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reapers to collect the weeds first and tie them in bundles to be burned, but to gather the
wheat into my barn'" (Matthew 13:24-30).

In Matthew 13:36-43, Yeshua goes on to explain the parable to his disciples --

Then he left the crowds and went into the house. His talmidim [disciples] approached him
and said, "Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field." He answered, "The one who
sows the good seed is the Son of Man; the field is the world. As for the good seed, these
are the people who belong to the Kingdom; and the weeds are the people who belong to
the Evil One [Satan]. The enemy who sows them is the Adversary [Satan], the harvest is
the end of the age, and the harvesters are angels. Just as the weeds are collected and
burned up in the fire, so will it be at the end of the age. The Son of Man will send forth his
angels, and they will collect out of his Kingdom all the things that cause people to sin and
all the people who are far from Torah; and they will throw them into the fiery furnace,
where people will wail and grind their teeth. Then the righteous will shine forth like the
sun in the KINGDOM OF THEIR FATHER. Whoever has ears, let him hear!

This parable begins with these words: "The Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who sowed
good seed in his field..." This is Yeshua's own picture of the kingdom of heaven as it was to be
down to "the end of the age" (verse 39). The event that this parable gives prominence to is Satan's
activity in sowing tares or weeds, "the people who belong to the Evil One," among the wheat, "the
people who belong to the Kingdom"; and that he is allowed to do so without any hindrance. But
what mainly concerns us at this juncture is the harvest.

...the harvest is at the end of the age, and the harvesters are angels. Just as the weeds are
collected and burned up in the fire, so will it be at the end of the age. The Son of Man [see
Revelation 14:14] will send forth his angels, and they will collect out of his Kingdom all
the things that cause people to sin and all the people who are far from Torah; and they will
throw them into the fiery furnace, where people will wail and grind their teeth. Then the
righteous will shine forth like the sun in the Kingdom of their Father.

The vision in Revelation 14:14-16 agrees so closely with this description of the harvest at
the end of the age, that it is unnecessary to point out the resemblances! The designation of Yeshua
as the "Son of Man" -- which occurs in only one other place in the Book of Revelation (1:13) -- is
clearly intended to direct attention to the parable. In Yeshua's explanation of the parable he tells of
the separation of the tares or weeds from the wheat just before the reaping takes place.

We have seen that such a work of separation is indicated as taking place just before the
blowing of the seventh trumpet (shofar), see Revelation 11:1, 2. The separation is then followed
by the taking away of YEHOVAH's witnesses "in a cloud," -- which corresponds with the reaping
of the earth in the vision and the gathering of the wheat into the barn in the parable (Matthew
13:30). In Revelation 14 the separation again appears conspicuously, in that the judgment upon the
wicked who are left (the tares of the parable, which are bound in bundles ready to be burned) is
shown in a separate vision, that of the vintage and winepress.

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