The word “tribulation” comes from the Latin word “tribulum.” A tribulum was an ancient farm instrument that was dragged over harvested wheat, to loosen and remove the chaff from it, so that the wheat could be usable. The chaff is the husk-casing around each grain of wheat. Unless it is removed, the wheat cannot be used for human consumption. The ancient tribulum was a flat board with sharp rocks embedded in it. A heavy rock was placed on the smooth side, and, using ropes tied to each side of it, two people raked the rocky underside back and forth across the wheat. This was the threshing process. Then the winnowing process would cause the wind to blow the chaff away, and the good usable wheat would fall to the ground. “Chaff” is symbolic of our own sins, fleshly lusts, deviations from the nature of Yahuweh—things that cling to us that prevent us from being gathered into His barns. We must allow Him to remove the “chaff” from us if we want to enter the Kingdom of Light, and spend eternity with Yahuweh and Yahushua. Matthew 13:30, 36-43: Messiah tells us that the “tares,” or weeds that rise up high before harvest and deceptively look like wheat, are gathered FIRST, and then the wheat is gathered into His barn for threshing and winnowing. First the tares are burned, then the wheat is gathered. “Tares” are those who pretend to be believers, but are not, they “masquerade” as children of light, whether they are deceived, or their intent is to deceive. (II Corinthians 11:13-15) Matthew 13 bears out Proverbs 2:21-22: “For the righteous shall dwell in the earth, and the perfect be left in it, but the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the treacherous ones plucked out of it.”
Posted on: Sat, 27 Dec 2014 00:52:12 +0000
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