Of course making the statement I do above without any support or at least a couple exegetical comments on the text is probably quite rude.
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The Parable of the Weeds Explained
36 Then he left the crowds and went into the house. And his disciples came to him, saying, “Explain to us the parable of the weeds of the field.” 37 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. The harvest is the close of the age, and the reapers are angels. 40 Just as the weeds are gathered and burned with fire, so will it be at the close of the age. 41 The Son of Man will send his angels, and they will gather out of his kingdom all causes of sin and all law-breakers, 42 and throw them into the fiery furnace. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 43 Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear.
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The good seeds are the sons of the Kingdom, the elect in Israel, e.g., the 11 disciples and all who come to faith in the king of the kingdom, Jesus Christ, before judgement day (70ad).
The tares are the sons of the devil....the non-elect in Israel....Remember, Jesus told some pharisee's that they were "the children of the devil" those who committed blasaphemy against the Holy Spirit. The tares are such as these.
The harvest is the end of the age (of THAT age).The times of the end of the age lasted 40 years, from the resurrection of Christ and his taking his seat as king until 70ad when he judged the nation with the fires of hell.
The tares are gathered into the fiery furnace, which is Jeruasalem (at judgement). Jesus told his discples to flee Jerusalem, but history shows us that many non-christian apostate Jews were going into Jerusalem at the time just before it was burned with fire. Jerusalem was filled, the doors were shut literally, tons were trapped inside, and then the city was burned and the tares were destroyed....Jerusalem, 70ad, is the furnace of fire.
The wheat was protected, the true people of God were revealed, shining fourth in the kingdom,and the Church, the real bride of Christ was manifest, she went on, and goes on victorious, in all the earth.
But....the apostate jews, the tares....were utterly destroyed and are no more.
Several of Jesus' other parables speak of similar things...again, leading up to thier climactic fulfillment in the olivet discourse, (matt 24)
Jesus’ parable of the wedding feast when those who were invited to the wedding feast did not come and it is said “But when the king heard about it, he was furious. And
he sent out his armies, destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city” Matt 22:7
Jesus’ parable of the vineyard where those to whom it was given to tend ended up killing the owners son and Jesus asks what the owner will do them and it is said “
He will destroy those wicked men miserably, and lease his vineyard to other vinedressers who will render to him the fruits in their seasons." Matt 21:41
Jesus’ pronounces the final judgment against Jerusalem and the Jews when he states
How can you escape the condemnation of hell? Therefore, indeed, I send you prophets, wise men, and scribes: some of them you will kill and crucify, and some of them you will scourge in your synagogues and persecute from city to city, that on you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth. . . . Assuredly, I say to you, all these things will come upon this generation. O Jerusalem, Jerusalem . . .
Matt 23:33-37
JESUS' Parables of the kingdom consistently speak of the 70ad judgement.