Matt. 25:31-46. THE THRONE OF HIS GLORY 4-16-11
Today I want to talk for a few minutes to do with what is involved with “THE THRONE OF HIS GLORY” that we’ll read about in our text.
In order for us to understand this “Throne of His glory judgment” we must realize that the 7 year Tribulation is now over, that Jesus has defeated His enemies at Armageddon, so what we call the battle of Armageddon is passed, and let me say that this will be the most one sided battle that there’s every been, also we don’t read any where in the Bible of it being called “the battle of Armageddon” it’ll really amount to a massacre as Jesus destroys His enemies with the Sword of His mouth, He’ll simple speak and their dead.
Revelation 19:11-16 And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war. 12 His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself. 13And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.
And let me say it’s not His Blood that’s splattered all over His garments.
14And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses clothed in fine linen, white and clean. *(all the redeemed saints of heaven, O.T.-N.T.-Tribulation saints and possible His angels.)
15And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, (His Word) that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. 16And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.
Ø Before we read our text from Matt.25:31-46 I believe it’s necessary to read some Scripture
leading up to the time that He’s seated on His Throne of glory.
When He is seated on the “Throne of His glory” the 7 year tribulation is over, Armageddon is over, and now He is going to judge the individuals from all nations that made it through the horrible Tribulation as to how they treated His Jewish brethren, the 144000 Jewish missionaries that went all over the world during the 7 year tribulation preaching THE GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM, not the gospel of GRACE as we do today.
Matthew 24:14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.
Ø These Tribulation missionaries will be all Jewish males.
Revelation 14:1+4&5 And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father’s name written in their foreheads--- 4-5 These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb. 5And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault before the throne of God.
Now to Rev.7: and we’ll understand what “redeemed from among men” means.
Ø Listen as I read the entire 7th chapter of Revelation.
1And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, (N-S-E-W) holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree. 2And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea, 3Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads.
4And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel.—this let’s out the cult of today--
5 Of the tribe of Juda were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Reuben were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Gad were sealed twelve thousand. 6Of the tribe of Aser were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Nepthalim were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Manasses were sealed twelve thousand. 7Of the tribe of Simeon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Levi were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Issachar were sealed twelve thousand. 8Of the tribe of Zabulon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Joseph were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Benjamin were sealed twelve thousand.—12 tribes x 12,000 from each tribe = 144000.
And here are the results of their preaching in this tribulation period.
9After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands; -white robes, the garments of righteousness--palms in their hands speak of victor over the enemies that now brings peace.
== And here is what this great multitude of all races are crying aloud==
10And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb.
11And all the angels stood round about the throne, and about the elders**(the church) and the four beasts, (4 living creatures back in chapter 4:) and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God, - Let me say that the angels of God have never sinned, they were not redeemed, here they continue to do what they have always done--
12Saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honour, and power, and might, be unto our God for ever and ever. Amen.
13And one of the elders answered, saying unto me,**(John) What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they?
14And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
15Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple:
(Notice: these will be servants in the Temple, these are not part of the Church, the True Church left the earth before the Tribulation ever begun.) and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them. 16They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat. (These dear people will make it through the tribulation when there’s no food, the water has been turned to blood, when the heat of the sun is so hot people are scorched, but they survive some how, if they had been caught the antichrists forces would have beheaded them according to Rev.20:4.)
And remember these refused to take the mark of the beast, they had never heard before the rapture the truth to do with how to be saved, and the things that Jesus accomplished on the cross, that the wages, the payment of sin is death.
You that are listening right now more than likely have heard the truth and are aware that if you die in your sins, if you reject Jesus as your Lord and Savior you’ll die in your sins and go to hell, you’ll not be saved in the tribulation, you will receive the mark of the beast, believing that your doing the right thing in order to buy sell and trade as God will send them {STRONG DELUSION} according to
2nd thess. 2: 11-12 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: 12That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
Ø And then the last verse in Rev.7: to do with these that are saved in the tribulation period.
17For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.
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Listen as I read today's text found in Matt. 25:31-46.
As we read this passage we'll see that there are 3 different groups of people here, there is the "sheep, the goats and the brethren" the sheep are the saved individuals from among the various nations, the goats are individuals from the various nations that did not receive and believe the message of the 144000 Jewish Missionaries, their not saved, they did not aid these distressed Jews, their called "goats", and then the "brethren" are the Jewish Missionaries, the Lord Jesus refers to them as His brethren.
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.
Let me say that these " my brethren" in verse 40 is talking about "the 144000" Jewish Missionaries that we read about in the 7th chapter of the Rev. there will evidently be some of them persecuted and put in jail and will be visited and aided by believers that have heard their message of the 'GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM IS AT HAND" that the missionaries preached in the tribulation.
These "sheep" these believers that come to the aid of these Jewish Missionaries are saved, they have believed and received their message about Jesus and His Kingdom that’s soon to be.
Remember there will be people that will be saved in the Tribulation that had never heard the truth before the rapture, and these SHEEP are these people.
Evidently they must have some type of seal on them or they'd be persecuted and locked up themselves, it may be that they visit the Jews that are in prison just after Christ returns, we're not sure exactly when or how their visited, but we are sure that they are because that is what we read here. We that are now saved have the seal of the Holy Spirit on us at this present time. Ephesians 4: 30 And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.
We know that the devil can't do any thing to a child of God unless God allows it.
41 Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, {not hell} prepared for the devil and his angels:
Let me say here that the devil is not in hell, he never has been in hell, we're told in REV.20: 10And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.
The Antichrist and the false prophet are cast into the lake of fire alive back in Revelation 19: 20 And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.
And the King continues to talk to the "goats"
42 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink: 43I 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.
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Once again, the tribulation is over, the armies of the world that was gathered to gather to make war with Jesus in the valley of Megiddo are all destroyed at Armageddon and here we find King Jesus in our text gathering the people that survived the tribulation together, He is seated on THE THRONE OF HIS GLORY and now He is judging who will go into the Millennial reign with Him, and the people that was saved in the tribulation under the preaching of the 144000 all Jewish Missionaries, He calls sheep their placed on His right, the goats on His left, the sheep enter the glorious Kingdom and repopulate the earth, the goats are cast into hell as they did not come to the aid of His Jewish brethren, the 144000.
Ø The Judgment will last for 30 days:
We are told that the last half of the tribulation will be 1260 days, at the end of 1260 days Jesus returns.- at the end of the tribulation.—
REV. 11: 3And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth. ---1260---
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@@@@ Dan. 12:11- –11 And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days. ---1,290---
Notice 30 more days, we believe this will be the time that Jesus judges the nations of Matt. 25: --this is just after the Tribulation, but prior to setting up His Kingdom, the sheep go into the kingdom in natural body’s and repopulate the earth.—Goats into outer darkness, hell.
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Ø And then there is another 45 days after that:
Dan. 12:12 Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days. ---- 1,335 days---
Here are 45 more days, a month and ½. This will be the time He takes to set His Kingdom in order, placing who ever He chooses over what ever He chooses.
These 45 days will be to put His Government in order, this is why we need to be faithful stewards now, because our stewardship will have a big bearing on what He will allow us to do then.
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30 days after the Tribulation to judge the nations, then 45 more days to put His Government in order.= 75 days altogether.
