The doctrine of millennialism must include the judgement of the sheep and goats.
1. First, we rule out that judgment being of His church at His appearing in the air:
For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?
For we know him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge his people.
For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath.
And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
The judgment of the church occurs at His second coming to this earth, where only the dead bodies of the faithful, and the faithful remaining alive, will be bodily resurrected to meet with Him.
The hypocrites will remain with the unbelievers on earth.
2. Then we show why they are natural people only, and not born again Christians:
Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?
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.
These righteous sheep had no knowledge of why they are being judged righteous, nor of what they had done to be put on His right hand to live.
The saints know the Lord and know why we continue in well-doing, by purposely obeying the First and Second great commandments.
The saints in Christ Jesus are not ignorant of our good works by faith.
The Lord also speaks of these sheep doing so for the least of His. They were not His, but they were naturally neighborly sinners and sheep, who did good for any people of any faith or unbelief.
The saints are commanded to provide for our own first, which includes our brothers and sisters in the faith: we know in whom we believe, and we know we are commanded to do well for all our neighbors, but especially them of the household of God.
As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.
The naturally neighborly sinners are judged righteous in works only, but not made righteous by the faith of Jesus dwelling within.
Some people speak of all unbelievers, and the inhabitors of the earth, that are not resurrected to meet with the Lord, as being like them before the flood: all wicked continually.
This is plainly not true at His return, where there are sheep and goats. There is a difference on earth between hypocrites, the evil doers, and the neighborly sinners with good works.
Jesus never said the Samaritan was one of His own disciples, nor a believer in Him as the Christ of God. He was only a good example of loving our neighbors as ourselves.
It is a zealot's lack of natural judgment, to declare all unbelievers as wicked evil-doers, without any feeling of affection for their fellow neighbors, nor at least desiring to do good:
Who being past feeling have given themselves over unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.
But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not; and shall utterly perish in their own corruption.
No hypocrites nor evil-hearted will be there in the beginning: it will be a fresh start with the clean slate of proven good neighbors.
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.
Jesus is not saying these are the saints inheriting the kingdom of Christ living within us, but only that God foreordained there would be natural people living in the kingdom of Christ on earth.
The sheep at the beginning of the Lord's Kingship and kingdom on earth, are not born again saints in Christ Jesus, nor are they inheriting His spiritual kingdom within.
That are simply the good neighborly sinners, that will be the only ones inheriting the right to live on earth under the personal rule of Christ and His saints.
They are not the wicked dead resurrected bodily, to be judged at the great white throne of God.
1. First, we rule out that judgment being of His church at His appearing in the air:
For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?
For we know him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge his people.
For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath.
And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
The judgment of the church occurs at His second coming to this earth, where only the dead bodies of the faithful, and the faithful remaining alive, will be bodily resurrected to meet with Him.
The hypocrites will remain with the unbelievers on earth.
2. Then we show why they are natural people only, and not born again Christians:
Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?
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.
These righteous sheep had no knowledge of why they are being judged righteous, nor of what they had done to be put on His right hand to live.
The saints know the Lord and know why we continue in well-doing, by purposely obeying the First and Second great commandments.
The saints in Christ Jesus are not ignorant of our good works by faith.
The Lord also speaks of these sheep doing so for the least of His. They were not His, but they were naturally neighborly sinners and sheep, who did good for any people of any faith or unbelief.
The saints are commanded to provide for our own first, which includes our brothers and sisters in the faith: we know in whom we believe, and we know we are commanded to do well for all our neighbors, but especially them of the household of God.
As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.
The naturally neighborly sinners are judged righteous in works only, but not made righteous by the faith of Jesus dwelling within.
Some people speak of all unbelievers, and the inhabitors of the earth, that are not resurrected to meet with the Lord, as being like them before the flood: all wicked continually.
This is plainly not true at His return, where there are sheep and goats. There is a difference on earth between hypocrites, the evil doers, and the neighborly sinners with good works.
Jesus never said the Samaritan was one of His own disciples, nor a believer in Him as the Christ of God. He was only a good example of loving our neighbors as ourselves.
It is a zealot's lack of natural judgment, to declare all unbelievers as wicked evil-doers, without any feeling of affection for their fellow neighbors, nor at least desiring to do good:
Who being past feeling have given themselves over unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.
But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not; and shall utterly perish in their own corruption.
No hypocrites nor evil-hearted will be there in the beginning: it will be a fresh start with the clean slate of proven good neighbors.
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.
Jesus is not saying these are the saints inheriting the kingdom of Christ living within us, but only that God foreordained there would be natural people living in the kingdom of Christ on earth.
The sheep at the beginning of the Lord's Kingship and kingdom on earth, are not born again saints in Christ Jesus, nor are they inheriting His spiritual kingdom within.
That are simply the good neighborly sinners, that will be the only ones inheriting the right to live on earth under the personal rule of Christ and His saints.
They are not the wicked dead resurrected bodily, to be judged at the great white throne of God.
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