Good morning. But when the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him, then He will sit on His glorious throne. And all the nations will be gathered before Him; and He will separate the sheep from the goats; and He will put the sheep on His right, and the goats on the left. Then the King will say to those on His right come, you are blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. He then lists some things they did for Him. When did we do those things for you? To the extent that you did it to one of these brothers of Mine, even the least of them, you did it to Me. Then He says to those on His left, you did not help Me when I needed it. When did we not help You? To the extent that you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to Me. And these will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life. Of course we can't do anything to actually help Jesus, but we can do things to help our brothers and sisters in Christ. He then tells the disciples that after two days the Passover is coming, and the Son of Man is to be delivered up for crucifixion. The chief priests and the elders of the people plot to take Jesus by stealth, and to kill Him. They don't want to do it during the festival at Passover because a riot might occur among the people since they considered Jesus to be a prophet. Father thank You that You keep Your hands upon the reader. Comfort and protect him/her and his/her family during any storm.

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