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Before Jesus returns to Earth in glory, an evil leader will direct humanity into a massive rebellion against God and persecution of the Jewish people. This time of Tribulation will conclude when Jesus Himself visibly breaks into human history and returns “with power and great glory” (Mt. 24:30).
It appears that Christ is telling us how it will happen when He sits on His throne to judge the nations. Jesus will tell those on the right, “Come, you who are blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.”
All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left.
Jesus Will Judge the World - “When the Son of Man comes in his glory and all his angels are with him, he will sit on his glorious throne. The people of every nation will be gathered in front of him.
Let the nations be roused and advance to the Valley of Jehoshaphat, for there I will sit down to judge all the nations on every side. / Swing the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Come, trample the grapes, for the winepress is full; the wine vats overflow because their wickedness is great.
He will smite the nations and tread the “wine press of the fierce wrath of God, the Almighty” (vs. 15). The rebellion of man will be put down with an awful slaughter of man’s defiant armies.
18 lis 2008 · The Matthew 25 parable is about nations, not individuals. Come Judgment Day, the text argues, “all the nations of the world will be gathered together” before the Son of Man. The scene is that of a world court with Jesus the chief justice sitting in judgment.
