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THE "OTHER SHEEP" AND THE "GOATS" 243
you sick or in prison and go to you?"' The King
permits this question in order to show that he is
not visibly present in flesh and blood on earth
during this consummation of this system of things
and so the "other sheep" cannot do these good
deeds to him directly . "And in reply the king will
say to them : Truly I say to you, To the extent
that you did it to one of the least of these my
brothers, you did it to me ."'-Matthew 25 :37 -
40, NW.
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He did not mean that they did it to the angels,
who are spirit sons of his heavenly Father . He
meant they did it to the remnant of his spiritual
brothers visibly upon the earth during the consummation
of this system of things . While engaged
in preaching the Kingdom good news to all nations
for a witness, this remnant of his spiritual brothers
are warred upon by the abased dragon and
his demons, and get hungry, thirsty, naked, sick,
in prison, in strange territory . The other sheep
come to the help of these, not for just indiscriminate
charitable, humanitarian reasons, but because
these are the King's ambassadors and preach the
good news of everlasting life by God's kingdom .
In this way they do their good deeds indirectly
to the King . This is the basis upon which the
King's favorable judgment rests .
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"Then he will say, in turn, to those on his
left : Be on your way from me, you who have been
12. How did they do such righteous deeds to the King?
Why?
13. How does he address those on his left? How do they
answer?