The Harvest of the Wheat and Tares

As you will see in the following parable of the wheat and the tares, Jesus clearly teaches that he allows the tares to grow up with the wheat. It is also quit clear that the tares (the children of the world) are gathered together first and the wheat (the children of the kingdom) are gathered into the barn at the harvest which is at the end of the world.

Matthew 13:24-30
24Jesus presented another parable to 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 tares among the wheat, and went away.  26"But when the wheat sprouted and bore grain, then the tares became evident also.  27"The slaves of the landowner came and said to him, 'Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field? How then does it have tares?'  28"And he said to them, 'An enemy has done this!' The slaves said to him, 'Do you want us, then, to go and gather them up?'  29"But he said, 'No; for while you are gathering up the tares, you may uproot the wheat with them. 30'Allow both to grow together until the harvest; and in the time of the harvest I will say to the reapers, "First gather up the tares and bind them in bundles to burn them up; but gather the wheat into my barn."'" 

The Tares Explained

Matthew 13:31-43

36Then He left the crowds and went into the house And His disciples came to Him and said, "Explain to us the parable of the tares of the field."  37And He said, "The one who sows the good seed is the Son of Man,  38and the field is the world; and as for the good seed, these are the sons of the kingdom; and the tares are the sons of the evil one;  39and the enemy who sowed them is the devil, and the harvest is the end of the age; and the reapers are angels.  40"So just as the tares are gathered up and burned with fire, so shall it be at the end of the age.  41"The Son of Man will send forth His angels, and they will gather out of His kingdom all stumbling blocks, and those who commit lawlessness,  42and will throw them into the furnace of fire; in that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.  43"Then THE RIGHTEOUS WILL SHINE FORTH AS THE SUN in the kingdom of their Father He who has ears, let him hear.

Here below are the words of the Early Church Father Irenaeus a.d. 120-202 who's primary writings were Againt Heresies. Irenaeus was a diciple of Polycard, and Polycarp was a disciple of the Apostle John.

Irenaeus a.d. 120-202

 

And therefore throughout all time, man, having been molded at the beginning by the hands of God, that is, of the Son and of the Spirit, is made after the image and likeness of God: the chaff, indeed, which is the apostasy, being cast away; but the wheat, that is, those who bring forth fruit to God in faith, being gathered into the barn. And for this cause tribulation is necessary for those who are saved, that having been after a manner broken up, and rendered fine, and sprinkled over by the patience of the Word of God, and set on fire [for purification], they may be fitted for the royal banquet. As a certain man of ours said, when he was condemned to the wild beasts because of his testimony with respect to God: "I am the wheat of Christ, and am ground by the teeth of the wild beasts, that I may be found the pure bread of God."