Jesus told his disciples another parable, «The kingdom of heaven can be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field. While everyone was asleep, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat and left. When the plants sprouted and produced grain, the weeds also appeared. Then the servants of the owner came to him and said: ‘Sir, was it not good seed that you sowed in your field? Where did the weeds come from?’. He answered them: ‘This is the work of an enemy’. They asked him: ‘Do you want us to go and pull up the weeds?’. He told them: ‘No, when you pull up the weeds, you might uproot the wheat with them. Let them just grow together until harvest; and at harvest time I will say to the workers: Pull up the weeds first, tie them in bundles and burn them; then gather the wheat into my barn’».
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Analysis
Today's passage tells another parable, one that we can freely examine since Jesus has not spoiled it for us. The parable is as follows, that the kingdom of heaven can be compared to a man who sowed seeds in his field. When people are unwary, the enemy came and spread weeds among the wheat, then left. Eventually the wheat grew, but so does the weeds and the servants asked if the weeds should be picked up. The sower declined as in the process it might uproot the wheat as well. As such, the sower instructs the servants to let it grow until harvest time, and only then will the wheat and weeds be harvested, but the weeds shall be tied up and burned. While the wheat is stored safely in the barn.
This is technically a metaphor for the day of judgement, or the ultimate conflict, the war to end all wars, the suffering to end all suffering. While at first glance this parable is still weird, it would be clearer if we analyze this. It is most obvious that the wheat are the truth while weeds are materialism, or mammon. We assume that the sower is God, but who is the enemy then? We know for sure that demons don't exist, or not inherently, as they are merely a representation of the most depraved parts of the consciousness. Yet the sower and the enemy then must be the same entity, well because they are. How does this make sense?
The sower reflects the truthful side of God, the one who is wise and seeks salvation. While the enemy reflects the depraved and deceitful side of God, one that despises the self and only wishes for destruction. Acknowledge that both the enemy and the sower has power over the fields, this hints towards the power equality of both entities. However, why would the sower wish to let the weeds grow first until harvest time before it is burned? And does it mean the elimination of all "undesirables"? No, of course not, the fields are not the world, the fields are ourselves, and the wheat is the truth while the weed is the forces of death. Now that it is cleared up, we can start to unravel the mystery of the wheat and weeds.
What does it mean that if we uproot the weed prematurely, it can uproot the wheat as well? This all have to do with the readiness of humanity to receive the ultimate salvation. You see, when the good and evil mixes, they become somewhat inseparable and it becomes hard to separate them. As such, if we wish to kill the evil prematurely, it may end up killing the good as well, and thus making it easier for evil to grow again. This also has to do with the good and evil being indistinguishable, like weeds and wheat, they become tangled and if uprooted, it is uprooted together. Another explanation is that the righteous people have not the truth rooted hard enough into them, and thus when the evil are uprooted, thus a conflict, it would kill the truth within the righteous, just like the seed that fell among rocky grounds. As such, we must wait for the right time to launch our revolution, and only then we will succeed. I believe that is all I have to say, have a nice day and see you tomorrow.
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