Regarding the wicked in the resurrection, it has been pointed out in refuting a bodily resurrection that the wicked are taken up in the harvest along with the righteous. If so, then who would remain on the earth if Jesus came in 70 AD? The parables in Matthew 13 reveal a separation and in the case of tares, these were offenders in the kingdom and those who practice lawlessness (Matthew 13:41). There isn’t any doubt in the context of these parables that Jesus is addressing the Jewish leaders who prided themselves in being the people of God but rejected their Messiah. The judgment against Jerusalem was a nationalistic judgment against the nation of Israel that marked the end of an era and the beginning of another. It was not a universal judgment of all those living on planet earth. However, it does appear to be a universal judgment of those who were already in the grave from the time of Abel to Zechariah. John said that Jesus would thoroughly purge the threshing-floor in this harvest, including both the wicked and the righteous.

We will have more to write about them as we learn more. To do so, now, would be unproductive and unsupported opinions.

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