Amazing Facts About “TARES”

We have been so deep into the evil things going on around us in our churches that  we decided that something a little more on the “WOW” side would break the dark mood.  We need to do that every once in awhile.  It’s good for the soul.

Matthew 13:24-30 (KJV)
²⁴ Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which 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 blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also.
²⁷ So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares?
²⁸ He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up?
²⁹ But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them.
³⁰ Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.

SHOCKING FACTS on “TARES”
-Andrew Strom.
Of course, we all know Jesus’ parable of the Wheat and the Tares.
Tares are plants that look just like wheat until Harvest time -
when it turns out that they were counterfeit. A while ago I learnt
some facts about Tares that truly shocked and surprised me.
When you look up the word “Tares” on Wikipedia, it comes back
with the equivalent plant named “Darnel.” This is exactly correct
according to most Biblical authorities. The Tares are almost always
considered to be the weed Darnel – also known as “false wheat”
which grows plentifully in the whole region around Israel. Here is
what Wikipedia says about it:
“It bears a close resemblance to wheat until the ear appears… It
parasitizes wheat fields. The French word for darnel is “ivraie”…
which expresses that weed’s characteristic of making one feel
poisoned with drunkenness, and can cause death. This
characteristic is also alluded to in the scientific name (Latin
temulentus = drunk)… The plant is mentioned in… the Parable
of the Tares in the Gospel of Matthew.”
So is this identification of Tares with “drunkenness” noted
elsewhere? Yes – many Bible dictionaries and encyclopedias say
exactly the same thing. In fact, the Faussett Bible Cyclopedia
states that “when mixed with wheat flour [it] causes dizziness,
intoxication, and paralysis” and says that bearded darnel is
known as “the only deleterious grain” among all the grasses.
On the giant website “Botanical.com” we read: “It is recorded to
have produced all the symptoms of drunkenness: a general
trembling, followed by inability to walk, hindered speech and
vomiting. For this reason the French call Darnel: ‘Ivraie,’ from Ivre
(drunkenness).”
Out of all the weed-type grasses, Tares are seemingly the only
ones that produce this deadly “drunken” effect. Isn’t that amazing?
In the parable of the Wheat and the Tares in Matt 13, Jesus states
that his “enemy” sows tares amongst the true wheat. Then He says:
“Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will
say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in
bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn” (Mt 13:30).

I guess I don’t need to point out the possible parallels with today’s
“Drunkenness”/ River movement. What an alarming insight – if it
does have relevance to what we have seen in those circles!! 

Also what comes to mind to me is the “False Prophets” that the enemy has planted in today's church as it sleeps, and are allowed to coexist  with God’s true Prophets, until the harvest when the counterfeit will be gathered and thrown into the fire.. 
  
Not a long blog today, but something to make you say “WOW”
 
Patti and Dave