And when the thousand years expire, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison...Rev. 20:7. What triggers the time when Satan is...loosed out of his prison? When the prophecy of the thousand-year reign of Christ on the earth is fulfilled, at this moment Satan will be released from being bound a thousand years. The thousand-year reign of Christ on the earth will be fulfilled, the moment the last person on the earth to accept Jesus Christ as his Savior is accomplished -- those who have become born again by the Spirit of God. What happens next?
To answer this question let's turn to the a prophetic parable of Jesus -- Wheat & the Tares...Matt 13:24-43. The parable is metaphorical language, yet Jesus interpreted it in verses 36-43 so please read the whole reference for full understanding. Jesus defines the cast of characters in this end-time drama as follows:
Son of Man --- sows the good seed - wheat - sons of the kingdom
The devil --- sows the wicked seed - tares - sons of the wicked one
Field --- symbolizes the world where the seed is sown
Reapers --- God's angels reaping the harvest the last day of the world
Jesus told His apostles that Satan's kids and God's kids must live together on planet earth until He returns for the harvest. What are tares? Tares, also called a darnel, are noxious weeds that flourish in a wheat field. It is a wheat look-a-like, but has a smaller head. Tares easily become host to deadly fugus that can destroy a crop of wheat. Wheat is a nourishing grain that provides health to the human body.
We can see why Jesus would use this agricultural illustration to describe His kids and Satan's kids. Outwardly both appear very similar. But the tares destroy from the inside where no one sees until the devastating results are manifested - then it is too late. This parable is a warning to the whole Christian era, right up to the fiery end of the world. Every Christian must read it and learn what the Spirit is saying.
...the harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are the angels...therefore as the tares are gathered and burned in the fire, so it will be at the end of the age...the Son of Man will send out His angels, and they will gather out of His kingdom all things that offend, and practice lawlessness, and will cast them into the furnace of fire...there will be wailing and gnashing of teeth...verses 39-42.
The wheat and the tares have lived together on planet earth during the whole Christian era, but the time finally comes when the Endtime Reapers will separate the two for their final judgment. We can see by this reference that the tares - Satan's kids - are gathered together by God's angels, and burned in a fire, where there will be wailing & gnashing of teeth - great sorrow. But what happens to God's kids, the wheat?
Jesus told His apostles...let them both grow together until the harvest, and at the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, "First gather together the tares and bind them in bundles to burn them, but gather the wheat into My barn...verse 30. When Jesus returns the first thing the angels do is gather the tares - Satan's kids - to be burned in the end time fiery end of the world. Then they will gather the wheat - God's kids - and place them in My Barn. What is a barn?
In the natural realm a barn is a safe place to store things for protection. So Jesus is speaking metaphorically when He uses barn as a safe place to store His kids from His wrath on the earth...so the angel thrust his sickle into the earth, and gathered the wine of the earth, and threw it into the great winepress of the wrath of God...Rev. 14:19. While the earth and Satan's kids burn, where is the safe place - barn - that Jesus takes His kids when He returns?
When we were last together I asked, "What is the definition of Armageddon?" The word Armageddon is Hebrew for: Har-Megiddon. The root meaning of Megiddon is rendezvous. The definition of rendezvous: to assemble, or meet at a particular time & place; assemble the troops. God has already set a time & place where He will allow Satan & his troops to rendezvous with Him. It is at the time of the fiery end of the world - Armageddon.
When Satan is loosed from prison, he and his demonic troops will dare to surround...the camp of the saints and the beloved city...Rev. 20:9. The camp of the saints is juxtaposed to the beloved city. The metaphorical barn where the wheat - God's kids - are placed for protection is the camp of the saints...the righteous will shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father...Matt.13:43.
Is there more to this story? You bet! Stay tuned...
God's sheep question the doctrines of men...sheeple follow without question~~~
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