What Does the Parable of the Wheat and Tares Teach about the Apostasy? (KnoWhy 660) – powered by Happy Scribe
What were the tears Jesus Christ talks about in his parable? A revelation given to Joseph Smith indicates that the tears in this famous parable represent Apostasy. The Book of Mormon outlines three ways that the tears of Apostasy would choke out the wheat of the the Gospel. First, people would take away many parts of the Gospel of the Lamb. As concepts and truths taught by the Lord were altered, it became harder to live the fullness of the Gospel. Second, Nephi was told that people would lose an understanding of making and keeping covenants with the Lord. Third, Nephi saw that many plain and precious things were taken away from the book, which is the book of the Lamb of God or the Bible. While the tears were initially successful in choking out the wheat, this was not the end. Through his servants, the Lord has restored both the fullness of the gospel and his church on the earth, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints, so that the wheat can be harvested and preserved forever. And now you know why. you.