Introduction
We continue today with the next movement of Matthew 25, and the air is getting thicker. Last time, we set the stage by entering Matthew’s world, tracing his spiritual biography, and listening to what this Gospel meant for a man who had known both rejection and mercy.
Today we start with the first paragraph:
31 “When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his glorious throne. 32 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. 33 He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left.
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Now we step into the scene he places at the climax of Jesus’ public teaching. The moment when the Son of Man arrives in glory. The nations of the world gather. And judgment begins.
Most people don’t like to talk about judgment. And frankly, I don’t blame them. We’ve seen it used as a weapon, shouted as a threat, or wielded to keep the wrong people afraid and obedient.
But here’s the thing:
Jesus doesn’t seem embarrassed by judgment at all.
He teaches it clearly, calmly, and without apology.
Not because He wants to scare us…
but because He wants us to wake up.