2. Judgment of the Gentiles or Nations

1. Time.  At the second coming of Jesus Christ.

2. Place.  Valley of Jehoshaphat.

3. Judge.  Jesus Christ.

4. Subjects judged.  Gentiles living when Jesus Christ comes.

5. Basis.  Treatment of Jesus Christ’s brothers, i. e. Israel.

6. Result.  Saved to enter the kingdom, or lost and cast into lake of fire.

7. Scripture.  Matthew 25:31-46; Joel 3:2.

MATTHEW 25:31-46- WHEN THE SON OF MAN COMES IN HIS GLORY, AND ALL THE ANGELS WITH HIM, THEN HE WILL SIT ON HIS GLORIOUS THRONE.  BEFORE HIM WILL BE GATHERED ALL THE NATIONS, AND HE WILL SEPARATE PEOPLE ONE FROM ANOTHER AS A SHEPHERD SEPARATES THE SHEEP FROM THE GOATS.  AND HE WILL PLACE THE SHEEP ON HIS RIGHT, BUT THE GOATS ON THE LEFT. THEN THE KING WILL SAY TO THOSE ON HIS RIGHT, COME, YOU WHO ARE BLESSED BY MY FATHER, INHERIT THE KINGDOM PREPARED FOR YOU FROM THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD.  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.  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 AND SISTERS, YOU DID IT TO ME.  THEN HE WILL SAY TO THOSE ON HIS LEFT, DEPART FROM ME, YOU CURSED, INTO THE ETERNAL FIRE PREPARED FOR THE DEVIL AND HIS ANGELS.  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.  AND THESE WILL GO AWAY INTO ETERNAL PUNISHMENT, BUT THE RIGHTEOUS IN TO ETERNAL LIFE.  

JOEL 3:2- I WILL GATHER ALL THE NATIONS AND BRING THEM DOWN TO THE VALLEY OF JEHOSHAPHAT.  AND I WILL ENTER INTO JUDGMENT WITH THEM THERE, ON BEHALF OF MY PEOPLE AND MY HERITAGE ISRAEL, BECAUSE THEY HAVE SCATTERED THEM AMONG THE NATIONS AND HAVE DIVIDED UP MY LAND.