
Jer 33:3 Call to me and I will answer you, and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known.
The Bible is God's dictionary
The Bible is God's dictionary where he defines what his words and phrases mean through how they are used in a variety of scriptures. So with this in mind lets be like Bereans and carefully examine “weeping” and “gnashing of teeth” in the Old and New Testament scriptures so we may be able to understand what happens to “the sons of the kingdom” (Christians) who are cast into outer darkness when the rapture takes place, 2 Timothy 3:16-17.In Acts 7:54-60, gnashing of teeth is describing the Jews intense hatred for Stephen when he was being stoned to death for his faith in Christ as he cried out with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge.
In Lamentations 2:14-19, the Lord exalted the might of Israels enemies who gnashed their teeth in hatred against the Jews as they were being taken captive in Babylon for 70 years. As a result of God's severe discipline for rebellious Israel, they wept tears of repentance in the beginning of the night watches, Lamentations 3:38-48.
The beginning of the night watches when Israel was being taken captive into Babylon for 70 years, is prophetic for the beginning of 7 years of tribulation's darkness when Israel's enemies will "gnash their teeth" in hatred as they seek to kill all the Jews, Daniel 7:25, Revelation 18:1-4.
Job says my adversary gnashes his teeth at me, as the Lord gives Job up to the power of Satan when his faith is being tested. As a result of Job's painful trials his face is red with weeping and says, on my eyelids is deep darkness, Job 16:9-11, 16.
In Psalms 35:15-17, like profane mockers “at a feast” the wicked gnash their teeth at the righteous who call out to God to rescue them from the lions. Profane mockers “at a feast” is a prophetic clue for the Feast of Trumpets, also known as the tribulation when the wicked will "gnash their teeth" in hatred as they persecute Israel and the lukewarm saints who have been left behind when the tribulation begins.
In Psalms 37:10-13, The wicked plot against the righteous and gnash their teeth in hatred, but the Lord says the wicked's day of judgment is coming.
In Psalms 112:9-10, the poor in spirit are blessed by God and the wicked see this and gnash their teeth in anger, but the desire of the wicked will perish.
As you can see there is not one scripture in the Bible that says “weeping and gnashing of teeth” is a description of the wicked who are crying and suffering in hell.
Instead this phrase reveals the wicked “gnash their teeth” in hatred as they persecute the righteous and Israel who “weep tears of repentance” for their sins, as they cry out to God to deliver them from their enemies who are persecuting them.
Weeping and gnashing of teeth in the New Testament
It's also important to recognize that “weeping and gnashing of teeth” in the following New Testament scriptures speaks of the end of the age when the tribulation will begin.In Matthew 8:12, the "sons of the kingdom" who are cast into outer darkness represent the immature justified saints who willfully sin and are law-breakers in God's Kingdom (Matthew 13:41-43), that will be cast into the darkness of the tribulation when the wicked will gnash their of teeth as they hate and persecute these lukewarm carnal saints who will weep tears of repentance.
While the obedient sanctified saints with great faith like the centurion, will be raptured to the feast of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.
Thus one saint who is spiritually awake and ready when Jesus returns will be taken, while the other saint who is asleep in the darkness of his sin will be left behind in the tribulation where there will be "weeping and gnashing of teeth," which represents God's discipline for his worldly immature saints who sin and are law breakers, Matthew 24:37-42.
In Matthew 13:36-43, Jesus reveals "the good seed" are the "sons of the kingdom"who sin and do evil in his kingdom that will be thrown into the fiery furnace of the tribulation where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth, so the disobedient saints will repent of their sin and shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father.
In Matthew 13:47-50, There is a great catch of fish at the end of the age. The good are kept in containers and the bad are thrown away, when the angels will separate the evil from the righteous by throwing them into the fiery furnace of tribulation where there's weeping and gnashing of teeth.
In Matthew 22:1-14, The friend, a Christian who tried to enter the banquet but had no white wedding garments of righteous deeds (Rev 19:7-8), is bound hand and foot and cast out of the wedding banquet and into the darkness of the tribulation where there's weeping and gnashing of teeth.
In Matthew 24:45-51, The Son of Man returns to bless his faithful servant who feeds his fellow servants at the proper time, while the wicked (Christian) servant who says my master's (Jesus) coming is delayed and beats his fellow servants (Christians) and eats and drinks with the drunkards (partaking of sin with unbelievers), will be appointed a place with the hypocrites in the tribulation where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
In Matthew 25:14-30 The master returns to reward his faithful servants who invested their God given gifts and talents. And the worthless (Christian) servant who buried his talent was cast into the darkness where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
In Luke 13:24-30 Jesus said strive to enter the narrow door to the feast of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob in heaven, for many (disobedient saints) will seek to enter and not be able. Those who desire to enter but are locked out because they are workers of evil, will be sent to a place where there's weeping and gnashing of teeth when the tribulation begins.
- The sons of the kingdom who are the good seed,
- the friend without wedding clothes,
- the wicked servant who beat his fellow servants,
- and the man who buried his master's talent that was cast into outer darkness,
- reveals Christians need to be feeding the Word of God to the servants in their household at the proper time (at the Spirits prompting),
- investing their God given gifts and talents in other people,
- and having clean white wedding garments unspotted by the sinful pleasures of the world,
- if they want to enter the narrow door to the wedding banquet in heaven and escape God's discipline for the lukewarm church who will be left behind in the outer darkness of the tribulation, where there will be “weeping and gnashing of teeth" for the disobedient "sons of the kingdom.” 1 Corinthians 5:5
Two different narrow doors
In Matthew 7:13-14, entering the first narrow door that leads to eternal life represents God's gift of salvation and justification by faith in Jesus death for our sins and his resurrection, John 10:9, Romans 10:8-10.While striving to enter the second narrow door to the feast of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob is a conditional reward for the obedient, mature and sanctified saints with great faith like the centurion, when Jesus returns to rapture his bride that has made herself ready by her righteous deeds of faith and love (2 Thess 1:3-5) when the tribulation begins at the end of the age, Luke 13:24-30, Matthew 8:8-12, Revelation 19:7-8.
Mat 16:24 Then Jesus told his disciples, "If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.
But the “sons of the Kingdom” who are "the good seed" that practice lawlessness in God's kingdom will be left behind and cast into the darkness of the tribulation to be disciplined by the Lord, when the worldly church will be handed over to the wicked who will “gnash their teeth” in hatred so the disobedient saints will “weep tears” of repentance, as they wash their filthy sin stained robes and make them white in the blood of the Lamb, Matthew 13:41-43, Revelation 3:4, 7:14-17.
Prov 25:26 Like a muddied spring or a polluted fountain is a righteous man who gives way before the wicked.
1 Cor 5:5 you are to deliver this (disobedient Christian) man to Satan for the destruction of the (sinful) flesh, so that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord (in the tribulation).
Mat 24:9-10 "Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and put you to death, and you will be hated by all nations for my name's sake. (10) And then many will fall away and betray one another and hate one another.
The sons of the kingdom come out of great tribulation weeping tears
"In the Blink of an Eye" is a video of testimonies by Christians who had traumatic dreams of missing the rapture because they were not walking with Jesus in faithfulness and love. And it appears these dreams are a warning from the Lord that we need to be spiritually awake and ready when Jesus returns like a thief in the night to rapture his loving and sanctified bride.
Luke 21:34-36 "But watch yourselves (saints) lest your hearts be weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and (the sinful) cares of this life, and that day come upon you suddenly like a trap (and you are left behind in the tribulation). (35) For it will come upon all who dwell on the face of the whole earth. (36) But stay awake at all times (and follow the Lord's will), praying that you may be accounted worthy (in faith and love) to escape all these things that are going to take place, and to stand before the Son of Man (as his faithful bride at the wedding banquet)."
The saints who are growing in faith and love
will be accounted worthy when Jesus returns like a thief
2 Thess 1:3-5 We ought always to give thanks to God for you, brothers, as is right, because your faith is growing abundantly, and the love of every one of you for one another is increasing......(5) This is evidence of the righteous judgment of God, that you may be considered worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you are also suffering--will be accounted worthy when Jesus returns like a thief
1 Thess 5:4-6 But you are not in darkness, brothers, for that day to surprise you like a thief......(6) So then let us not sleep (in sin), as other (carnal saints) do, but let us keep awake and be sober.
To understand more about the "sons of the kingdom" who represent the lukewarm church that will be cast into the darkness of the tribulation, read the following articles.
Will you be raptured to the feast of Abraham or left behind in Sodom?
Will you be raptured in the first, second or third watch of the night?
Why will the first be last, and the last first?
Why are many called to the wedding banquet but few are chosen?
In the following articles I examine the scriptures that seem to be pointing to the approximate time-frame for the tribulation.
Is the year when the tribulation ends written in scripture?
Part 2, 2 days, 7th hour, 38
Part 3, 2-38
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