One week before the California Angels’ 1976 home opener, groundskeepers found around 500 marijuana plants growing in the outfield of Anaheim Stadium. The weeds appeared shortly after a concert by the rock band “The Who,” during which 10,000 of the 55,000 fans sat in the outfield! The plants bearing the “fruit” of their actions had to be removed!

Matthew 13 – Eternal Harvest

After His conflict with the Pharisees, in Matthew 13, Jesus explained to His disciples and the crowds how God’s kingdom works and how a person can enter it. Jesus often used parables as His teaching method.

Jesus told His disciples to allow the “weeds” of this world to grow alongside the “good seed” until the harvest. What was He teaching? Jesus planted good seeds (His followers) in His field (the world). One night, the enemy (Satan) sowed weeds (unbelievers in Jesus) in the same world and then hid himself. Now, two types of people live side by side. We are not to try to “weed out” the unbelievers from the believers. We must let them grow together until the harvest (the end of the age). At that time, the angels (harvesters) will “pull the weeds” and burn them (in hell). The righteous (believers in Jesus) will be gathered into the Father’s “barn,” where they will shine forever like the sun emerging from behind a cloud. It is the true believers in Jesus who will inherit the earth!

The Kingdom Coach and Athlete strive to reach as many people as possible with the good news of the gospel while we await the day of judgment.

Bible Memory Verse – “For truly I say to you (disciples) that many prophets and righteous men desired to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it.” Matthew 13:17 (LSB)

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