Are You A Wheat Or A Tare?

746 Today's Prime Time Devo comes from 1Ki 2:5 "Moreover you know also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, and what he did to the two commanders of the armies of Israel, to Abner the son of Ner and Amasa the son of Jether, whom he killed. And he shed the blood of war in peacetime, and put the blood of war on his belt that was around his waist, and on his sandals that were on his feet. 6 "Therefore do according to your wisdom, and do not let his gray hair go down to the grave in peace. It seems a little unfair to us, that David passes this responsibility onto Solomon. Why didn't David take care of this problem while he was king? Why pass it on to Solomon? Well, once again we see a beautiful picture painted for us concerning future events. David serves as a picture of the reign of Christ in the here and now, while Solomon is a picture of the reign of Christ when He returns. During this first era, those who reject Christ or play the hypocrite are allowed to live side by side with the true followers of Christ, but one day when Christ returns, (as signified by the reign of Solomon) justice will be served. The Joabs of this world will realize that they didn't get away with anything! This account in 2 Kings is parallel to the parable of the wheat and the tares: Mt 13:24 Another parable He put forth to them, saying: "The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field; 25 "but while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat and went his way. 26 "But when the grain had sprouted and produced a crop, then the tares also appeared. 27 "So the servants of the owner came and said to him, 'Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field? How then does it have tares?' 28 "He said to them, 'An enemy has done this.' The servants said to him, 'Do you want us then to go and gather them (the Joabs) up?' 29 "But he said, 'No, lest while you gather up the tares you also uproot the wheat with them. 30 'Let both grow together until the harvest, and at the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, "First gather together the tares and bind them in bundles to burn them, but gather the wheat into my barn."'" The reign of Christ is coming. How about you? Are you wheat? Or are you a tare?