Today's Daily Lesson comes from Matthew chapter 13 verses 36 through 43:
36 Then he left the crowds and went into the house. And his disciples came to him, saying, “Explain to us the parable of the weeds of the field.” 37 He answered, “The one who sows the good seed is the Son of Man. 38 The field is the world, and the good seed is the sons of the kingdom. The weeds are the sons of the evil one,39 and the enemy who sowed them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are angels. 40 Just as the weeds are gathered and burned with fire, so will it be at the end of the age. 41 The Son of Man will send his angels, and they will gather out of his kingdom all causes of sin and all law-breakers,42 and throw them into the fiery furnace. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 43 Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father.
I read the headlines this morning. The Russian jetliner which broke up over Egypt, taking the lives of 224, could not have fallen apart due to pilot error or plane malfunction, the airline says.
If so, then what is left to believe but that this was an act of terror?
We live in an age of terror. Our children and grandchildren were born into it. We do not know when it shall end.
But what we do know -- what we have been promised -- is that it shall come to its end. Every evil regime, monstrous dictatorship, and plotting cell of anarchy and terror will have its end. It's harvest will come -- and with it the judgment.
We are saddened by the grievous pictures of the families of the 224 souls gathered at the Moscow airport, their faces full of shock and anguish. Was it the sons of evil who did this? We will know soon.
But either way, we know we are living in a world of weeds and wheat. It is a mystery as to why the weeds have their day in the sun. An enemy has done it.
Yet the great promise we cling to is that good will always in the end defeat evil; for the sons of evil shall never prevail over the Son of Man.
May we remember that while praying for those Russian families.
Maranatha, come Lord Jesus.
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