Matthew 25:31 ¶ When the
Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then
shall he sit upon the throne of his glory: 32
And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them
one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:
33 And he shall set the sheep on his
right hand, but the goats on the left. 34
Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of
my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the
world: 35 For I was an hungred, and ye
gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye
took me in: 36 Naked, and ye clothed me:
I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me. 37 Then shall the righteous answer him, saying,
Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee
drink? 38 When saw we thee a stranger,
and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee? 39 Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and
came unto thee? 40 And the King shall
answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it
unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.
41 Then shall he say also unto them on
the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for
the devil and his angels: 42 For I was
an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink:
43 I was a stranger, and ye took me not
in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.
44 Then shall they also answer him,
saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked,
or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee? 45 Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I
say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye
did it not to me. 46 And these
shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.
This is clearly starting out with a statement of Christ’s return
to take over the kingdoms of the world.
Revelation 11:15 And the
seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The
kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ;
and he shall reign for ever and ever.
This is the judgment on the nations of the earth at the beginning
of His millennial reign. Look how they are being judged by their treatment of
God’s people, a treatment witnessed in our discussion on the Revelation. With
the church removed and the saved Jews and Gentiles who come to Christ in the
Tribulation being persecuted by the Beast and Satan here the nations are judged
by their apathy and acquiescence in the persecution and murder of these saved faithful,
one might assume, of any Jews and Gentiles who believed on Christ during the
horror to come. I don’t think it is necessary to reprint my comments on
Revelation but I would suggest going back and reading or listening to them.
Those who participated in the persecution by the Beast and Satan by their
consent to the atrocities committed will be reserved for the Great White Throne
judgment and their final and eternal destruction in a lake of unquenchable fire
for the soul. Notice a description of Hell in Luke 16, the continuation which
will be for eternity in the Lake of Fire.
There are those commentators, like John Gill, who believe that
these are all professing Christians of every nation; the goats; the tares
mentioned in the parable of the tares and the wheat and the sheep; the true
Christians. Here is what separates them, how they treated other Christians,
formerly both Jew and Gentile, or rather if they acquiesced to their torture. These
are things to contemplate and pray about.
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