Matthew 25:1
Outline:
I. \\#Matt 1:1-3:17\\ The Presentation of the King
II. \\#4:1-7:29\\ The Person of the King
III. \\#8:1-11:1\\ The Power of the King
IV. \\#Matthew 11:2-14:13\\ Decisions Concerning the King
V. \\#Matt 14:13-16:12\\ Training the Disciples
VI. \\#Matt 16:13-20\\ Decision by the Disciples
VII. \\#Matthew 16:21-20:28\\ Final Instructions of the King
VIII. \\#Matt 21:1-28:15\\ The Holy Week
A. \\#Matt 21:1-11\\ Sunday, Nisan 10-One week before
the resurrection
1. Jesus’ Triumphant Entry
2. Jesus "looks" in the temple.
3. Jesus returns to Bethany in the evening.
B. \\#Matt 21:12-17\\ Monday, Nisan 11
1. Jesus curses the fig tree.
2. Jesus cleanses the temple.
3. Jesus teaches the people.
4. Jesus returns to Bethany for the night.
C. \\#Matt 21:18-26:16\\ Tuesday, Nisan 12
1. Jesus teaches from the cursed fig tree.
\\#Matt 21:18-22, Mark 11:20-25\\
2. Jesus teaches from the temple.
\\#Matt 21:23-23:29\\
\\#Mark 11:27-12:44\\
\\#Luke 20:1-21:4\\
(a) \\#Matt 21:23-27\\ His authority
(b) \\#Matt 21:28-32\\ Parable - It is not too
late to do the right thing.
(c) \\#Matt 21:33-46\\ Parable - Judgment will
come to Israel for what they are about to
do.
(d) \\#Matt 22:1-14\\ Parable - If the Jews will
not come, others will.
(e) \\#Matt 22:15-46\\ The Jews try to trap
Jesus.
(f) \\#Matt 23:1-12\\ Teachings from the wrong
behavior of the Pharisees.
(g) \\#Matt 23:13-33\\ Woes Against the
Pharisees.
(h) \\#Matt 23:34-39\\ A curse against Israel.
3. Olivet Discourses
\\#Matt 24:1-25:46\\
\\#Mark 13:1-37\\
\\#Luke 20:1-21:4\\
(a) \\#Matt 24:1-3\\ The Setting
(b) \\#Matt 24:4-12\\ The Common Signs
(c) \\#24:12-14\\ The Close Signs
(d) \\#Matt 24:15\\ The Countdown Sign
(e) \\#Matt 24:16-31\\ The Afters
(f) \\#Matt 24:32-25:46\\ The Exhortations
(1) \\#Matt 24:32-35\\ Parable of the Fig
Tree
(2) \\Matt 24:36-41\\ Parable of Noe’s Days
(3) \\#Matt 24:42-44\\ Parable of the Thief
(4) \\#Matt 24:45-51\\ Parable of the
Faithful and the Faithless
4. The Evil Ones
\\#Matt 26:1-5, 14-16\\
\\#Mark 14:1-2, 10-11\\
\\#Luke 22:2-6\\
\\#John 13:2\\
5. Passages not yet discussed
\\#Matt 26:6-13\\
\\#Mark 14:3-9\\
D. \\#Matt 26:17-75\\Wednesday, Nisan 13
1. A New Day
\\#Matt 26:17\\
\\#Luke 21:38-22:1\\
\\#Mark 14:12\\
\\#John 13:1\\
2. Prepare the Passover
\\#Matt 26:17-19\\
3. The Meal - Technically, Thursday began at sunset.
\\#Matt 26:20-30\\
4. The Mount of Olives
\\#Matt 26:31-56\\
5. Caiaphas’ \\#Matt 26:57-75\\
E. \\#Matt 27:1-61\\ Thursday, Nisan 14 (Passover)
F. \\#Matt 27:62-66\\ Friday, Nisan 15 (First day of
Unleavened Bread)
G. \\#Matt 28:1-15\\ Sunday, Nisan 17 (Resurrection and
Feast of First Fruits)
I. \\#Matt 24:32-25:46\\ The Exhortations
A. \\#Matt 24:32-35\\ Parable of the Fig Tree - The timing of the
Lord’s coming
B. \\Matt 24:36-41\\ Parable of Noe’s Days - The conditions of
the Lord’s coming
C. \\#Matt 24:42-44\\ Parable of the Thief - To watch for the
Lord’s coming
D. \\#Matt 24:45-51\\ Parable of the Faithful and the Faithless
To work until the Lord comes
E. \\#Matt 25:1-13\\ Parable of the Ten Virgins
1. This parable teaches us that we must be ready for the
Lord’s coming to the END.
2. The parable is set in the context of a Jewish betrothal
and wedding, which differs from our own.
a. Engagements for Jews were more planned and far less
emotional than ours. Engagements might be arranged
by parents or for some practical reason, often
without the couple ever seeing one another.
b. Once the engagement was established, the groom would
work on the couple’s home while the bride prepared
herself for her wedding.
c. Once preparations were complete, the groom would come
for his bride. Although the general time of his
coming would be known, often communication and travel
problems would keep the timing from being precise.
d. Under such conditions, both the bride and the guests
had to watch for the coming of the groom. Whenever
he arrived, the feast began. In the more formal
weddings, once the feast began, the doors were
closed and no one else was admitted.
3. Jesus uses that background to describe His coming. From
the parable, we see….
a. Jesus loves His own like a husband his bride.
b. There is no precise time given for His coming to set
up His kingdom, although a general season is.
c. We must not only be ready but we must stay faithful
to the end.
(1) All ten of the virgins were ready at the first.
(2) Only five took the coming of the groom seriously
enough to stay prepared until the end.
(3) The Bible makes much of finishing the race with
Christ throughout the Scriptures, but these
parables place an even greater emphasis during
the tribulation.
(4) I wonder if perhaps because that during the
tribulation, you are either going to be living
for God or for the devil. There will be no
middle ground.
(5) But then I realize, that is true of every time
period.
F. \\#Matt 25:14-30\\ Parable of the Talents
1. This parable teaches us accountability.
2. Notice the symbols and their fulfillments in this parable.
a. \\#14\\ The man travelling into a far country was
Jesus. Jesus knew His time to be crucified was at
hand and that, after rising from the dead, He would
be returning to heaven.
b. "his own servants" - With that known, Jesus called and
trained His disciples, giving to them gifts and
abilities to carry on the work of the kingdom. But
the term servants is not limited to that first
generation, all of the saved have been thus called
and empowered to serve. Now, each servant serves to
his own ability and desire.
3. \\#15-18\\ Each servant is allowed to do with his gifts
as he sees fit. We have all been blessed from God with
a work to do. How and even IF we do that work, is
largely left up to us.
4. \\#19\\ But when the master returns, each must give an
account.
a. Notice that the master is not concerned as much with
profitability as effort.
b. While all of the servants doubled the investment the
master made in them, the only one he was disappointed
with did nothing.
c. To emphasis this truth, the master tells the lazy
servant that he could have at least given the talent
to the bank and drawn interest. The interest on the
talent would have been little compared to the other
investors but at least it would have shown some form
of effort and some form of return on his investment.
5. Rewards
a. To each servant that labored, he received a
corresponding reward in the new kingdom.
(1) I believe that will be true of both Jesus’
earthly (the millennium) and His heavenly
kingdom (heaven).
(2) The saints who enter into the millennium will
likely be rewarded based on their labor during
the tribulation.
(3) Likewise, those who are saved during the Age of
Grace, will likely be rewarded for what they
did during their lifetime.
b. \\#30\\ The lazy servant is cast unto outer darkness
where there is weeping and gnashing of teeth, a
certain picture of hell.
(1) As with the previous two parables and the next
one, it appears those who quit or refuse to
serve the Lord are cast into hell.
(2) There is no way from these texts to disprove the
notion that these are saved people who lose
their salvation, but that belief contradicts
other passages.
c. \\#28-29\\ The servant with the most received the lazy
servants investment.
(1) \\#29\\ In fact, Jesus made this a point of this
parable.
(2) The lesson here is that those who sacrifice to
serve in an unlimited fashion will, one day, be
rewarded in an unlimited fashion.
(3) Some have said, "You cannot out give God." That
conclusion might be based on this parable.
G. \\#Matt 25:31-46\\ Parable of the Sheep and Goats
1. Whereas I believe the other parables have meanings that
relate to individuals, I believe this parable has to do
with nations \\#32\\.
2. This parable describes the judgment of the nations at the
Lord’s coming.
3. Notice:
a. \\#31\\ The timing - "When the Son of man come in his
glory" - This is when Jesus comes at the end of the
tribulation to establish His millennial reign.
b. God’s helpers - "all the holy angels"
(1) ALL the angels. That must be a lot!
(2) We have already noted that both the saved…
Mt 24:31 And he shall send his angels with a
great sound of a trumpet, and they shall
gather together his elect from the four winds,
from one end of heaven to the other.
and the lost…
Matt 13:41 The Son of man shall send forth
his angels, and they shall gather out of his
kingdom all things that offend, and them
which do iniquity;
42 And shall cast them into a furnace of
fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of
teeth.
will be gathered by the angels to the Lord.
c. \\#32\\ God’s work - "…before him shall be gathered
all nations"
(1) Now the nations are to be judged. This judgment
will determine which nations shall be worthy to
enter into the millennium and which will not.
(2) Perhaps there will be some individuals in most
every nation who will be judged worthy. If
they are believers, they will be pulled out of
the "goat" nations by the angels. If not, God
may still allow them to represent their nation
in the millennium. Regardless, this is a time
of serious judgment, death, and damnation for
many people.
d. \\#32-46\\ The results
(1) \\#33-40\\ "the sheep" - These are those who did
good to "the least of these my brethren"
\\#40\\.
(a) EXACTLY WHAT they did is not as important
as the fact that they did good.
(b) The EXACT identity of the "brethren" is
not given either but since this
conversation still relates to the Jews and
their King, one would suppose that Jesus
is speaking of the Jews.
(c) Since the Gentiles who are saved during the
tribulation are also "sons of God"
\\#John 1:12\\, I think this the term would
also include those who have been adopted
by salvation.
(d) It appears that the nations will be allowed
into the millennium not based on their
salvation, remembering that those who enter
the millennium kingdom are still living,
but on HOW THEY HAVE TREATED GOD’S
PEOPLE. So then, a person could enter
the millennial if he is lost and if he
never trusts Jesus as his Savior, would
still die one day and perish in hell.
(2) \\#41-46\\ "the goats" - These are those who did
not do good to the "least of these my brethren."
(a) Essentially, what was said of the sheep is
reversed concerning the goats.
(b) It should be noted that never does Jesus
say the goats did evil to His brethren,
just that they did not do good.
i. In theory, most of the ones who were
doing the evil to the brethren would
be killed when Jesus returns
\\#Rev 19:11-19\\.
ii. This may be a judgment not for those
who did evil to the people of God but
to those who did nothing to aid them
in their time of need.
(c) \\#46\\ The goats have one destiny. They
shall perish in hell.
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