Let me show you this verse more perfectly. Simon, Simon, Satan has desired to sift you as wheat. Why would the Lord say that?!? When is the wheat sifted is the real question?!?! The wheat is sifted at harvest time. He is telling Peter that he doesn't want him to be a wheat. He wants him to be a barley. Let's go to the scripture. 1 Corinthians 15:37-38 [37]And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be, but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain: [38]But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body. When you sow seed you might become a wheat but, WAIT A MINUTE......there may be a chance you will become SOME OTHER type of grain! If you do a harvest study. There are 3 major harvests in Israel: Barley, wheat, and grapes. Jesus was the barley, the first fruits at his resurrection and he wants his bride to be the first fruits of the church. When you are married, you are one! Do you know there is such thing as pearl barley?!?! "THE PEARL OF GREAT PRICE!" The Lord doesn't want Peter to be a wheat because it is a lesser place and a lesser calling. Why did Israel fall in the wilderness? The answer is unbelief. The Lord said he has prayed for him that his faith fail not! The barley bride is taken out at pre trib in Rev 4 and the bulk of the church are wheat and they are harvested in Rev 7, during the first 3 1/2 years of tribulation. The first 3 1/2 years of tribulation is coined as "THE HOUR OF TEMPTATION". The bride is spared the hour of temptation as you read in the letter to the church of Philadelphia (his bride). Revelation 3:10 [10]Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth. Now keep reading what the Lord told Peter. Luke 22:40 [40]And when he was at the place, he said unto them, Pray that ye enter not into temptation. The Lord said pray that you" enter not into temptation." The church needs to be praying that they enter not into " the hour of temptation!" We need to pray for the anointing power and lay hold of Christ's faith to be used in the days to come and lead the church out of the grips of Babylon. The barley company receives a crown to jointly rule and reign with the Lord. The wheat company are holding palm branches and are standing before the throne as guests at the wedding.