Doctrine and Covenants 86:4-7

"But behold, in the last days, even now while the Lord is beginning to
bring forth the word, and the blade is springing up and is yet tender—
Behold, verily I say unto you, the angels are crying unto the Lord day and night, who are ready and waiting to be sent forth to reap down the fields;
But the Lord saith unto them, pluck not up the tares while the blade is yet tender (for verily your faith is weak), lest you destroy the wheat also.
Therefore, let the wheat and the tares grow together until the harvest is fully ripe; then ye shall first gather out the wheat from among the tares, and after the gathering of the wheat, behold and lo, the tares are bound in bundles, and the field remaineth to be burned."
Doctrine and Covenants 86:4-7


I like scriptures about the last days... not sure why.  Maybe I am too cynical or something. :)  This whole thing about the wheat and the tares makes me think about... what do the wheat and the tares symbolize?  ... are they people, or churches, or what?  It is also interesting that the angels are crying unto the Lord about it.  I mean, we live in a world that has a lot of bad stuff in it, but it must be way worse than even I, as a cynical person, perceive, if the angels are so worried about it.  Our faith is weak, as it says in the third verse, and so God lets the evil alone, so that we have a chance to reach our potential... which is cool.  Wheat and tares look pretty similar when they are young... let's make sure that we grow up into wheat, and take advantage of this chance the Lord gives us to distinguish ourselves from the tares. :)