NO RAPTURE EXPECTED 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028, 2029

caps for emphasis. Greetings Lee, here is a what I have shared for *50 years and hope that as the Apostle Paul wrote

“I am persuaded by the Lord Jesus that…” - I looked up the definition of ‘persuade’ - “To be CONVINCED AGAINST YOUR OWN WILL.” I pray that along with others who also believed we “could be raptured any moment” that Jesus- “The Word” -Rev 19:13/John 1:1 will show AND CONVINCE YOU of His will and plan.
(* I have edited out the “confirming of the covenant, having been wonderfully enlightened by Messiah 2030’s correct ‘dividing’ of God’s Word.) I also pray that this “milkier” explanation will continue to be used by God to “feed His lambs and sheep.”
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THE CHURCH WILL GO THROUGH THE TRIBULATION, HERE IS WHY.

1. A THIEF IN THE NIGHT.

Read 1 Thess. 5:1-5.
Verse 2 is used to show that Jesus will come like a thief, an unexpected hour and will sort of steal us away.
If you look at verse 4 it says that “we” - the saints, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake us as a *thief.
Jesus will come only as a thief to those who are in darkness.

(In a ‘parable’ Jesus said *they broke in through the walls.
I find this fascinating when we think about the invasion of TV, Internet, phones etc - ‘through the walls that physically protect us’ - all steal our time, falsehoods permeate the Truth if we are not clothed with the armour of God.)

Psalm 119:130.
“The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding to the simple.”

2. NO MAN KNOWETH?
Read Matt 24:36.
This is used to show that it is not possible to know exactly when Jesus is coming back because - “No man knoweth the day nor the hour...but the Father only.”

(Edit 25/6/24 Having watched Messiah 2030 I prayerfully contemplated “the Father only.” Until our Father unsealed it (1948/1950?) even the Holy Spirit within would not prompt prayers asking to know, indeed the answer would be “If God hasn’t even told His beloved Son, He is not going to tell you.” But now that God has unsealed the prophecies in Daniel the verse “All things that I have heard from my Father I have made known unto you.”
 “You” being His disciples/followers, comes fully I believe, “into play.” 
Revelation 19:10 NKJV “For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.” End of edit)

If you look at 1 Cor 2:9-10, &11, verse 9 says about the same as Matt 24:36
- “But as it is written...
V10 “But God hath revealed...God.”
That no man has heard, seen or even imagined what God has prepared for us, no man knoweth.
Then v10 says that though man himself (or of himself) doesn’t know, God has revealed them unto us by His Spirit, for the Spirit searches the deep things of God.
Then v11 uses exactly the same words as Matt 24:36 when it says “the things of God, knoweth no man.”
So the things of God, (including the times of Jesus’s return) knoweth no man,
but (as it says in 1 Cor 2:9,10) God has revealed them unto us by His Spirit.*
(Dan 2:22 “He revealeth the deep...him.”)

3. WHAT DID JESUS TEACH?
Read Matt 24:3-31. From verse 3 - 13, Jesus gives us a general picture of the world from the time of His death, to the time of this present generation.
At verse 14 He tells of the coming evangelism which would take place just before the end, which is being accomplished today.
Verse 15 is the first mention of a specific event that would take place, signalling the beginning of a certain end-time period.
Underline the word “when” in verse 15.
So the abomination of desolation is mentioned in Daniel - throughout that Book - which Jesus said if you would read you would understand what he is talking about.
Here are some of the references:-
Dan 8;13,14. Dan 9:27. Dan 11:31. Dan 12:10.
The setting up of this abomination according to Daniel takes place, ( here I have corrected, in line with the Messiah2030 teachings, the incorrect ‘perspective’ which has been commonly taught over the last 50 years during which time I have shared this. I am confident that the Holy Spirit will lead those who have it into ALL truth.)
beginning “a time, times and half a times,” often called The Great Tribulation.

So Jesus said in Matt 24:15, “when you see the abomination” that those in Judea should flee, and other warnings from verses 16-20, because as it says in verse 21 “then shall be great tribulation.”

WHEN SHALL BE THE GREAT TRIBULATION?

When you see the abomination of desolation.
So the great tribulation lasts 3 & 1/2 years before Jesus comes back.
Verse 22 shows that things are going to be so bad that if those days aren’t shortened,
no flesh would be saved, but for the elects sake those days shall be shortened.
It doesn’t say we are not going through those days at all, but that those days shall be shortened for our sakes.
The saints will be gathered together before Jesus comes to the earth for the battle of Armageddon and the 7 vials of Revelation 16 are poured out on the wicked.

Jesus gave us a description of the state of the world during the great tribulation with warnings about...

“FALSE CHRISTS.”
Here to refresh you are Verses 23 - 26 of Matt 24.

:23 “ Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there;
believe it not.
:24 “For there shall arise false Christ’s, and false prophets, and shall show great signs and wonder; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.
:25 “Behold, I have told you before.
:26 “Wherefore if they shall say unto you, behold he is in the desert; go not forth:
behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not.”

VERSE 27 IS A PICTURE OF THE COMING OF CHRIST.

“For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west;
so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.”

From the description here it does NOT seem like A SECRET ‘RAPTURE’
but AN ALMOST CATACLYSMIC EVENT !

VERSE 29 IS THE KEY…
“Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened,
and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven,
and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:”
(Underline the word “after” - Immediately “after” the tribulation.)

From this we now can see that verses 30 & 31 take place after the tribulation.

Verse 30.Underline the word “then” to show this.

“And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven:
and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn,
and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven
with power and great glory.”

Underline “the clouds of heaven” and “see.”
and look up these cross-references, to show that we are seeing the same event
mentioned in other parts of the Bible.

Acts 1 : 9 - 11. “And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld,
he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight.”
:10 “And while they looked steadfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel.”
:11 “Which also said, “Ye men of Galilee, why stand he gazing up into heaven?
This same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as you have seen him go into heaven.“

Revelation 1:7 “Behold he cometh with clouds and every eye shall see him,
and they also which pierced him and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him.
Even so amen.”

Then verse 31, which is a continuation of the action of verse 30.
(Which takes place after the tribulation.)
This shows Jesus gathering his saints after the tribulation.
If he was going to gather some before, why didn’t he mention it?

Amos 3:7 “Surely the Lord God will do nothing, but he revealeth his secrets unto his servants the prophets.”

Underline these key words,
“great sound of the trumpet”
in verse 31, and also “gather together” as we will be referring back to these.

Some people say that because it says in verse 31 that he gathers his saints from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other, this shows the saints aren’t on earth but in heaven, because - we’ve already been raptured.

But that is the beauty of having four gospels,
so we can always check it out in another to see if it agrees.

Read Mark 13:27
“And then shall he send his angels, and shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth to the utmost part of heaven.”
Which shows the same event as Matthew 24 : 31 but says the saints are gathered from earth and heaven.
The living and the dead changed,
(1 Thessalonians 4:16,17
:16 “For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the Archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first
:17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.“

The dead raised first, and those alive and remaining on earth caught up together in the clouds.
You.

Very well articulated, thank you for clearing this up.

AND .... Why were the Elect (i.e. the Body of Christ, as Paul called them) so concerned about having "missed" the Rapture and worried that they were in the Tribulation? And why did Paul feel the need to say to them "... I would not have you ignorant brethren ...". Doesn't sound to me like the Rapture was an event at the end of the Tribulation with no consequences for the welfare of believers.

Hi Shelli, the view that there are only two camps during the time of Antichrist in great tribulation -- ie, those who have the Mark of the Beast and those who have the Mark of Christ -- stems from the idea that Antichrist will rule the world. This understanding, however, is not taught by Scripture. I'll share below the bulk of what I wrote here.

Many Christians today believe that when Antichrist is revealed the world will suddenly experience some form of global governance virtually overnight, controlled by a man who will be worshiped as God himself. Although there are a few verses in Scripture that may appear to give credence to the idea that the entire earth will be overcome by the last-days Antichrist at first glance, the whole of Scripture supports neither the idea of a “One World Government” (OWG) ruled by Antichrist, nor the idea of an end-of-days leader who controls literally every last nation on the earth.

Many popular teachers of Biblical eschatology who support the idea of a OWG and Antichrist who controls the political and religious dictates of all the nations of the world will agree, at the very least, that the last portion of Daniel 11 from verses 36 and beyond all refer to the final years leading up to the Second Coming of Christ. What they fail to consider, however, are the following questions that should be obvious to anyone who holds to both of these positions:

• If Antichrist’s rule is literally global, why are other resistor nations waging war against Antichrist and why is Antichrist also waging wars? (Daniel 11:39-45).
• How can “all” mean literally “all” if even one nation — for example Jordan — is able to “escape his hand” (Dan 11:41)?
  
• If Antichrist rules the entire world, why be so worried about news coming out of the east and the north (Dan 11:44)?

Many will point to certain verses and take from those specific verses the idea that Antichrist rules the entire literal earth. For example:

Rev 13:8, “All inhabitants of the earth will worship the beast – all whose names have not been written in the Lamb’s book of life, the Lamb who was slain from the creation of the world.”

Zechariah 14:2, “For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity…”

But are the verses above referring to literally every single person upon the earth, and to literally all nations in the world? To answer this question we must first take a closer look at Scripture to determine whether “all” must always be understood in a literal, universal sense. To begin, let us carefully consider the following:

Luke 2:1-3, “And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that ALL the world should be taxed. (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.) And ALL went to be taxed, every one into his own city.”

Mark 1:5, “And there went out unto him ALL the land of Judaea, and they of Jerusalem, and were ALL baptized of him in the river of Jordan, confessing their sins.”

Daniel 2:36-38, “This was the dream, and now we will interpret it to the king. You, O king, are the king of kings. The God of heaven has given you dominion and power and might and glory; in your hands he has placed mankind and the beasts of the field and the birds of the air. Wherever they live, he has made you ruler over them ALL. You are that head of gold.”

Ezra 1:2, “Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, The LORD Elohim of heaven hath given me ALL the kingdoms of the earth;”

Romans 10:18, “But I say, Have they not heard? Yes verily, their sound went into ALL the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world.”

Using a bit of common sense we already know the answers to the following questions, but in light of the verses above let’s ask the obvious: Did Caesar literally tax the whole world? Did every last man, woman and child in Judea and Jerusalem get baptized in the Jordan River? Did Nebuchadnezzar or Cyrus literally rule over the entire earth, ruling over the native Indians in North and South America? Was the Gospel preached to the whole literal earth during the lives of the disciples? We know that the answer to each of these questions is “No” because these verses are obvious examples of a figure of speech known as a synecdoche. It is like saying “the whole world watched the Super Bowl on Sunday.” We read something similar in Colossians 1:23, which says, “If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister.” We know that Paul did not preach to crickets, frogs and polar bears, which sounds silly to say, but would be the logical conclusion we’d have to draw if one threw out common sense and read such a verse in a strictly wooden, literal sense. Such statements are never intended to be understood literally and are synecdochical expressions that use a part for the whole, or the whole for a part. This figure of speech is often found in Scripture, especially when we read about kings and their kingdoms, and the end-of-days “man of lawlessness” that many identify as Antichrist will be no different.

Many of us will often recognize this figure of speech in Scripture but then insist that any references to Antichrist could never be synecdochical, despite the fact that numerous other verses in Scripture in the context of this eschatonic Antichrist demonstrate it forcefully. For instance, Antichrist cannot have dominion over the whole literal planet if wars are being waged against other nations. Antichrist cannot have dominion over the whole literal planet if even one nation is able to “escape his hand.” Antichrist cannot have dominion over the whole planet when other resistor nations are themselves waging war against Antichrist right up until the end (Dan 11:39-45). Regardless, such logic or way of thinking just doesn’t fit with what many have always been taught by many Christian teachers and prophecy experts.

Bringing It Down To “Earth”

Many will insist that Scripture does not allow a synecdochical understanding when it comes to Antichrist, instinctively pointing to verses that speak of the whole “earth” such as Revelation 13:3-4, 13:8, 13:12, 13:17 and 17:8 as “proof.” In each and every single one of these verses, however, the word for “earth” is the Greek word “ge”, which will often be referring to “a country, land enclosed within fixed boundaries, a tract of land, territory, region”. But if this is the intended meaning, how can we know? One clue is found for us in the second part of Revelation 13:8 and 17:8 when John writes that those who worship the Beast are those “whose names are not written in the book of life.” Here, John directs us to an understanding that it will not be literally all that dwell upon the earth that will worship the Beast. It is, rather, a certain group only. Moreover, if the Spirit’s intent were to convey the whole literal planet, John would have likely been inspired to use a much better word such as “kosmos” (cf Acts 17:24) to convey such a meaning. This should also be quite obvious to us when considering the undeniable fact that a great multitude “which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues” will come out of Great Tribulation (Revelation 7:9,14). If they come out of Great Tribulation, they had to be in it, and while they were in it they did not worship Antichrist.

Significantly, even the Old Testament prophets themselves allude to a geographical limitation of this eschatonic Antichrist with some very specific details of their own. In describing the armies that come up against Israel at Armageddon, the prophets Zechariah, Joel and Ezekiel all show us that the hegemony of Antichrist’s reign is limited geographically by telling us that the surrounding nations or neighbors are those who will be gathered against Jerusalem, not every nation of the earth universal. But what about Zechariah 14:2, you ask? Doesn’t this show us all the nations in the world coming up against Jerusalem?

Zechariah 14:2, “For I will gather ALL nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity…”

Who are all the nations referring to here? The Hebrew text says “goy cabiyb” and this can very easily also mean the surrounding Gentiles or the Gentiles round about. This is yet another example of a synecdoche, as we’ve learned above, not to mention the fact that Zechariah had just described all of these nations two chapters earlier as the surrounding nations. Contextually, “all nations” in Zechariah 14:2 is simply referring to all of the “surrounding” nations spoken of in chapter 12:

Zechariah 12:2, “I am going to make Jerusalem a cup that sends all the SURROUNDING PEOPLES reeling. Judah will be besieged as well as Jerusalem.”

And Zechariah refers to the surrounding nations yet again just a few short verses after 14:2, writing:

Zechariah 14:14, “Judah also will fight at Jerusalem; and the wealth of all the SURROUNDING NATIONS will be gathered, gold and silver and garments in great abundance.”

The Prophet Joel himself also prophesied:

Joel 3:11-12, “Hasten and come, all you SURROUNDING NATIONS, And gather yourselves there. Bring down, O LORD, Your mighty ones. Let the nations be aroused And come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat, For there I will sit to judge All the SURROUNDING NATIONS.”

As did the Prophet Ezekiel:

Ezekiel 28:24-26, “‘No longer will the people of Israel have malicious NEIGHBORS who are painful briers and sharp thorns. Then they will know that I am the Sovereign LORD. ” ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: When I gather the people of Israel from the nations where they have been scattered, I will show myself holy among them in the sight of the nations. Then they will live in their own land, which I gave to my servant Jacob. They will live there in safety and will build houses and plant vineyards; they will live in safety when I inflict punishment on all their NEIGHBORS WHO MALIGNED AGAINST THEM. Then they will know that I am the LORD their God.'”

Zechariah would not have been referring to literally all nations on the planet in Zechariah 14:2, only to then turn around and say just the surrounding nations in verse 14:14, not to mention 12:2. Logistically, it wouldn’t even be possible for literally every nation on earth to amass troops, tanks, aircraft, personnel carriers, etc. etc. etc. in one Israeli valley. In the context of Zechariah 14:2 it is quite apparent that Zechariah is referring only to the surrounding nations, as he had already wrote about previously in 12:2 and then again later in 14:14. The prophets Joel and Ezekiel confirm this as well.

That is not to say, however, that the Bible always talks about the world in a regional or limited sense. There are many examples that we can point to that obviously refer to the whole literal earth, and the Greek word “kosmos” in John 3:16 would be one of those examples that refers to the earth as a whole and not just simply the region. Comparing Scripture with Scripture hermeneutically and examining the text exegetically leads us to an understanding that the Gospel is to be preached over the whole literal world (Matthew 24:14, “this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world [oikoumenē – the inhabited earth] for a witness unto all nations [pas ethnos – every ethnic group/tribe”; Matthew 26:13, “Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world [kosmos – the world, all of humanity]; John 3:16, “For God so loved the world [kosmos – the world, all of humanity] … that whosoever [pas – everyone] believeth in him …). There is no geographical limitation in the original text when it comes to preaching the Gospel, but there is a geographical limitation in the text when it describes the scope of Antichrist’s dominion.

The Common Denominator of All Surrounding Nations

Although I believe that the “seat of the Beast” (cf Revelation 13:2, 16:10) will be primarily regional, Antichrist’s influence will definitely be felt globally and involves one common denominator that we see today in all nations that surround Israel: the religion of Islam. We are even seeing its influence both inside and outside of politics. Consider, for instance, that recently an American-born Al Qaeda leader publicly called upon Muslims in America to start buying guns and begin killing non-Muslim Americans. I’ve believed for some time now that when this does come it will, with the right “triggering event”, not be isolated. It will be wide-scale. As we all know, there are millions upon millions of Muslims living in Western nations today. If an event were to occur in the world that would be eschatologically pivotal for Muslims this would be sure to awaken any radical elements within the Muslim population, regardless of where they live, and even radicalize some of those who were previously considered “moderate”. The arrival of al Mahdi, for example, could become the “triggering event” that has the potential to precipitate a sudden surge in Islamic terrorism all over the globe. If we are complacent into believing that any such scenario could never happen or is highly unlikely, we don’t need to look far before we come face to face with the sobering reality that Islamic terrorist cells are, today, already forming within our own borders...

To contextualize the potential magnitude of what this could entail, consider the number of Muslims living in Western nations today. Although it appears that a significant majority of Muslims want to live in peace we cannot allow ourselves to become comatose to the reality that there are those who do not want to live in peace with “infidels.” There are tens of millions of Muslims living in western countries, with estimates as high as 5-7 million Muslims living in the United States alone. Can we begin to imagine the havoc to be wrought if even 10% of Muslim males were to engage in terrorist activities to secure themselves a place in paradise or to “defend Islam”? This could be hundreds of thousands of radicalized followers of the “prophet Mohammad” who want us dead for the cause of Dar al Islam. In Europe, with a Muslim population of 44 million, it would be in the millions. The Fort Hood killer, a Muslim US Army Major, waged his own jihad and took 13 lives. This was just one man with a gun. The Tsarnaev brothers killed 3 and wounded hundreds in Boston with just two “pressure-cooker” bombs. Imagine what tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands or millions throughout the Western world wielding guns and knives and anything else they could use to maim and kill could do with similar intent. Though the “seat of the Beast” is regional, we have already seen and will continue to see Muslim rioting, civil unrest and acts of terror in non-Muslim nations such as America, Australia, Britain, Denmark, France, Germany, Spain, Sweden and elsewhere, as well as Muslim nations. Its effect will certainly be felt globally, but the extent to which it will be felt at its peak, however, remains to be seen.

Although Antichrist will seek to rule the whole literal earth and force the political and religious ideology of the Beast upon every government and upon every man, woman and child on the planet, Antichrist’s efforts will not succeed — an increasingly evident fact to which the whole of the prophetic texts testify. When Christ returns in power and great glory Scripture lists the nations that He fights against by name, and every nation that is identified in Scripture is today an Islamic nation. In light of the whole counsel of Scripture, the Antichrist’s dominion and political-religious control will be relegated primarily to the whole Muslim world — the nations that today surround Israel — but not the world as a whole.

So, I've said all that to say this: There are not just two camps during the Great Tribulation. There will be those who actively follow Yahweh, there will be those who actively follow Antichrist, and there will be everyone else. After the Second Coming of Christ, when those who follow Him are gathered to meet Him in the air and escort the King of Kings to earth, the "everyone else" on earth (who survive after the Lord fights against and destroys the armies of the surrounding Islamic nations that come against Jerusalem) will then be separated in the "Sheep and Goat" judgment (Matthew 24:31-46). Turn on the nightly news today, and it isn't too difficult to see who some of the "sheep" and "goats" may be ...

Hi Oro y Plata, valid questions, and there's a myriad of views regarding the "Sheep and Goat Judgment" so, as they say, we should always test all things, keep the meat and spit out the bones. I agree that the "sheep" in Matthew 25:32 sounds like the righteous elect who've been raptured/resurrected, but I do not believe this is what is in view here. By the time we get to Matthew 25:31, the "righteous elect" (the Chosen / Ekklesia / Church) both living and dead have already been translated from corruptible to incorruptible at the First Resurrection to meet Christ in the air and escort our returning King to Earth. The only judgment the saints are to see according to Scripture is the judgment seat of Christ (2 Corinthians 5:10, Romans 14:10) to receive rewards. We've already been forgiven and have received eternal life the instant we believe (Luke 8:11-15; Romans 10:9; Acts 16:31). We don't later go into it (cf. Matthew 25:46).

So, the King of Kings has now already come in great power and glory, destroying Antichrist, Antichrist's armies and Antichrist's kingdom. The Millennial Kingdom is about to be ushered in and, since there were other kingdoms of the world besides Antichrist's (cf. Revelation 11:15), billions of people likely survived the Great Tribulation and the "orge" wrath of God. Just imagine how many children there are. What is Christ to do with everyone? It is His will that none should perish (2 Peter 3:9) and even in wrath remembers mercy (Habakkuk 3:2). The Lord is going to issue judgment, not based upon what they believed per se, but upon how they behaved when Antichrist's beast-like predatory kingdom waged a genocidal campaign against the children of God. These survivors will be distinguished into two groups.

One group, likened to sheep, will be permitted entry in the Millennial Kingdom. They will be blessed because they will be deemed "righteous" [dikaios]. According to the context of Matthew 25, they are not righteous in a religious sense but in more of a judicial sense where their treatment of God's people during Great Tribulation is characterized by compassion, kindness, love, by what is just and right. Kind of similar to how non-Jews who risked their lives to save Jews during the Holocaust are honored as "Righteous Among The Nations" (cf. Matthew 1:19 where Joseph was described as a "just" [dakaios] man). These are the type of people that Christ will allow into His earthly kingdom:

Matthew 25:35-40, "'For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me.' Then the righteous will answer him, saying, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink? And when did we see you a stranger and welcome you, or naked and clothe you? And when did we see you sick or in prison and visit you?' And the King will answer them, 'Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.'"

Because they showed mercy to Christ, Christ will show mercy to them. "Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth... Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy." (Matthew 5:5,7).

By stark contrast, the second group -- likened to goats -- are cursed and expelled into eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels:

Matthew 25:42-45, "For I was hungry and you gave me no food, I was thirsty and you gave me no drink, I was a stranger and you did not welcome me, naked and you did not clothe me, sick and in prison and you did not visit me.' Then they also will answer, saying, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to you?' Then he will answer them, saying, 'Truly, I say to you, as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to me.'"

Because they did not show mercy to Christ, Christ will show no mercy to them. "For judgment is without mercy to one who has shown no mercy ..." (James 2:13).

When I see the masses of violent pro-Hamas "protesters" rampaging on university campuses across America, when I see discriminatory treatment of Jews all around Europe, when I see fellow Christians ridiculed, mocked, persecuted and prosecuted for standing against abortion, against the rabid iniquitous redefinition of "man" and "woman" and "marriage" all across the "enlightened" West, when I see Christians killed and imprisoned by the CCP in China and the KWP in North Korea, by the IRGC in Iran and the Taliban in Afghanistan and beyond, I see the goats. And their days are numbered. All of them.

Before I end, let me point out there are those who claim that such a view -- that survivors will be permitted entry into the Millennial Kingdom based upon how they treated Yahweh's elect -- promotes a works-based salvation, but I would push back against that claim. Matthew 25:31-46 is not talking about salvation, which guarantees eternal life. For one, the Millennial Kingdom is the earthly reign of Christ. It is not the eternal state. Two, these survivors remain in earthly bodies whereas the saved are glorified and incorruptible (1 Cor 15:52; 1 Peter 1:4). Three, though these survivors enter into an earthly Millennial Kingdom, it is a Kingdom that will never end (cf. Daniel 7:27) and thus they are welcomed to enter into eternal life, but they and/or their offspring still have the choice to follow Christ or to rebel (and by the end of the 1000 years, some will indeed rebel per Revelation 20:7-10; also cf. Zech 14:16-19). By the time Matthew 25:31 comes to pass, the saints had already decided to follow Christ and our choice has been fully solidified / actualized forever.

For additional material that unpacks some of this, I'd recommend visiting the article below found on End Time Pilgrim. It's an interesting read. Hope this helps!

endtimepilgrim.org/sheepgoat.htm

During the tribulation it was stated on here that they did not take the mark of the beast or worship the beast so the ones who survive the tribulation are Christians then? Do non believers not take the MOB either or worship the beast? I thought there were only two camps believers and non believers?