Are the tares gathered before the wheat?
Quick Answer
Matthew 13:30 tells the reapers to gather the tares first, but the exact relationship to every other end-time passage remains a matter of interpretation.
Key Scriptures
– Matthew 13:24-30 – Yeshua tells of good seed, an enemy sowing tares, and waiting together until harvest.
– Matthew 13:36-43 – Yeshua identifies the seed, field, enemy, harvest, angels, and final separation.
– 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 – The dead in Messiah rise and the living meet the Lord; compared with the parable’s angelic harvest.
Detailed Biblical Study
The teacher highlights the word “first” and argues for a judgment-before-reward pattern. Readers should distinguish the story’s harvesting instructions from additional claims about the chronological order of resurrection, judgment, or the reign of Messiah.
– Matthew 13:24-30 – Yeshua tells of good seed, an enemy sowing tares, and waiting together until harvest.
– Matthew 13:36-43 – Yeshua identifies the seed, field, enemy, harvest, angels, and final separation.
– 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 – The dead in Messiah rise and the living meet the Lord; compared with the parable’s angelic harvest.
Related Teaching
Parables of Yeshua (Parable of Wheat & Tares, Mustard Seed, and Leaven)
In this Teaching, Ed Doss explores the parables of the Wheat and Tares, Mustard Seed, and Leaven in Matthew 13. He begins with Yeshua’s practice of teaching through parables and the call to hear with understanding, then compares the wheat and tares with the vineyard of Isaiah 5. A substantial portion examines Yeshua’s explanation of the end-of-age harvest, the order of gathering, Matthew 24, and the resurrection described in 1 Thessalonians 4. The speaker presents a tentative classification of eight groups of people at Messiah’s return and asks who may remain during the Millennium. He then reads the Mustard Seed through Ezekiel 17 and the promises to Israel, interpreting the birds as nations drawn to the Kingdom. Finally, he treats the Leaven as hidden transformation, connects the three measures of flour to Abraham and Gideon, and relates the imagery to Shavuot. The audience Q&A revisits resurrection, judgment, biblical discernment, Torah, compassion, and humility about uncertain interpretations.