Judgment of Matt 25 Compared With the Great White Throne

Mat. 25:31
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Paignton. ―Is the judgment of the living nations in Matt. 25:3131When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory: (Matthew 25:31) final, or will they be judged again at the great white throne?
There seems no reason whatever to suppose that this judgment is anything but final. Christ, the Son of man, is the appointed judge not only of the dead, but of the living (2 Tim. 4:11I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom; (2 Timothy 4:1)). If Rev. 20 proves that for the dead this judgment takes place at the close of the thousand years, Matt. 25. makes it equally clear that for the living (i.e., the quick) it will be at the commencement of the same period. But when Christ judges He will judge the world in righteousness; no need for any retrial of the case as though any miscarriage of justice were possible. He sits as judge upon the throne of His glory; the living nations appear before Him. This is different from the warrior judgment of Rev. 19; there “the remnant were slain with the sword,” and will, without doubt, appear for judgment before the great white throne. In Matt. 25. there is no hint whatever that either sheep or goats die, and the great white throne is for the dead only. ED.