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Sorry... But your misunderstanding is the result of a poor translation and a basic misconception.
"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..." (Mat 25:31, KJV).
Actually,I believe the seperating the sheep from the goats is going on right now, in my opinion. That's why judgment begins at the house of God.
Here is something Mike V wrote to me once:
I don't mean to over simplify this subject, but when you get a handle on the Is, Was And Will Be, character of the Word Of God, which is Christ, you will realize that the separation of the sheep from the goats has actually been going on in type since Cain and Able, and the separating of the sheep and the goats has been going on in spiritual reality since Christ and the separating of the elect from the called generation by generation. The "separating of the sheep and the goats," is a statement about the "day of judgment," which is now on the house of God:
1Pe 4:17 For the time is come that [the day of] judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us [the sheep], what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God? [the goats]
1Pe 4:18 And if the righteous [sheep] scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner [goats] appear?
The day of judgment "first begins at us." The "end of those who obey not the gospel of God," is a reference to the lake of fire reserved for the "goats."
Mat 25:41 Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand [the goats], Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
The 'goats,' are the angels (the messengers-ministers) of Satan the Devil.
2Co 11:14 And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.
2Co 11:15 Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.
There will be vast multitudes of goats on God's left hand and a very small flock of sheep on God's right hand. But what is not realized by the "historical orthodox Christian church," which will comprise that vast multitude of goats, is that since the Word of God Is, Was And Will Be, True. They cannot conceive of "that day," being "judgment must begin at the house of God," right now.
It is being judged now, while yet in this flesh, that qualifies one to be in the first resurrection as an "overcomer." It is only the "overcomers," who are given positions of ruler ship over "cities," in the kingdom of God. It is only the "overcomers" who will "judge angels."
1Co 6:2 Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters?
1Co 6:3 Know ye not that we shall judge angels? how much more things that pertain to this life?
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Mike