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The Final Judgement
The Final Judgement
The Final Judgement
The key ideas in Jesus’ parable on Final Judgement, ‘The Sheep and the Goats’ (Matthew 25:31–46) are summarised below.
Introduction
Introduction
- The Parable of the Sheep and Goats is found in Matthew 25:31-46.
- Jesus uses the example of a shepherd who separates his sheep from his goats to help his followers understand what judgement will be like.
The goats
The goats
- The parable tells of a final judgment from God, who will assess the worthiness of each person’s life.
- This will happen when the ‘Son of Man’ (Jesus) returns again at the end of history.
- The goats were those who did not feed the hungry or were not hospitable to the stranger.
- The goats were those who refused to give clothes to the naked and did not visit the prisoner in prison.
- So, the goats are condemned to ‘eternal punishment’ in hell.
The sheep
The sheep
- Jesus rewards those who cared for others with an entirely different fate.
- Jesus refers to such individuals as sheep in the parable.
- The sheep are ‘righteous’ and given ‘eternal life’.
- They showed empathy, love and kindness to their neighbour.
- They fed the hungry, visited the sick and those in prison.
- The Parable of the Sheep and the Goats implies that Judgment will occur when Jesus returns in the Second Coming.
1Philosophy of Religion
1.1Ancient Philosophical Influences: Plato
1.2Ancient Philosophical Influences: Aristotle
1.3Ancient Philosophical Influences: Soul, Mind, Body
1.4The Existence of God - Arguments from Observation
1.5The Existence of God - Arguments from Reason
1.6Religious Experience
1.7The Problem of Evil
1.8The Nature & Attributes of God
1.9Religious Language: Negative, Analogical, Symbolic
2Religion & Ethics
2.1Natural Law
2.2Situation Ethics
2.3Kantian Ethics
2.4Utilitarianism
2.5Euthanasia
3Developments in Christian Thought
3.1Saint Augustine's Teachings
3.2Death & the Afterlife
3.3Knowledge of God's Existence
3.4The Person of Jesus Christ
3.5Christian Moral Principles
3.6Christian Moral Action
3.7Development - Pluralism & Theology
3.8Development - Pluralism & Society
3.9Gender & Society
3.10Gender & Theology
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1Philosophy of Religion
1.1Ancient Philosophical Influences: Plato
1.2Ancient Philosophical Influences: Aristotle
1.3Ancient Philosophical Influences: Soul, Mind, Body
1.4The Existence of God - Arguments from Observation
1.5The Existence of God - Arguments from Reason
1.6Religious Experience
1.7The Problem of Evil
1.8The Nature & Attributes of God
1.9Religious Language: Negative, Analogical, Symbolic
2Religion & Ethics
2.1Natural Law
2.2Situation Ethics
2.3Kantian Ethics
2.4Utilitarianism
2.5Euthanasia
3Developments in Christian Thought
3.1Saint Augustine's Teachings
3.2Death & the Afterlife
3.3Knowledge of God's Existence
3.4The Person of Jesus Christ
3.5Christian Moral Principles
3.6Christian Moral Action
3.7Development - Pluralism & Theology
3.8Development - Pluralism & Society
3.9Gender & Society
3.10Gender & Theology
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