He went forth conquering and to complete his conquest.—Rev. 6:2.
Jesus
Christ, the Son of man, prophesied: “When the Son of man arrives in
his glory and all the angels with him, then he will sit down on his
glorious throne. And all the nations will be gathered before him, and
he will separate people one from another, just as a shepherd
separates the sheep from the goats. And he will put the sheep on his
right hand, but the goats on his left.” (Matt. 25:31-33) This
refers to Christ’s coming as Judge to separate people of “all the
nations” into two categories: “the sheep,” those who will have
actively supported his spiritual brothers (anointed Christians on
earth) and “the goats,” those “who do not obey the good news
about our Lord Jesus.” (2 Thess. 1:7, 8) The sheep,
described as “righteous ones,” will receive “everlasting life”
on earth, but the goats “will depart into everlasting cutting-off,”
or destruction.—Matt. 25:34, 40, 41, 45, 46. w10
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