Q: Doesn’t the parable of the sower teach that some will not be saved?

Q: Didn’t Jesus teach that some are “wheat” and others are “tares,” and that the tares would be “burned”?

Q: What did Jesus mean when He said, “As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world”? Aren’t all those who “offend” and “do iniquity” “gather[ed] out of His kingdom” and cast into the fire, causing “wailing and gnashing of teeth”? What does this mean if it does not mean eternal torment?

A:  Always keep in mind that the Circumcision books and writings which we mentioned earlier by their individual names, are basically FOI (for our information); but these are not the evangel [a better term to use than “gospel”] for today. Paul’s evangel is truth or today.

When a careful comparison is made between Paul’s writings and those written by the saints of the Circumcision, you should notice that Paul always writes of spiritual matters with the heavenlies in mind. However, in the writings of those of the Circumcision, references always are of earthly matters. The parables, all of them are prime examples. They all have to do with the earth not heaven. Sowing wheat and tares has to do with farming, as does harvesting and the barn (Matthew 13:10).

Tares are weeds that resemble wheat when still young, but once fully grown, the difference can be seen between the two. Tares (weeds) will try to choke out the good wheat that was planted. The way to get rid of the weeds is to burn them. In the Millennial Kingdom, there will be human tares just as there were when Christ was in Israel. These human tares are they who killed all the prophets and martyred the believers. These human tares [counterfeit believers that are born in the millennium] will again try to choke out the true believers of Christ’s in the millennium, and their punishment at the end of that eon not the end of the world, will be judgment, followed by execution, and their dead bodies will be burnt to ashes on the city dump called Gehenna. None of this has anything to do with us today, for it is neither our evangel nor is the earth our ultimate place of residence.

Furthermore, none of this burning refers to the mythical eternal torment. Eternal torment is an erroneous concept which arose partly from the mistranslation of the word aion. Torment is not eternal. We recommend the reader visit our website, on the page where articles on this very important subject under the subheading of The Aions or Eons: A Highly Important Subject