The Great Sorting At the End of Time

By Mary Vee
Matthew 13

From Matthew's Journal 

On the Sea of Galilee where Peter, Andrew, and others fished.
Photo by Mary Vee

My name is Matthew, I am a follower of Jesus. I have recorded some of what I witnessed in this post. 

The other disciples and I have listened to Jesus teach. He uses short stories called parables to communicate His lesson.  

In each parable, Jesus talked about people like us, living in places like we do, working as we do and such a situation that taught the lesson. 

Other parables have been written In previous posts and sent to you from Mark and Luke. You can scroll down and read them. 

These were the last three parables Jesus shared on this day:

Jesus said, "The kingdom of heaven is like a large commercial fishing net that is let down into the lake and catches all kinds of fish. When it is full, the fishermen pull it up on the shore. With the fish spread across the ground, the fishermen sit down and separate the good fish, placing them in baskets. The bad fish that remain are thrown away. This is how it will be at the end of the age. The angels will come and separate the wicked from the righteous and throw the evil ones into the fiery furnace, where there will be terrible weeping and gnashing of teeth.

"Have you understood all these things I have taught you?"

The other disciples and I looked at each other and nodded. "Yes. We have."

Jesus said, "All right then. Every teacher of the law who has been instructed about the kingdom of heaven is like the owner of a house who brings out of his storeroom the new and the old treasure to examine. He then decides which is good and keeps those items and which truly did not have value and should be thrown away."

There are many similar parables that Jesus shared with us. He did this to help us understand His teachings. In the days he spent with the crowds, He did not say anything without using a parable.

But when Jesus was alone with us, the chosen twelve, he explained everything so clearly we could not possibly misunderstand. Because He did this, Jesus fulfilled prophecies spoken by the prophets who said:

I will open my mouth in parables. I will say things hidden since the creation of the world. 



If you have questions, please feel free to leave them in the comment section.


Next time I will write about amazing miracles performed by Jesus.

 Come back to read the next story.

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sources: 
*A Harmony of the Gospels for Historical Study, An Analytical Synopsis of the Four Gospels by William Arnold Stevens and Ernest DeWitt Burton, Charles Scribner's Sons, New York 1932
*New International Version, New King James Version. 
*My Bible College training.
*My notes and walk through classes I've taught in Children's church. Answers to student questions, etc.
*Pastoral sermons on this time
*Matthew Henry Commentary
*F. LaGard Smith Commentary
*My notes from my trip to Israel.
*Photos from my trip to Israel.