The parable of the wheat and weeds is a cautionary tale about making premature judgments as well as a truth claim about the reality of final judgment. Jesus tells us who the players are, the sower is the son of man, the good seed are children of the kingdom, the bad seed are the children of the evil one, the enemy is the devil and the harvesters are the angels. It is the business of the angels to ultimately carry out judgment, not ours. We can easily make premature judgments about ourselves and others and we need to leave that to the one with perfect judgment. Our job is to live by the Holy Spirit within us, by the Spirit of adoption that cries Abba, Father. Paul says that life by the Spirit has cosmic significance, all creation groans in anticipation of the revelation of the sons of God that it might be liberated from the bondage to which it has been subjected by us. The story of Jacob's ladder tells us the story isn't over until it's over. Jacob may be a complete knucklehead now but God promises him the kingdom and Jacob will always want to come back to this place, the house of God, the gate of heaven. He has some growing up, some character flaws, that have to be attended to before he can claim that promise though. God's not done with Jacob, with me, you or anyone else who will seek Him.
Genesis 28:10-19a, Romans 8:12-25, Matthew 13:24-30,36-43
