We saw that the parable of the treasure in the field speaks of Israel and that the parable of the pearl speaks of the ecclesia (>church). The parable of the fishing net is about the nations and so we see here the order as we often find it in Scripture: Israel, the church and the nations.
47 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a dragnet, that was cast into the sea, and gathered of every kind.
48 When it was full, they drew it up on the beach, and sat down, and gathered the good things into vessels, but the rotten they cast outside.
into the sea
The dragnet is here a representation of the Kingdom and is cast into the sea, which we have already seen several times is a picture of the nations (Rev. 17:15). The dragnet is filled and drawn, and what is in the net is sorted out and separated. The good is gathered together and the bad (>rotten) is thrown outside.
the consummation of the aeon
So it will be in the consummation of the aeon. This parable speaks of a certain period, the consummation of the aeon. We have also seen from the parable of the weeds that it speaks of the period when this evil aeon will be ended and the future aeon is about to dawn.
separation
In the parable of the tares, a separation also takes place. There, the wheat and the tares are separated at the end of the age (:39-40). The wheat is gathered into the barn (:30), just as in the parable of the fishing net, ‘the good’ is gathered and put into vessels. Just as the rotten (>bad) is thrown out in the parable of the fishing net, so we saw that the tares are gathered and burned (:39-40).
In these parables, too, we see that the story ends at the revelation of the Kingdom, because the parables are about the hidden Kingdom. We no longer read what happens to the wheat that is gathered into the barn, and in the parable of the fishing net we do not see what happens to the good that is gathered and put into vessels.
49 So it will be at the end of the aeon. The messengers shall go forth, and they shall sever the wicked from among the righteous,
50 and shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
inherit the Kingdom
When the Messiah has established His Kingdom over the whole world, the coming aeon will begin, in which Satan will be bound for a thousand years (Rev. 20:2). The believers who are on earth at that time will remain there and inherit the Kingdom.
But the unbelievers will have no part in the Kingdom and will be cast out. They will weep and gnash their teeth in anger and frustration (Matt. 8:12; 22:13; Luke 13:28). Not least because among them will also be many of the chosen people to whom the Kingdom was originally promised.
Matthew 24
40 Then will two be in the field; one will be taken, and one left.
41 Two women grinding at the mill; one will be taken, and one left.