The Story That Explains The Story In (Matthew 25:31-46) The Lord gave a teaching that describes a judgment He will conduct directly after the Great Tribulation and His subsequent return to Earth in glory with all His angels. All of surviving humanity, He said, will be divided in to two groups, one called sheep and the other goats. The sheep are positioned on His right and the goats on His left. The sheep are rewarded for their faith, as evidenced by their attitude toward His Brothers during their recent time of trouble, by being ushered into His Kingdom. The goats are then condemned to the eternal fires for ignoring His Brothers. I believe His Brothers are the Jewish Believers who will be hunted down like dogs during the Great Tribulation in Satans last great effort to annihilate them and prevent the Lords return, And the Sheep are Gentiles who come to faith after the Rapture and at a great personal risk provide for and comfort them. And the Goats are those who refuse to love the Truth and be saved (2 Thess 2:9-10) and therefore see no reason to help Believers of any stripe, especially Jews. Note that the sheep are always used symbolically to describe Believers, while the goats head is a traditional symbol of Satan. Clearly in the Sheep and Goat Judgment humanity will be assigned to one group or the other based upon righteousness. The implication in the passage is that the angels are involved in gathering all of the surviving humanity together for this judgment, the Sheep are first commended and rewarded, and then the Goats are consigned to eternal fire. Which sounds just like the Parable of the Net Therefore every teacher of the Law who has been instructed about the Kingdom of Heaven is like the owner of the house who brings out of his storeroom new treasures as well as old (Matt 13:52) Here is the clearest indication of all that His Kingdom will contain Believers from every segment of the Age of Man, NOT just the Church. This concluding statement ties the New Testament with the Old and indicates that those who have been led by the Holy Spirit to teach the Scriptures would hereafter include the whole counsel of God, from Genesis to Revelation. Here then is a summary od Gods redemptive work during the Age of Man, with mans response to it as illustrated by the seven parables: The Lord has planted the Seed of His Word throughout the world in both the Old an New Testaments proclaiming His Kingdom (1) Satan has worked to prevent His Word (2-3) Often getting assistance from the very leaders sworn on Holy oath to protect and preserve it (4) His Kingdom was always intended for both Jew and Gentile and He gave all He had, including His life, so we could escape the bondage of sin and join Him there (5-6) But loving us enough to give us each freedom to accept or reject the only remedy available for the sin that bars our admission meant that many would refuse His offer of pardon to their own destruction.(7) In (Matt 25:41) we are told that the eternal fires were prepared specifically for Satan and his angels. Men must choose the only other destiny available, joining Satan in his. this is the one and only unpardonable sin. Selah. Gods Blessings.
Posted on: Sat, 03 Jan 2015 01:50:58 +0000
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