Matthew 13:24-30 English Standard Version
The Parable of the Weeds
24 He put another parable before them, saying, “The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field, 25 but while his men were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds[darnel looks like wheat] among the wheat and went away. 26 So when the plants came up and bore grain, then the weeds appeared also. 27 And the servants of the master of the house came and said to him, ‘Master, did you not sow good seed in your field? How then does it have weeds?’ 28 He said to them, ‘An enemy has done this.’ So the servants said to him, ‘Then do you want us to go and gather them?’ 29 But he said, ‘No, lest in gathering the weeds you root up the wheat along with them. 30 Let both grow together until the harvest, and at harvest time I will tell the reapers, “Gather the weeds first and bind them in bundles to be burned, but gather the wheat into my barn.”’”
This is posted after wildfire in order to distinguish the differences between wheat and weeds. The first thing we must address is that the whole world is the Lord’s field. Jesus is the one who planted the good seed to begin the planting of His church.
“While his men were sleeping” is an indication of those given the oversight of His church who did not keep watch to prevent others from preaching another gospel, one not rooted in faith in Christ. Those that sew the darnel seed may call themselves Christian, but they are not of Christ.
What is interesting here is that the Lord is the Lord of change, the Lord of rebirth and if those that are darnel, if they can escape the wildfire, they may be reborn. This is why the Lord told His angels not to weed out the darnel. They may become wheat by the power of God.