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Some say the last of Christ's parables is found in Matthew 25:31-46.The familiar part is the part about 'What you have done for the least of these, my brethren you have done for me'. I have a lot of questions, but I am not going to lay out a bunch of them in this initial post. I guess the first one would be this; The basic premise that a 2nd grader would take from this text might be, When you see an opportunity to actually be helpful to someone in obvious need, then Christ really likes it when you do that. ... other than that, what do you see here?I think it is more than a Jerry Clower tale, I think it is a real prophesy of a future event from the mouth of Christ himself. And I think it is an event that we never hear about, not from the pulpit or even from those who dedicate themselves to end time prophesy. I will warn you, various theologians have quite a variety of views on this text. And if you compare various versions of the Bible, you will find many take quite the liberty when compared to original text (Young's Literal?)

Thanks QW. And on all that we pentecostals agree.So on to one of my questions. The judgment of the nations, with Christ himself as judge, when on the calendar of man does this occur?Adam @4000 BC, Abraham @2000 BC, Jesus 0 BC, today 2018... a 7 year tribulation, followed by 1000 reign of Christ on Earth, Satan loosed, battle of Gog and Magog, the great white throne judgment.Where in that timeline is the judgment of the nations by Christ?

It seems to me that the context would indicate this particular judgment will occur immediately following the physical return of Christ to the earth. Some say this is just another description of the Great White Throne Judgment spoken of near the end of Revelation, and I have to say, the two passages bear some resemblance to each other. But God’s final judgment of a person is always according to their works, so it is not surprising that they would sound very similar.

It doesn't seem to me to have some significant characteristics of the final (White Throne) judgment. There is no judgment of the dead here only the living.It happens on Earth, not in Heaven.Christ is the judge here, at the final judgment Christ is our attorney, the Father is the judge.There have been many times that individuals were judged, and nations were judged, and even the catching away assumes a judgment has already occurred.

Bump!