“His winnowing fork is in His hand, and He will thoroughly clear His threshing floor; and He will gather His wheat into the barn, but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.” (Matthew 3:12)
Matthew 3:12 uses a farming parable that Jesus’ listeners would have understood.
In simple terms:
Jesus is like a farmer at harvest time. He will separate those who truly belong to Him from those who do not. Just as a farmer gathers the valuable wheat into his barn and throws the worthless chaff (pronounces with a short “a”; like staff or laugh) into a fire, Jesus will gather His people into His eternal kingdom while those who reject Him will face God’s final judgment.
The message is clear: every person will ultimately be separated based on their relationship to Christ, and His judgment will be perfect, final, and unavoidable.
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