THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO MATTHEW - Chapter 25 - Verse 32

Verse 32. And before him, etc. At his coming to judgment, the world will be burned up and destroyed, 2 Pe 3:10,12; Re 20:11.

The dead in Christ, i.e., all true Christians -- shall be first raised up from their graves, 1 Th 4:16. The living shall be changed -- i.e., shall be made like the glorified bodies of those that are raised from the dead, 1 Co 15:52-54; 1 Th 4:17. All the wicked shall rise and come forth to judgment, John 5:28,29; Da 12:2; Mt 13:41,42; Re 20:13.

Then shall the world be judged, the righteous saved, and the wicked punished.

And he shall separate, etc. Shall determine respecting their character, and shall appoint them their doom accordingly.

{w} "And before him" Ro 14:10; 2 Co 5:10; Re 20:12

{x} "separate them" Ezekiel 20:38; Mt 13:49 {y} "shepherd divideth" Psalms 78:52; John 10:14,27