PARABLE OF THE WEEDS
In Matthew 13:25, the enemy sowed these among the wheat while people slept
What are weeds (or tares)?
This is the exact reason the landowner gave for not pulling the weeds right away
in gathering the weeds you root up the wheat along with them
Jesus explains that the harvest occurs at this specific time described in Matthew 13:39
The end of the age
At harvest, the angels gather “all who cause sin and all who practice” this from the kingdom.
lawlessness or Kingdom of the Evil One
The weeds being “tied in bundles to be burned” prophetically represents this modern religious trend.
What is the ecumenical movement?