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ANGELS GATHER AND REMOVE
THAT
WHICH STUMBLES THE "GOOD SEED".
(Matthew 13:36-43 NEB).
DARNELS GATHERED OUT FROM
AMONG THE RIGHTEOUS.
"As the darnel, then, is gathered up
and burnt, so at the end of time the Son of Man will send out his angels, who
will gather out of his Kingdom whatever makes men stumble, and
all whose deeds are evil, and these will be thrown into the blazing furnace, the place of
wailing and grinding of teeth. And then the righteous will shine as brightly as
the sun in the Kingdom of their Father." (From Matt 13:40-43 NEB).
THE MEANING OF THE "BLAZING FURNACE".
"Darnel"
are weeds growing among the "good seed". Our Lord says the enemy
who sows the "darnel" is the devil satan. The "darnel"
represents the offspring of satan, and the "good seed" the
offspring of the Kingdom of God. The "darnel" of evil spirit
dispositions among mankind live in close proximity to the "good seed"
of spiritual sons of the Kingdom of God. At the "harvest", when
The Christ Michael sends his angels to gather "darnel" out from
among Kingdom offspring, the angels will gather "all whose deeds are evil"
that have proven to be nothing but a cause for stumbling, out from among those
of the Kingdom of God. All whose deeds are evil are thrown into the
"blazing furnace". This spirit condition is described as "the
place of wailing and grinding of teeth" for those whose sins are exposed
and whose downfall is revealed by the Spirit of the Lord's Judgement within
them. Identified by the Lord's angels as "stumbling blocks", they
will be removed and thrown into the "blazing furnace". (Ezek 3:20 NEB. Matt 18:7). "And
then the righteous will shine as brightly as the sun in the Kingdom of their
Father." (Matt
13:43 NEB).
At the time of the "harvest",
angels of our Lord Michael are also commissioned to remove sinful dispositions
("whatever makes men stumble") that have developed within
potentially righteous persons in order to save them. But as for
"all whose deeds are evil", they are removed body and soul from the
presence of righteous ones to prevent them from making further attempts to
corrupt members of the Kingdom of God on earth. When these causes of stumbling
are removed, then the Kingdom of our Lord shall shine for those remaining in the
new "Jacob" age that will commence with the Spirit reign of Almighty God Jehovah
over all the earth. (Rev 11:17,18).
Those
who refused to repent or cease practicing sin in order to have the "evil
seed" of spirit rebellion removed from them, relinquish any hope
they might have cherished of a place in the everlasting Kingdom of God by His Christ. They and their false hope are thrown into the "blazing furnace"
to be destroyed.
It should be clearly understood
that angels of our Lord Michael are not sent to gather evil "darnel"
out of satan's kingdom of this world, but out from the Spirit Kingdom of God and
His beloved people. Until evil deeds that are causes for stumbling and all whose
deeds are evil are removed, righteous ones cannot shine as brightly as the sun
in the Kingdom of their Father. (2 Esdras 4:28-32
NEB).
8/12/91.
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