Binding The Bundles For Burning
Binding the Bundles for Burning…
By Pastor F. M. Riley
November 17,
2013
THE LORD’S STATEMENT…..
“…The servants said unto Him, Wilt Thou that we go and gather them
up?
But He said, Nay, lest while ye gather up
the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them.
Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of
harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the
tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into
My barn,” Matthew 13:28-30.
THE LORD’S OWN
INTERPRETATION…..
“…the
tares are the children of the wicked one;
The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the
world [aion…age]; and
the reapers are the angels.
As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall
it be in the end of this world [age].
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,” 13:38-42.
Introduction
Many of our readers are aware that I am currently in the process of
writing and sending out expository Bible studies on The Parables of the Kingdom of Heaven set forth in Matthew 13. So far I have posted Bible studies on the
first three parables; The Parable of the
Sower, The Parable of the Wheat and Tares, and most recently The Parable of the Mustard Seed. I am working on Part IV of the series at
this time, and hope to be posting it online for our readers real soon. I will be glad to send copies of these
studies to any reader who has not received them. Just send your request to my email address
listed at the end of this study.
After sending out my recent study on The
Parable of the Mustard Seed, suddenly a “breaking news alert” appeared on the
Internet, and then on the mainline news media.
The breaking news? The
atheist-humanists in this country are now organizing huge “Mega churches” for
their followers all over this country, and in a number of other countries
around the world. Yes, I did say
“churches.” Atheist-Humanist “Mega-churches!” In other words, huge “churches” in the large
cities of this country and other nations, whose purpose is to attract hundreds
or even thousands of people to come to their “churches” and hear their God denying atheist-humanist teachings. Hello!
No, I am not making this up! I
personally watched and listened to Fox News this morning as they interviewed
one of the new “priests” of the atheist-humanist “churches.” And guess what? Their “priest” was dressed in totally black
clothing, except for his collar which was white, and turned backwards exactly
like the priests of the Catholic religion.
Significantly, this is the same color of the “tares” when they reach
maturity. Coincidence? You decide!
The Timing
of this News
I could not help but be amazed at the “timing” of this “breaking
news.” I had just sent out my study
exposing the history of how the “seed” of the ancient Babylonian
religious system came to be taken from ancient Babylon to ancient Pergamos, and
then finally “sown” in the Roman Empire.
The very day I posted that study, the news about this new
atheist-humanist movement to establish “Mega-churches” broke on the Internet
and then on the mainline news channels on TV.
“Coincidence?” I
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don’t believe in “coincidences” when it
comes to events clearly predicted in the supernatural inspired Word of God! All I know is that it is certainly happening!
As I read the very first reports of this “Mega church” movement among
the wicked atheists and humanists, these statements of the Lord Jesus Christ
above, which I have used as a text for this article, were immediately impressed
on my mind by the Holy Spirit. I knew at
that moment that I had to follow up my last study with this article for the
benefit of God’s faithful believers.
The
Prophetic Significance…..
In The Parable of the Wheat and
Tares, the Lord Jesus explicitly stated that His “angels”
would be sent forth to “bind” the “tares…in bundles to burn them,”
Matthew 13:30; 13:40. That the God
denying atheist-humanists are “tares” in God’s sight is beyond
question. The inspired Word explicitly
states, “The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.
They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good,” Psalm 14:1; 53:1.
There is no question that their establishment of atheist-humanist
“churches” is plain and simple, a mockery of God, of Christ, of His church, and
of His Word. Of course these so-called Atheist-Humanist “churches” have every
intention of competing with “Christian” churches for the attention of the
masses of mankind, and thereby making “converts” to their atheistic philosophy.
It is interesting to me that the atheists have decided to launch their
movement at the exact time that the masses of humanity have become careless and
indifferent to spiritual truth, and are presently “halting between two opinions,”
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Kings 18:21. Could this be due
to the unseen hand of God still directing the affairs of mankind? Think about it!
The Lord also explicitly stated that His “angels” would be sent
forth to “bind” the “tares” in bundles in preparation
for them being “burned” at “the end of the age.” Is this then another confirmation of
where we are at on God’s “time clock” today?
I think it most certainly is!
Folks, we are living right at the end of this present age. The unbelieving atheists and humanists are
too spiritually dull-witted to even understand that their movement to establish
huge Mega-churches where thousands of them could be gathered together, was not
simply made by their own initiative, but rather was influenced by the unseen
angels of the Lord God. What really lies
ahead for them is the sudden and instant “burning.”
I suspect that it will be one of the first things that will
occur during the Tribulation period.
After all, the inspired Word does explicitly state that the Tribulation
will be a time of great heat and fire.
Read Malachi 4:1.
Now some readers may doubt that the Lord God and His angels could be
involved in such human activities. Is
that so? Then let me give you a glaring
example of the Lord God’s intervention into human activity…..
In January of 1994, I think the date was the 16th day of the
month although I don’t have the record before me as I write, one of the largest
earthquakes which has ever occurred in America suddenly occurred in
California. It caused great destruction
and loss of life. I am sure some of our
readers still remember it. When the
scientists finally calculated the epi-center of the quake, the epi-center was
located directly beneath a skyscraper in the Los Angeles area in which were the
offices of the largest producers of pornography and pornographic trash in the
world. Coincidence? Not hardly!
Folks, my faith is in a personal living God. My God is not some far off impersonal
entity. The Lord God whom I love and
serve is personally interested in and watching over the course of humanity upon
this earth, and intervenes in the plans and affairs of men at any point which
He deems necessary.
If you are not serving the personal, living
God of the Bible, then you are serving the wrong god, and your god is
worthless. My living God paid the
redemption price for my soul, forgave my sins when I called upon Him, and saved
me by His grace. Since He saved me when
I was eleven years of age, He has never left me nor forsaken me. He hears and answers my prayers, directs the
course of my life, protects and guides me, and blesses me with provision for my
life and with His wisdom and knowledge. His
blessed name is the LORD JESUS CHRIST, the Savior of mankind and the Son of the
living God. If any reader does not know
Him as your own personal Savior, it would be my joy and blessing to introduce
you to my LORD JESUS. Just contact
me. By the grace of God, I do know
Him
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who is the way, John
14:6.
Conclusion
The Lord Jesus
said that His “angels” would be sent forth at “the end of the age.” We
are living today right at “the end of the age.”
The Lord Jesus said that His “angels” would gather the “tares” together into “bundles”
in preparation for being “burned.”
As I write, there is a massive movement going on among the
atheists and humanists to establish huge “Mega-churches” where they can gather
together for mutual encouragement in their hatred of God, Christ, Christians,
the Bible, and the “moral restraints” placed upon them by our Judeo-Christian
heritage. Right at this very time the
terrible Tribulation period is staring humanity in the face. Do I need to draw a picture for some to
connect the dots?
If any reader is unsaved, I urge you to seek the Lord TODAY! Tomorrow may be one day too late! Read 2 Corinthians 6:1-2. Then read John 3:3-8, 3:16, 3:36, 5:24,
14:6, Acts 4:12, 16:30-31, Romans 10:8-13, 10:17, Ephesians 2:8-10, and
Titus
3:5. Believe these Scriptures
and call upon the Lord for salvation, and He will answer and save you for
time and eternity! May God grant
every reader His grace to believe is my prayer.
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