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People Standing Before the Judge

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(Matthew 25:31-33)

"When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his throne in heavenly glory. 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.

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Jesus, our Saviour will come again on the earth. Because Jesus promised to come again to the disciples that were watching Him rise into heaven, so we know that He will come surely.

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But nobody knows when Jesus will come again to this world. Only God knows that.

However, some people have said that they know the day when Jesus will come. They are liars or heretics.

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However, the Bible clearly says how Jesus will come again to the earth.

When Jesus comes again, all the angels will praise very loudly

and we will see Jesus coming on the clouds of heaven.

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Jesus will come and sit on his throne in heavenly glory. When Jesus comes, all people of the whole world will gather toward Jesus. Nobody will be able to be hidden.

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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.

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Then Jesus will say to those on his right, "Come, you who are blessed by my Father. Take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world."

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Then Jesus will go on to explain why they will be given such a great prize,

"For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me."

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Then the righteous will answer him, “Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?”

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Jesus will say to them, "I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me."

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Then Jesus will say to those on his left, "Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me."

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They will also answer, "Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?"

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Jesus will reply, "I tell you the truth, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me."

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"Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life."

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We wish to meet Jesus. However, Jesus has already come near to us through the Bible, God's Word. To help friends around us is to help Jesus. To love friends who need our help is to love Jesus.

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We can go to heaven with faith. Jesus gave us a great blessing to help friends who get in trouble around us. I hope that you will be praised when you stand before Jesus on the last day.