Divide into sheep and goats



『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, 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. 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. 』(Matthew 25: 31-46)

Sheep and goats symbolize beings who are unable to exist on their own. When they said they existed, they were deceived. When they are deceived, they each go their own way. The deceived sheep and goats have been deceived by Satan in the kingdom of God, and have become trapped in the dust of the world because of their sins. So, they came away from the Lord (Jesus Christ), but the Lord came to this world and took them. In Romans 11:36『For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory for ever. Amen. 』 But why does the sheep represent the righteous and the goats represent the sinner? She says she has never met the Lord. Jesus says that he met a sheep. The goat says that he has never met the Lord. By the way, Jesus says he has never met a goat.

In Matthew 7: 21-22『Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.  Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? 』 because they worked hard, they did things that were not related to God's will. The will of the father is to make the son believe.

Sheep or goats say:『Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink? 』 Both say they have never done this. But Jesus said to the sheep, "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", and the goat did not. The little one means the one who is spiritually dead. In other words, the sheep did the work of saving the spirit and the goats did not.

What Jesus did when he came to the world was to preach the gospel to the poor. The poor are driven into this world and have no knowledge of the kingdom of God, so the Spirit is dead. So, Jesus tells them about the kingdom of God. Jesus releases the prisoner. Jesus makes Satan's servants God's people. Jesus is the one who saves the dead spirit.

To love a brother means to save the spirit that is dead in the human body. All human beings are spiritual beings and brothers. So, it is God's will to save the spirit and the purpose of Jesus' coming into this world. Those who are in Christ become the same as Jesus did. Those who do not are not interested in saving the spirit. To say that you love your brother is to be a person who saves the dead spirit. The sheep conveyed the light of life from Jesus to others whose spirits were dead, but the goat did not.

The goat did not do so because there was no life from Jesus. Those who have no heavenly life cannot enter the kingdom of God. Both sheep and goats are those who believe in God. But sheep have heavenly life, and goats have no heavenly life. The sheep are united with Christ who died on the cross, drinking his blood, and the goat tells us that he was obstructed by the law (the law of wrath) and not gained life. Thus, goats cannot save other people's spirits and cannot be saved.

 

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