The Great Judgment Day, Part 1

The Great Judgment Day

“The Spirit of Judgment” Isaiah 4:4

Chapter 1 Preview: When is Judgment Day? Even more importantly, what is Judgment Day? Precisely why is judgment necessary and who is being judged? What are the rules that the Righteous Judge will use to determine who is “guilty” and who is “innocent” Rather than just show up on Judgment Day in the future to find out, wouldnt it be wise to understand the answers to all of these questions now? When that day comes, the Devout will not have to act as their own defense attorneys, they will greet God in His likeness!

Further, does New Jerusalem “... as a BRIDE adorned for her husband” have anything to do with Yeshua’s (Jesus*) Marriage Supper? Why is it that “there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth” at the Wedding Supper? How will Yeshua separate the “wheat” from the “tares” at His return? Why does the “dry bones” prophecy, said by some to be one hundred years without children being born, mention “they, their children, and their children’s children, forever”? This chapter addresses all of these questions. The resolution is remarkably simple-and inspiring.

Most Christians believe that Judgment Day occurs for you the moment that you die. But no Christian “has ascended into heaven” (John 3:13). A minority believes that Judgment Day occurs after “the millennium” for the “firstfruits” (Revelation 14:4), but these “144,000” are flesh and blood survivors of the Great Tribulation! (Revelation 7:14). So when is Judgment Day?

If you were to look in most Bibles for the phrase “Judgment Day” you would not find it! But there is no escape for the wicked. An alternative Scriptural term is “The Day of Yehovah (the Lord)” and it is used dozens of times.

The closest to the classic term that you can get is Jude’s (1:6) term: “the judgment of the great day”, that is of course a reference to “the great day of Yehovah”:

Zephaniah 1:14 The great day of [Yehovah] is near. It is near, and hurries greatly, the voice of the day of [Yehovah] [also Revelation 6:17, 16:14].

Actually, the Eighth Day, the Day following the Feast of Tabernacles, commemorates this Judgment Day. It is the final Jubilee year that ends this millennium as explained in Israel’s Seven Apocalyptic Days, part 5, beginning about 1/3 of the way down.

Here are some of the assumptions held by my teachers that I accepted. I was taught that Yeshua was simply incapable of judging humanity at His return, because most of humanity had not had a fair opportunity to distinguish themselves from the wicked. My teachers discounted the many analogies (analogies) about separating “wheat” from “tares” at His return or sorting the clean fish from the unclean, upon His return and ignored the fact that “there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth” at the Wedding Supper. I was taught that the “dry bones” regathering of the nation of Israel, (Ezekiel 37) had to wait until after the millennium. Others told me that this chapter is purely allegorical or only pertaining to the modern state of Israel! Still other teachers maintained that the “dry bones” prophecy was to last for one hundred years, yet it says:

Ezekiel 37:25-26 ... They shall dwell in the land that I have given to Jacob My servant, in which your fathers lived; and they shall dwell therein, they, and their children, and their children’s children, forever: and David My servant shall be their prince for ever. 26 Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them; and I will place them, and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them forevermore. WEB

I was taught that God the Father had to hide out in an abandoned heaven for one thousand years, because He was too righteous to be with His earthly family. I was further taught that “the sacred city, New Jerusalem, coming down from God [who was still supposedly “up there”] out of heaven, prepared as a BRIDE adorned for her husband” had nothing to do with the Marriage Supper of Christ at the inception of the Everlasting Kingdom. Rather the Marriage Supper was presumed to follow the “millennium”. I was taught that the earth would be destroyed after God had spent a thousand years rehabilitating it-despite the fact that the “destruction” verse quoted to support this claim specifically associates the carnage with the soon coming “Day of Yehovah”! I immediately swallowed many of these partially thought out claims and assumptions, while rebounding from the “heaven/hell” fables, concerning what God had in mind for humanity.

Admitting doctrinal error, particularly long standing error, is so difficult to do that it has practically ceased to occur in mainstream Christianity since the Protestant reformation. After about fifteen centuries of Catholicism, there was a revolt that eventually resulted in today’s hundreds of denominations. What might have become a renaissance of truth became a frenzied rush for power. Soon the Protestant Reformation was all about seeking fame and fortune, yet the reformed crowd maintained most of the same mysteriously skewed doctrinal tenets that had been assumed to be true for centuries. Often, new organizations were begun simply to empower a new mass of “founding father” wannabes. (Of course you know that such things could not be why your church exists.) Some truly excellent Biblical truths were established by these reformers, only to be buried by the successors of the movement who liked the former teachings or were more interested in public acceptance, so they simply quit speaking on the subject until the “new” truth simply died out.

Change is a prerequisite of spiritual growth leading to eternal life. Perfection in the human realm is not something that any leader, such as even Moses or King David, has attained. Opposition to progress, even among the immediate “followers” of those Godly men, was the norm!

This chapter examines one of the principal doctrinal issues that I confronted as a youth. You probably were taught differently but whatever explanation you were taught should be proven to your personal satisfaction by the Bible alone, forsaking all assumptions.

Judgment Day: The Second Most Important Event Since Time Began!

Numerous easily understood Bible verses explain the issue, but Revelation 20 is a sticking point for some, so we need to see how this more difficult verse complements, rather than contradicts, all of the other verses. My teachers are to be credited with helping me to dispel the unbiblical notions about plucking on harps or dancing over hot coals for eternity, as a result of God’s judgment. However, having the understanding about what Judgment Day is NOT about (Heaven or Hell) doesnt explain what it IS about! For that discernment we need to consider “every scripture” relevant to the topic. If you are lucky enough to not have any preconceived notions carved in stone about what is to occur on Judgment Day, and when and why it will occur, or if you are truly objective, then this chapter will provide a logical explanation for these events that does not contradict vast segments of Scripture.

2 Timothy 3:16-17 All Scripture [1] was written by the spirit, and is profitable for doctrine, for proving convictions, for improving character, and for complete instruction in righteousness; 17 so that a person of Aloha can become perfect, and accomplished in every good work. —The Testimony of Yeshua, Gabriel Version (GV)

[1] It is apparent that the Scriptures leading to eternal Life, mentioned in vs.15-16, are referring to the Tanakh, mistakenly called the “Old Testament”, since all 50 other references to Scripture/s, in the Testimony of Yeshua, refer to it, including a twisted interpretation of 2 Peter 3:16. Same goes for “the Word of God” (Elohim). No reference to “the Word of God” includes the Testimony of Yeshua, look them up!

Keep in mind that when Paul wrote this to Timothy the “New Testament” or “New Covenant” had not been written yet!

MAIN TREATISE

There is a dramatic incident in the Bible, that perfectly illustrates that Yeshua’s true followers can be guilty of not believing the very words of the Messiah. Specifically, when the scribes and Pharisees wanted Yeshua to perform a miraculous sign for them, He replied:

Matthew 12:39-40 But He replied, “A wicked and unfaithful group of men demand a sign, but the only sign they will be given is the sign of the prophet Jonah. 40 Just as Jonah was in the belly of the great fish for three days and three nights, in the same manner, the Son of Man will be in the inner part of the earth for three days and three nights. GV

Jonah’s fishing expedition lasted precisely 72 hours. When Yeshua’s prophecy was fulfilled, by His resurrection from the dead, NOT ONE BELIEVER was there to greet Him when the stone was rolled away from the tomb. All night long the tomb was empty, (precisely 72 hours after His burial) and He wasnt discovered to be missing until Sunday morning. An angel had to tell the two Marys, when they finally showed up, that “He is not here, for He is risen as He said! Come see the place where the Lord lay” (Matthew 28:5-6). Could His followers have overlooked the significance of the sign when He revealed it? His enemies didnt, they remembered exactly what He had proclaimed! They told Pilate:

Matthew 27:62-64 The next day, the day after the Day of Preparation, the leading priests and Pharisees gathered before Pilate, 63 and told him, “Master, we remember that this deceiver said, while He was alive, ‘After three days, I will arise’”. 64 So order the tomb to be guarded until the third day, because His disciples might come and steal Him away at night, and tell the people that He has risen from the dead. The last delusion would be worse than the first. GV

So they posted guards! The lesson to be learned is that there is no excuse for the e days later. They intended returning to the fishing trade instead of continuing to follow the Assemblies’ (Churches’) “prime directive” of preaching the “gospel”, performing miraculous signs, healings and miracles. I believe that most of God’s own people will be just as surprised concerning the events accompanying His return as their predecessors were concerning His departure, because they dont believe “every scripture”!

Revelation 3:3 Remember the way you received and heard; and obey those teachings, and make amends. If you dont pay attention, I WILL COME TO YOU like a thieving false ‘minister’; and you wont know which annual time [1] I will come to you. GV

[1] While this word can be translated as simply “day” or “hour”, the first meaning of hora is “a certain definite time or season fixed by natural law and returning with the revolving year”. This is how the Scriptural calendar, anchored by the spring barley harvest, and visible new moons, is determined. Most of the important historical events (such as Passover and Pentecost of 31 AD) have occurred on these “annual times” just as the prophetic events will occur on Israel’s Sacred Days!

Indeed, a great many Saints wont even be worthy to escape the Great Tribulation (Revelation 2-3) and survive to witness our God’s amazing return.

The Incredible Day of Judgment is going to take place DURING the entire “YEAR” of 6000 (since Adam), just prior to the establishment of the Everlasting Kingdom on earth. The concept of Judgment Day is really an aspect of “the Day of the Lord” which is mentioned thirty-two times by that name.

Isaiah 34:8 For it is the DAY of the LORD’S vengeance, the YEAR of recompense for the cause of Zion.

Isaiah 61:2 To proclaim the acceptable YEAR of the LORD, and the DAY of vengeance of our God; to comfort all who mourn....

Isaiah 63:4 For the DAY of vengeance is in My heart, and the YEAR of My redeemed has come.

Judgment Day will be a time of final Judgment not only for many of the living during this year but also for all of those who have ever lived in the past.

Daniel 12:1-2 At that time, Michael will stand up, the great prince who stands for the children of your people; and there will be a time of trouble [the great Tribulation], such as never was since there was a nation up until that same time; and that is when your people will be delivered, everyone whose names are found written in the Book [of Life]. 2 Multitudes of those who sleeping in the dust of the earth will awaken, some [1] to everlasting life [hopefully us!], and the others to shame and everlasting contempt. —The Word of Elohim, Gabriel Version (WE)

The following verses reveal some surprising events. No one will be left out!

Mark recorded that Yeshua made a statement that cost Him his life. What exactly did He say? Many people know that He said “I AM” in response to the interrogation by the high priest when He was asked: “Are you the Messiah?” However, very few people have considered what He said, in the same breath that SEALED HIS FATE. Read the account carefully. In Mark 14, Yeshua had been betrayed by Judas and arrested. He was brought before the Sanhedrin, and the high priest was looking for an excuse to have Him killed. The high priest asked:

Mark 14:61-64 ... Are You the Messiah, the Son of the Blessed”? 62 Yeshua replied, “I AM. And And YOU WILL SEE THE SON OF MAN [Yeshua] sitting on the right hand of POWER [WITH God the Father; Psalms 110:1,3,5], when He comes on the clouds of Heaven”! 63 The high priest tore his tunic, and asked, “Why do we need witnesses after that? 64 Look, from His own mouth you have heard His blasphemy. How does it appear to you”? They all decided that He deserved to die. GV

Could some of the wicked be brought back to physical life to suffer before being terminated in the lake of fire? Think about it, if we take this literally, as I do, then THAT high priest will be raised from the dead 2000 years later, to witness Yehovah And His Messiah return, and see Him where?—“sitting at the right hand of THE POWER!” This would also be during The Great and Awesome Day of Yehovah, that is the Biblical way to denote Judgment Day. Do you believe Yeshua’s plain statement about “those who sleep in the dust of the earth”. Read it again! This was an intense “eyeball to eyeball” confrontation, His “moment of truth”. Yeshua didnt sacrifice His life due to a slip of the tongue! His premeditated response directly led to His death! Did Mark misunderstand something? Well, Matthew said the same thing! However, Matthew emphasized the high priest’s statement:

Matthew 26:63 Yet Yeshua was silent. Again the high priest demanded, “I adjure you by the living Aloha to tell us if You are the Messiah, Yehovah’s Son”. GV

Yeshua swore that His profound testimony was true!

John further elaborated on this truth when he BEGAN the incredible book of Revelation by saying:

Revelation 1:7 Look! He will come with clouds; and every eye will see Him, EVEN THOSE who pierced Him; and all the tribes of the earth will mourn because of Him. Yes; Aw-mane’. GV

Unbelievable? Also consider that John ENDED the book of Revelation, indeed he ended the Bible itself, with the same incredible truth:

Revelation 22:18 I testify to everyone who hears the words of this prophetic book, that if anyone adds to them, Yehovah will ADD to them [have them experience] the [end time] calamities that are written about in this book. Look! He will come with clouds; and every eye will see Him, even those who pierced Him; and all the tribes of the earth will mourn because of Him. Yes; Aw-mane’. GV

They too will be alive to see Yehovah and His Messiah return, and they will personally endure the seven last plagues of “the Great and Awesome Day of Yehovah.” Luke referred to those who were responsible for killing the Messiah. He said:

Acts 3:17 Now, Friends, I know that you did this in ignorance, as was the case with your rulers. GV

He warned them to repent and continued by warning that:

Acts 3:20-23 and He will send Yeshua the Messiah, the One who was previously heralded to you. 21 He must remain in Heaven UNTIL the restoration of all things, [universal restoration] that Yehovah spoke of, by the words of His consecrated prophets of old. 22 As Moses said, ‘Yehovah will raise up a Prophet like me for you from among your brothers; listen to Him, in everything that He tells you’. 23 When this happens, anyone who wont listen to that Prophet will be removed from his people and exterminated”. GV

His murderers will receive punishment during The Great and Awesome Day of Yehovah! This issue is not out on a limb; this is a trunk of the tree issue. The “eternal judgment” is the seventh of the “preliminary teachings about the Messiah” that form “the foundation” of the Assembly [not “the church*”]. These seven points of “doctrine”, for those of us who were immersed, form the “gift from Heaven” and “the wonderful Words of Aloha, and the powers of the age to come”, and there is even more to this passage. (Hebrews 6:1-6)

There is another person whose comeback is mentioned:

Revelation 17:8,11 The Wild Beast that you have seen who was, and is not, is destined to re-ascend before long out of the bottomless pit, and go his way into perdition. ... 11 The Wild Beast, that was and is not, is the eighth, and is derived from the seven, is himself headed for utter destruction. GV

Will he go into perdition alone? That is a focal point of this chapter! Notice:

2 Thessalonians 2:8-12 Then THE Torah breaker will arrive, who our Master Yeshua will terminate by His very presence, at His epiphany [epiphaneia]. 9 The appearance of the Torah breaker, is by the supernatural work of Satan, with great power, miracles, and deceitful illusions, and every type of evil to deceive those who are dying, those who refused to love the truth that would Rescue them. 10 and by every kind of lawlessness action to deceive those who are dying; because they refused to love and embrace the truths that could Rescue them. 11 This is why Yehovah will invite the superhuman Power of deception for them, so that they may believe the lies; 12 and so that anyone who refused to be persuaded of the truths and willingly chose to violate justice, could be summoned for judgment. GV

Notice: deluded yet “condemned”. Maybe that was not specific enough. Try this: Paul consoled the early Assembly of the Saints by explaining that:

2 Thessalonians 1:6-10 It is a sacred Law of Yehovah’s, to compensate those who are afflicting you now with tribulation as well! 7 Those of us you who are suffering tribulation now, He will cause to live again [1], with us, at the revelation of our Master Yeshua the Messiah from Heaven, with a powerful array of His spirit Messengers. 8 He will execute vengeance, with burning fire [2], on those who havent had a cherished knowledge of Yehovah, and still wont submit to the Good News of our Master Yeshua the Messiah. 9 Their sentence is condemnation—eternal destruction, being banished from the presence of Yehovah, and from the splendor of His power; 10 on the Day when He comes to be honored by His Saints, and to be held in admiration by His faithful ones. This includes you, because you were persuaded by the Testimony we gave you. GV

[1] The Aramaic is in agreement with 1 Corinthians 15:1-2, about the dead being raised! The Greek translations only promise “rest”, “relief” or “repose” at this most critical time, but up to hundreds, or even thousands of years in the grave should be enough rest!

[2] There is a unique (so far as I know) disagreement among translators as to where to put the “burning fire”—either verse 7 or 8. But even more important is the disagreement about WHO IS IN THE FIRE! The 16 Greek versions I looked at had Yeshua and the “angels” in the fire, while the three Aramaic versions I checked had the wicked in the fire, as so many prophecies explain, such as Malachi 4:1-3. The context of this verse explains that the “vengeance” is for those who wont “submit”.

Do these statements seem to contradict other; more “easily understood passages”? Is there any doubt about when Judgment Day occurs? Again, this Resurrection/Judgment Day is clearly explained by the prophet Daniel:

Daniel 12:1-4 At that time, Michael will stand up, the great prince who stands for the children of your people; and there will be a time of trouble [the great Tribulation], such as never was since there was a nation up until that same time; and that is when your people will be delivered, everyone whose names are found written in the Book [of Life]. 2 Multitudes of those who sleeping in the dust of the earth will awaken, some to everlasting life, and the others to shame and everlasting contempt. 3 Those who are wise will shine as the brightness of the expanse; and those who turn many to righteousness as the stars forever and ever. But Daniel, keep this message a secret, and put a seal on the book until the time of the end, many will travel around quickly, and knowledge will greatly increase [literally shoot!] WE

The term “everyone” above literally means, “an abundant number”. It doesnt imply that some will not “awake”, nor does it contradict what John said:

John 5:28-29 Dont be amazed at this; because the time is coming when everyone in their graves will hear His voice; 29 and come out; those who have done good, to the Resurrection of Life, and those who have done evil, to the Resurrection of Condemnation. GV

Could this be Judgment Day? My teachers taught me that a one thousand year time span was hidden in this account, that postpones Judgment Day by a thousand years! The context eliminates that possibility. An angel “swore by the One who lives forever that it will be for a time, times, and a half [the time of trouble]; and when they have made an end of breaking in pieces the power of the sacred people, all these things will be finished. (v.7) The shattering of the sacred people signals the ending of all these events. Even the resurrection and initial stage of the Great Judgment “Day” (period) will be “finished” after the Day of Yehovah!

The doctrine described is identical to the “White Throne Judgment”:

Revelation 20:11-15 I saw a great white throne, and the One who sat on it, from whose countenance the earth and sky fled to safety. The location of that inhabited place was not recognizable to me. 12 I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and the books were opened. Another book was opened that is the Book of Life. The dead were judged out of the things that were written in the books, according to their works. 13 The sea gave up the dead who were in it. Death and sheol gave up the dead who were in them. They were each judged according to their works. 14 Death and Sheol were thrown into the lake of fire. The second death is the lake of fire. 15 If, after a thoro search, anyone’s name was not found written in the Book of Life, they were thrown into the lake of fire. GV

With reference to that same eventful time consider Malachi’s account:

Malachi 3:1-18 & 4:3 Behold, I send My messenger, and he will prepare the way before me; and the Lord, whom you seek, will suddenly come to His temple; and the messenger of the covenant, whom you desire, behold, He comes! says [Yehovah] of Armies. 2 “But who can endure the day of His coming? And who will stand when He appears? For He is like a refiner’s fire, and like launderer’s soap; 3 and He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, [this involves fire!] and He will purify the sons of Levi, and refine them as gold and silver.... 5 I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against the perjurers, and against those who oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and who deprive the foreigner of justice, and dont fear Me, says [Yehovah] of Armies. 6 “For I, [Yehovah], dont change; therefore you, sons of Jacob, are not consumed. 7 From the days of your fathers you have turned aside from My ordinances, and have not kept them. Return to Me, and I will return to you,” says [Yehovah] of Armies ... 17 They shall be Mine, says [Yehovah] of Armies, “My own possession in THE DAY that I make, and I will spare them, as a man spares his own son who serves him. 18 Then you shall return and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him who serves God and him who doesnt serve Him.... 4:3 You shall tread down the wicked; for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet in THE DAY that I make,” says [Yehovah] of Armies. WEB

Wheat and Tares

The Analogy of the Wheat and Tares was specifically recorded in Matthew 13 to elaborate on the little understood truth about the Judgment. Notice the exact order of events in this analogy:

Matthew 13:24-30 They must both grow together until the harvest, and at harvest time, I will tell the harvesters to gather the tares out FIRST, and bind them in bundles to be burned; but to bring the wheat into my granary. GV

Did you notice that the tares are burned before we even enter our proper place?

Now who exactly are “the wheat” and who are “the tares” and what are their fates?

Matthew 12:38-40 The field is the world. The good seeds are the sons of the Kingdom, but the tares are the sons of the wicked one. 39 The enemy who sowed them is Satan. The harvest is the end of the age, and the harvesters are the spirit Messengers”. 40 As the tares are gathered and burned in the fire, so it will be at the end of the age. GV

This is real hell fire. The Messengers will cast the wicked “into a fiery furnace. There will be wailing and clenching of teeth.” (v.42). “Then the righteous will shine like the sun, in the Kingdom of their Father.” This bringing “the wheat into my granary” (v.43) symbolizes the “first [best] resurrection”. The Israel of God will be “in the kingdom”, just as “wheat” belongs in “My granary”.

In the Analogy of the Dragnet Yeshua said:

Matthew 13:49-50 So it will be at the end of the age. The spirit Messengers will go out, and will SEPARATE THE WICKED FROM THE JUST; [from that “harvest”] 50 and will throw them into a fiery furnace. There will be wailing and clenching of teeth. GV

There is no one thousand year time lapse here as some teach! Furthermore, the conclusion of the Analogy of the Wicked Vine dressers states:

In the following Judgment Day parable (analogy), we see the Father coming to His vineyard to avenge His Son!

Matthew 21:33-44 Here’s another analogy. “A certain landowner planted a vineyard, and enclosed it with a hedge, dug in a winepress tub, built a tower in it, leased it to sharecroppers, and then traveled abroad. 34 When the time for harvesting the fruit arrived, he sent his servants to the sharecroppers, so that they could collect his portion of vintage. 35 The sharecroppers grabbed his servants; beat one, and stoned another and they killed one. 36 So he sent another group of servants, more than the first time, and they did the same to them. 37 Finally, he sent his son to them, because he thought, ‘Perhaps they will respect my son’. 38 But when the sharecroppers saw the son, they said to themselves, ‘This is the heir, let’s kill him and steal his inheritance’. 39 So they grabbed him and took him out of the vineyard, and killed him. 40 So when the owner of the vineyard comes [His Father!], what will he do to those sharecroppers”? 41 They replied, “He will utterly destroy them, and will lease the vineyard to other sharecroppers who will give him the fruit of the harvest”. 42 Yeshua asked them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures, ‘The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone, this is from Yehovah, and it is marvelous in our eyes’? 43 So I tell you that the Kingdom of Yehovah will be taken away from you, and given to people who will bear fruit. 44 Whoever falls on this Stone will be broken, but whoever it falls on will be ground into powder. GV

Apparently, even those evil priests and elders understood the timing!

When is the Wedding Feast?

Matthew 22:2-7 The Kingdom of the Heavens can be compared to a king [God the Father] who prepared a wedding feast for his son. [Yeshua] 3 He sent his servants [Prophets and Envoys] to call those who had been invited to the feast; but they wouldnt come. 4 Then he sent more servants instructing them to tell the prospective guests, “My entertainment is prepared, my bull and my cattle are slain, and everything is prepared; come to the feast”. 5 But they showed contempt [for their calling], and left, one to his farm, and another to his store; 6 The rest seized his servants, and abused them, and killed them. 7 When the king heard about it, he was furious; so he sent his military forces, and destroyed those murderers, and burned their city. GV

The literal truth is very thinly disguised as a story. This Judgment begins just prior to the Wedding Feast! (v.8) Furthermore, even at the wedding ceremony, someone typifying the undeserving is judged. It will be asked:

v.13 Then the king told his “deacons”, “Tie his hands and his feet, and throw him into the outer darkness; there will be wailing and grinding of teeth. GV

As Jude 13 and several other passages show, this darkness is “forever”. Matthew’s account continues by stating: “Many are invited [2822] [called to be a Kings and Priests], but few are Selected”, (due to responding appropriately). Again, this separation is done at the end of this present evil age, just prior to the seventh millennium.

In the Analogy of the Faithful Servant and the Evil Servant, the conclusion is consistent with the other analogies in that Yeshua will return and kill the evil servants:

The Olivet Prophecy, as it is often termed, is very misunderstood. You may want to consider the explanation in this link. For the purpose of Judgment we’ll just look at that part:

Matthew 24:50-51 then the master of that servant will arrive on a day when he isnt expecting him, and in an hour he isnt considering, 51 and will cut him into pieces, and will assign him his destiny with the hypocrites. There will be wailing and grinding of teeth. GV

If this fate isnt Judgment Day, then what is? A hypocrite, by definition is one who knows the truth and chooses not to act responsibly on the information. Again “There will be wailing and grinding of teeth”. (v.51) for those not “expecting him”, when He comes during an “hour” ... “he isnt considering”. This is beginning to sound as if Yeshua was trying to make a point!

There is one more analogy that I want to use to describe the resurrection of the just and the unjust. The Analogy of the Talents (Matthew 25:14-29) unmistakably refers to the time when God will reward His servants and punish those who could have been true servants. In this analogy, Yeshua is delegating out cities to be ruled over in the Everlasting Kingdom:

Matthew 25:19,23 After a long time, their master returned, and REVIEWED THEIR ACOUNTS. ... [To the faithful He will say:] 23 “You have done well, good and faithful servant; since you have been faithful with a little; I will set you over much more. Enter, you bring joy to your master”! GV

But to the “wicked and lazy servant” (v.26) He will say: “Throw this worthless servant into outer darkness; there will be weeping and clenching of teeth” (v.30).

Luke’s account phrased it as Minas instead of Talents. He concluded the account by rewarding the righteous, but concerning the wicked, Yeshua said:

Luke 19:27 But as for my enemies, who were unwilling to have me to rule over them, bring them and slaughter them in my presence. GV

Many of passages concerning Judgment Day are directly tied to the resurrections that immediately precede the Kingdom of God!

The Analogies Summarized!

Matthew’s account reveals that immediately after Yeshua had finished giving His long series of analogies, He concluded with a commentary. He summarized all of His analogies by explaining, in no uncertain terms, the literal fulfillment of the analogies just quoted. I have always pictured the following scenario as people just standing around waiting to see which group they would be assigned to. Perhaps it will be more like Moses at the Red Sea, with Israel (on God’s right hand) scurrying for safety, while Pharaoh’s army (on the left) is bent on destruction, but instead is being destroyed themselves.

Matthew 25:31-46 When the Son of Man comes in His splendor, and all His spirit Messengers with Him, then He will sit on the throne of His splendor. 32 All of the nations will be gathered into His presence; and He will separate them from each other, just like a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. 33 He will have the sheep stand on His right hand, and the goats on His left. 34 Then the King will say to those on His right hand side, “Come, you blessed of My Father; inherit the Kingdom that was prepared for you since the foundation of the world. 35 I was hungry, and you gave Me some food; I was thirsty, and you gave Me a drink; I was a stranger, and you took Me home; 36 I was ill clad, and you clothed Me; I was sick, and you visited Me; I was in prison, and you came to see me. 37 Then the righteous will ask Him, “Master, when did we see You hungry, and feed You, or thirsty, and give You something to drink? 38 When did we see You a stranger, and take You home? or ill clad, and cloth You? 39 When did we see You sick, or in prison, and come to see You” [1]? 40 The King will answer them, “Most certainly, I tell you, whenever you did anything for one of My little brothers, you did it for Me. 41 Then He will say to those on His left hand, “Go back to your journey away from Me, you are doomed to the everlasting fire that was prepared for the Devil and his angels. 42 When I was hungry you didnt give Me any food; when I was thirsty you didnt give Me anything to drink. 43 When I was a stranger you didnt take Me home; when I was ill clad, and you didnt clothe Me; when I was sick and in prison, you didnt visit Me. 44 Then they will answer; “Master, when did we see You hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or ill clothed, or sick, or in prison, and not serve You? 45 Then He will reply, “Assuredly, I tell you, that whenever you didnt do anything for one of these little ones, you didnt do anything for Me. 46 They will go away for an everlasting penalty, but the righteous into everlasting Life. GV

[1] These people are totally clueless about how their lives had been pleasing to Aloha, yet they will be excused for being humane!

Jude referred to this “eternal fire” as “the judgment of the great day.” (vs.6-7) Notice that the “sheep” and the “goats” represent “All of the nation’s” and not the dead in this instance.

Yeshua was alluding to the entire 34th Chapter of Ezekiel, when He mentioned “sheep” and “goats”. This prophecy, given to the shepherds of Israel, extends beyond the modern nations of Israel to include “All of the nations”. When this prophecy was given, God had not yet specifically addressed the other nations of the world with this message, yet Yeshua explained that His Judgment is applicable to “All of the nations”. God also said: “And as for YOU, O My flock.... I will judge between sheep and sheep, between rams and goats.” (v.17) He also said: You are My flock, the flock of My pasture; YOU ARE MEN, and I am your God, says the Lord God. (v.31) The “sheep” of Matthew 25:37-39, as discerned by their questions, are not familiar with God’s Judgment, but they are relatively “righteous” people!

(Tho they are not the spirit composed “Saints” of the “first resurrection” they are still accounted worthy of life, as will be explained.)

Now for Part 2

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