Matthew 25:31-46 “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: 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: And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. 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: 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: Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.
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, an d 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. Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels: For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not. 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? 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. And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.”
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, an d 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. Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels: For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not. 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? 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. And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.”
Jesus is still speaking about His coming to earth to establish His kingdom, and here He speaks specifically about the judgment of the Gentile nations which will take place immediately upon His coming. The Jewish People are judged at a separate judgment as represented in this chapter in the Parable of the Ten Virgins.Various Tribulation Gentiles will ask, “When did I (or when did I not) minister unto Jesus?” Jesus will answer, “Inasmuch as ye did it unto the least of these my brethren (the Jews), ye did it unto me.” These words show how dear to the heart of Jesus are the Jewish people.
The Jews have a wonderful future in God’s plan for this earth. The kingdom of Christ will be a Jewish kingdom. It is important that the Bible reader not confuse Israel for the Church. It is not the Church that Jesus speaks of here as “My brethren.”The words of Jesus here also tell us that truly born again people have a love for the Jews. Jesus, of course, is not saying that some Gentiles are saved by their good works toward the Jewish people. He is not teaching a different plan of salvation for the Tribulation Period. He is saying rather that Gentile people will treat the Jews either well or ill according to whether or not those Gentiles are born again. The Jews will be widely hated during the Tribulation, and the Gentile world generally will be against Israel and will make war with her during those awful days of persecution (Zechariah 14:2). Only born again Gentiles will have the motive to defend and bless Israel. Tribulation Gentiles will be judged according to how they treat Israel and no unsaved person, either Jew or Gentile, will enter the Kingdom.