Separation of Wheat and Tares-Part 2

In our previous study Separation of Wheat and Tares-Part 1 we saw the parable of Wheat and Tares in a spiritual comparison with the reaping of first of weeks i.e. Pentecost and the Feast of Ingathering i.e Feast of Tabernacles. We saw how the separation happens at the end of the world as the parable itself states and the wheat gathered into the barn without a single little grain dropped to the ground and the tares to be burnt up.We saw Amos seeing the vision of grasshoppers eating the grass in the beginning of the shooting up of LATTER GROWTH(Amos 7:1-9) and the plumbline which separates Bethel from Israel as Bethel is fallen to the house of Jeroboam.
We saw that the elect (wheat) are without a kingdom and in the imagery of Rev 6 (souls under the altar) Alahim shows them as disembodied souls because they are without a kingdom and naked. White robes are given to them and they are asked to rest for a little season till their brethren are killed as they were should be fulfilled.

Re 6:11 And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.

We saw the imagery of Rev 14:17-20 and how the tares will be cast into the great winepress of the wrath of Alahim trodden without the city and we saw the significance of what it means to be trodden without the city and the significance of the three thousand six hundred furlongs of blood unto the horses bridles.

In this study we will see the significance of the 'MILLSTONE' and the watches in which the millstone is cast into the sea in respect to the Valley of decision.

Let's begin by seeing a spiritual comparison in understanding that the separation of wheat and tares is for the benefit of Alahim's elect because it's their captivity that is being bought back.

Joe 3:1 ¶ For, behold, in those days, and in that time, when I shall bring again the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem,
 2 I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.

The Hebrew word 'Yahuahhshaphat' means 'Yahuahh judged'

Joe 3:13 Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe: come, get you down; for the press is full, the fats overflow; for their wickedness is great.
 14 Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day of the Yahuahh is near in the valley of decision.
 15 The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining.
 16 Yahuahh also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but Yahuahh will be the hope of his people, and the strength of the children of Israel.

Alahim is symbolically contending with Mystery Babylon to release his elect from her clutches and this he does by bringing ALL into the valley of decision/Yahuahhshapat.

This judgment began with 'Yahusha' who is 'Yahuahhshapat' (Yahuahh judged) as prophesied.He came into the Valley of decision. He is the one who measures the wheat into the barn and the tares to be burnt up. Here is a spiritual comparison:

Zec 14:3 Then shall the YAHUA go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle.

 4 And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south.

Mr 14:26 And having sung an hymn, they went forth to the mount of the Olives,

 27 and Yahusha saith to them--`All ye shall be stumbled at me this night, because it hath been written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered abroad,

Zec 13:7 ¶ Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, saith the YAHUA of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn mine hand upon the little ones.

 8 And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith Yahuahh, two parts therein shall be cut off and die; but the third shall be left therein.

 9 And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, YAHUA is my Alahim

In the above scriptures we see that Yahuahh himself saying that his feet shall stand in that day on the mount of Olives and there shall be a VERY GREAT VALLEY and we read in Mark 14:26 Yahusha went to the mount of Olives to Gethsemane.

Mr 14:32 ¶ And they came to a place which was named Gethsemane: and he saith to his disciples, Sit ye here, while I shall pray.

Gethsemane is a garden at the foot of the Mount of Olives 

Lu 22:39 ¶ And he came out, and went, as he was wont, to the mount of Olives; and his disciples also followed him.

This was the place where the Shepherd was smitten and the sheep scattered. This was the valley of decision where all his wheat were measured in him and all tares measured out of him.This is the valley of Yahuahhshapat. The aspect of the Great Tribulation is that just as the head of the body (Messiah) went through the fire even so his body goes through the fire.

1Co 10:16 The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Messiah? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Messiah?

 17 For we being many are one bread, and one body: for we are all partakers of that one bread.

Spiritual comparison:

Ps 16:5 The YAHUAH is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot

Ps 23:5 Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.

Mt 20:23 And he saith unto them, Ye shall drink indeed of my cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with: but to sit on my right hand, and on my left, is not mine to give, but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared of my Father.

When we read Zech 14:4 when his feet touch the Mount of Olives there will be a DIVISION, half of the mountain shall be removed toward the north and half of it toward the south.

 ....and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south.

North & South:

Jer 3:12 ¶ Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith the YAHUAH; and I will not cause mine anger to fall upon you: for I am merciful, saith the YAHUAH, and I will not keep anger for ever.

 Jer 46:6 Let not the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape; they shall stumble, and fall toward the north by the river Euphrates.

 Re 9:14 Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates.

 Re 16:12 ¶ And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared.

 Jer 46:10 For this is the day of the Yahuah GOD of hosts, a day of vengeance, that he may avenge him of his adversaries: and the sword shall devour, and it shall be satiate and made drunk with their blood: for the Adonay Yahuahh of hosts hath a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates.

Lu 11:31 The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation, and condemn them: for she came from the utmost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here.

The queen of Sheba the queen of the south is compared to the elect who came to hear the wisdom of Solomon and Messiah is the wisdom of Alahim.

 Ps 126:4 ¶ Turn again our captivity, O YAHUA, as the streams in the south.

Ob 1:19 And they of the south shall possess the mount of Esau; and they of the plain the Philistines: and they shall possess the fields of Ephraim, and the fields of Samaria: and Benjamin shall possess Gilead.

Job 9:9 Which maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers of the south.

 10 Which doeth great things past finding out; yea, and wonders without number.

Job 38:31 Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?

 32 Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?

 33 Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth?

Arcturus, Orion and Pleiades are constellation of stars which Alahim ordained as ordinances of heavens and represent the elect who will shine as bright stars in his kingdom forever. The chambers of the south is where Alahim shows his wisdom lies.

 Da 12:3 And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.

The Valley of decision lies between the mountain that was split between the north and the south. This again is an imagery for separation of wheat and tares.The north where the evil lies and the south where the streams/stars lie.

The separation of wheat and tares can be seen in the imagery of Millstone

Millstone:

Lu 17:35 Two shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken, and the other left.

 36 Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.

 37 And they answered and said unto him, Where, Yahuah? And he said unto them, Wheresoever the body is, thither will the eagles be gathered together

Till the separation happened the TWO were grinding together until one was taken away and the other left. The one taken away were the elect and the one left was the body where the eagles are gathered to devour.

What is this grinding all about? Let's see a spiritual comparison

Nu 11:4 ¶ And the mixt multitude that was among them fell a lusting: and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat?

 5 We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick:

 6 But now our soul is dried away: there is nothing at all, beside this manna, before our eyes.

 7 And the manna was as coriander seed, and the colour thereof as the colour of bdellium.

 8 And the people went about, and gathered it, and ground it in mills, or beat it in a mortar, and baked it in pans, and made cakes of it: and the taste of it was as the taste of fresh oil.

The children of Israel loathed the manna which Alahim fed them from heaven and this manna was ground in the mills to make cakes of it. They fell to their lust of the fish, cucumbers, melons, leeks,onion and garlic of Egypt. They refused the bread from heaven.

By taking away his elect from grinding Alahim reserves the manna only for his elect who eat the manna in rest.

Isa 47:1 ¶ Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground: there is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate.

 2 Take the millstones, and grind meal: uncover thy locks, make bare the leg, uncover the thigh, pass over the rivers.

 3 Thy nakedness shall be uncovered, yea, thy shame shall be seen: I will take vengeance, and I will not meet thee as a man.

 4 As for our redeemer, YAHUA of hosts is his name, the Holy One of Israel.

In the scriptures above Alahim calls Israel 'Virgin daughter of Babylon' and asks her to continue grinding at the mill her meal in her nakedness. There is no more manna Alahim gives her so what are they grinding?

They are grinding their false gospels in their nakedness. The true sound of grinding in millstones has departed from her.

Jer 25:10 Moreover I will take from them the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the candle.

Re 18:21 And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.

Re 18:22 And the voice of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpeters, shall be heard no more at all in thee; and no craftsman, of whatsoever craft he be, shall be found any more in thee; and the sound of a millstone shall be heard no more at all in thee;

Alahim will cast this abominable millstone which has grounded false gospel into the sea violently.

Alahim's law says in Deut 24:6 that no one should take the objects millstone and rider as a pledge or a vow for he is taking pledge of a life.

De 24:6 `None doth take in pledge millstones, and rider, for life it is he is taking in pledge.

The millstone grinding determines what life one would receive. If manna in it then eternal life and if anything other than manna eternal damnation. The rider of the horse-if Messiah then eternal life and if Satan then eternal damnation. That's what Deut 24:6 means.

Lu 17:1 ¶ Then said he unto the disciples, It is impossible but that offences will come: but woe unto him, through whom they come!

 2 It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones.

The offence that the tares are involved in with Mystery Babylon will cause them to be sunk in the sea of Alahim's wrath. Their condition will be just like those of Egypt who caused the captivity of Israel and Alahim struck their firstborn which caused them to let his people go.

Ex 11:5 And all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sitteth upon his throne, even unto the firstborn of the maidservant that is behind the mill; and all the firstborn of beasts

Watches:

The four watches Messiah mentions are purely spiritual and have nothing to do with a calendar. We will see a dual fulfillment of the watches in spiritual comparison

 Mr 13:35 Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning:

In our previous studies we saw that the beast was given a big mouth to blaspheme and the cry of the false prophet at MIDNIGHT caused all those virgins to wake up from their sleep to go out to meet the bridegroom. (parable of wise and foolish virgins (Matt 25)

Mt 25:6 And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him

This is so similar to what happened at the Mount of Olives where the Shepherd was smitten and his sheep scattered.

Mr 14:26 And having sung an hymn, they went forth to the mount of the Olives,

 27 and Yahusha saith to them--`All ye shall be stumbled at me this night, because it hath been written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered abroad,

When we view the four watches in view of Messiah and his disciples at even they sat at his table to eat and drink of his cup, at midnight they were scattered when he was arrested, before cock crowing Peter denied Messiah three times, in the morning Messiah was before the chief priests and the scribes who took counsel to put him to death.

Mr 14:16 And his disciples went forth, and came into the city, and found as he had said unto them: and they made ready the passover.

 17 And in the evening he cometh with the twelve.

While Peter, James and John slept came Judas with a great multitude to arrest him.

Mr 14:43 ¶ And immediately, while he yet spake, cometh Judas, one of the twelve, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders.

 Mt 26:34 Yahusha said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, That this night, before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice.

Mt 27:1 ¶ When the morning was come, all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against Yahusha to put him to death: 

In relation to these four watches where do we stand?

At even watch: We drunk of his cup and were baptized in his baptism

Mt 20:23 And he saith unto them, Ye shall drink indeed of my cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with: but to sit on my right hand, and on my left, is not mine to give, but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared of my Father.

1Co 5:7 ¶ Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Messiah our passover is sacrificed for us:

Ex 12:6 And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening.

The Passover Lamb was to be killed in the evening.

 At midnight : We were smitten by the voice of the false prophet

 Mt 25:6 And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.

Zec 13:7 ¶ Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, saith the YAHUAH of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn mine hand upon the little ones

Until cockcrowing: we denied him by fornicating with Mystery Babylon

 Lu 22:31 And the Yahuah said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat:

 Lu 22:34 And he said, I tell thee, Peter, the cock shall not crow this day, before that thou shalt thrice deny that thou knowest me.

Am 9:9 For, lo, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all nations, like as corn is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the least grain fall upon the earth

In the morning: We are surrounded by Gog and Magog but Alahim fights for us

 2Pe 1:19 ¶ We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:

 Ex 14:24 And it came to pass, that in the morning watch Yahuahh looked unto the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and troubled the host of the Egyptians,

25 And took off their chariot wheels, that they drave them heavily: so that the Egyptians said, Let us flee from the face of Israel; for Yahuahh fighteth for them against the Egyptians.

If you notice in Exodus 14:24 the morning watch here Moses mentions that Yahuahh looked unto the host of Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the cloud. Both pillar of fire and cloud are mentioned here. If you read in the previous chapter Exodus 13:21 Yahuahh led his people by day by being in a pillar of cloud and by night in a pillar of fire. Here is Exodus 14:24 both the pillar of fire and pillar of cloud appeared.

 Ex 13:21 And the Yahuahh went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night:

This pillar of fire and cloud was a result of Alahim coming in between the camp of the Egyptians and Israel

Ex 14:19 And the angel of Alahim, which went before the camp of Israel, removed and went behind them; and the pillar of the cloud went from before their face, and stood behind them:

 20 And it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel; and it was a cloud and darkness to them, but it gave light by night to these: so that the one came not near the other all the night.

Just before the morning watch was the night in which Alahim kept the wheat and the tares apart from each other. Alahim kept them apart by his plumbline and his plumbline can be seen from Alahim coming in between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel so that to one he was a cloud of thick darkness and to the other Pillar of fire.

Israel walked through the Red Sea on dry land to safety whereas the Egyptians trying to do so were drowned in the sea as a Millstone.

Re 10:1 ¶ And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire:

When you compare spiritually with the prophecy of Joel, Zechariah & Isaiah can we understand and see the great deliverance of the elect of Messiah.

Joe 2:2 A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, even to the years of many generations.

The day of clouds and thick darkness vs morning spread upon the mountains looks like a contradiction. But when we see the Dividing line between the TWO CAMPS can we understand these prophecies.

Zechariah prophesies about the Day of the Yahuah as neither being day nor night but at evening time it shall be light.

Zec 14:6 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the light shall not be clear, nor dark:

 7 But it shall be one day which shall be known to Yahuahh, not day, nor night: but it shall come to pass, that at evening time it shall be light.

Look at what Isaiah says

Isa 30:26 Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that the YAHUAH bindeth up the breach of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound.

Isa 60:19 The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee: but Yahuahh shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy Alahim thy glory

Re 21:23 And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of Alahim did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.

Let's come back to the prophecy of Zechariah of where Yahuahh's feet would touch the Mount of Olives. He ties this Valley of decision to as the day when Yahuahhh fought in the day of battle, referring to Exodus 14:24-25 (Yahuahh fighting for Israel against the Egyptians)

Zec 14:3 Then shall YAHUA go forth, and fight against those nations (gowy), as when he fought in the day of battle.

 4 And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south.

The Hebrew word for nations is 'Gowy' which means foreign nation, heathen, Gentiles etc.

The day of the Yahuah is day of darkness and gloominess unto Mystery Babylon and LIGHT to his people i.e. Israel of Alahim.

Finally the four watches that Messiah mentions in Mark 13:35 shows our journey in him at 4 different intervals as he has taken the journey we take to turn our darkness to light.

Mr 13:34 For as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch.

 35 Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning:

 36 Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping.

 37 And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch.

Peter, James and John couldn't watch with him for even an hour and neither were we but HE WATCHED OVER US

 Jer 31:28 And it shall come to pass, that like as I have watched over them, to pluck up, and to break down, and to throw down, and to destroy, and to afflict; so will I watch over them, to build, and to plant, saith the YAHUAH.

Both wise and foolish virgins slept and Alahim watched over to pluck and to plant, to break down and to build.

Ps 127:1 ¶ <<A Song of degrees for Solomon.>> Except the YAHUAH build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except Yahuahh keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.

Ps 121:3 He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber.

 4 Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.

Though we see Peter, James and John slumbering and sleeping yet Messiah was awake Watching. What a blessed Savior we have.

While the warnings were always there to watch yet Messiah watched over us while we all failed.

1Th 5:4 But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.

 5 Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.

 6 ¶ Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.

Ps 30:5 For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.

The Millstone is cast into the sea in the Morning watch when Messiah will come to deliver us from the depths of the waters of Alahim's wrath.  That day is approaching soon.