"I'M GOING TO THE BARN"!..............(Matthew 13:24-30)
This chapter contains what are known as the "Kingdom parables".  Rebellion against the Lord had reached its peak, and he has turned from the nation of Israel to whosoever will come to him.  The question is, "now that the king has been rejected, what about the kingdom?"  The answer is found here in Matthew 13.    (TOPIC-v.30)

The word "barn" is rare in scripture, appearing only 9 times!  As it is used in this text, Jesus reveals (in parable form) God's plans for the future of his people......Somehow when a believer reads and understands that he is GOD'S WHEAT, and that HE IS GONNA MAKE IT TO THE BARN....it makes survival in the field easier to endure!

*Barn:(websters) "A farm building where hay, tools, and wagons are kept and livestock stabled".
The Greek word used here is "apoth-e-ke", meaning a repository, grainery, garner or BARN.
Another variation is the word "ap-aw", which suggests to be "off" and "away", denoting a "departure" which results in a "completion".  (or, simply put, "I'm going to the barn"!)

*The BARN is:
(1)-A SHELTER FROM THE FIELD
*Here we are told that LIFE IS A FIELD.....and the FIELD IS A DIFFICULT PLACE TO EXIST!  Fields must endure many extremes like drought, high winds, floods, heat, beating rains, bugs, soil deficientcies, weeds, and wildlife. If we could only to the the barn, nothing else would matter!
(John 14:1-6..."Let not your heart be troubled....in my fathers house (barn) are many mansions")
*We all live in a troubled world!  People are looking for shelter from terrorism, famine, earthquakes, pestilences, hurricanes...etc.
(Psalm 61:3-"For thou hast been a SHELTER for me, and a strong tower from the enemy.")
*My father-in-law introduced me to "the barn" 26 years ago!  I was a city-slicker who had never knew WORK....a BARN MEANS WORK!  
A STORY OF COMMITMENT-(timetable of seasons)........(Rom.8-"Who can separate us?")
A STORY OF COSTLINESS---(manpower-machinery).....(Peter said-"the precious blood")
A STORY OF CONTINUENCE-(looking to the future!).......(Safekeeping forever & ever!)

(2)-A SEPARATION FROM THE FLAX-(united/bound tares-v-30)
We've already  had to endure the extremes in the field, now we are informed that the useless tares are allowed to grow in the midst of us!   As believers, we know that the new-birth only takes a second...but Growth within the field takes a lifetime!  *According to this, we have no choice but to spend our entire lives among EVIL SEEDS!  It's not up to us to CLEAN UP THE FEILD....God will do that in the end  with our trip to HIS BARN!    In 1976, my spiritual connection to the field of this world was SEVERED....and now I am on my way to the Father's House! We are IN THE WORLD BUT NOT OF THE WORLD!
(1 John 4:4-"Ye are of God little children, and have OVERCOME THEM: because greater is he that is in you than he that is in the world (field").
The RICH FOOL had several "BARNS" for his personal stuff according to Luke 12:18, but he would never enter the BARN of a PERSONAL SAVIOUR!

(3)-A "STOREHOUSE" FOR THE FUTURE
Eight times the bible refers to the "BARN" as a "storehouse".
*Down here, BARNS are the ugliest buildings you'll ever look at!  Driving down the road I see rusty roofs that are caving in!  They are almost always weathered, and needing a coat of paint!  Some of them have multiple levels that add to their instability....but NOT GOD'S BARN FOR HIS WHEAT!!!
(Luke 12:24-"Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which neither have storehouse nor BARN; and God feedeth them: How much more are ye better than the fowls?")
*The birds don't even have a barn....but God has promised us one!  Remember Joseph who was sold into Egypt?  Jacob thought he was DEAD....but all the while he was ALIVE AND WELL,  and filling the BARNS with Corn to save the world!  Then one day, he sent wagons to load up Jacob to bring him into his presence!

*B-A-R-N=(have you ever heard of the color "barn-red"?)

B for "Blessed hope"

A for "Allelujah"

R for "Reuniting"

N for "No Mores"