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30. That He
Himself is both Judge and King.
In the seventy-first Psalm: “O God,
give Thy judgment to the king, and Thy righteousness to the
king’s son, to judge Thy people in righteousness.”4134
Also
in the Apocalypse: “And I saw the heaven opened, and behold
a white horse; and He who sate upon him was called Faithful and True;
and He judgeth justice and righteousness, and maketh war. And His
eyes were, as it were, a flame of fire, and upon His head were many
crowns; and He bare a name written that was known to none other than
Himself: and He
was clothed with a garment sprinkled with blood, and His name is called
the Word of God. And the armies which are in heaven followed Him
on white horses, clothed in linen white and clean. And out of His
mouth went forth a sword with two edges, that with it He should smite
the nations, which He shall shepherd4135
with a rod of iron; and He shall tread
the winepress of the wrath of God Almighty. Also He has on His
garment and on His thigh the name written, King of kings, and Lord of
lords.”4136
Likewise
in the Gospel: “When the Son of man shall come in His
glory, and all the angels with Him, then He shall sit in the throne of
His glory; and all nations shall be gathered together before Him, and
He shall separate them one from another, even as a shepherd separates
the sheep from the goats; and He shall place the sheep at His right
hand, but the goats at His left hand. Then shall the King say
unto them who shall be at His right hand, Come, ye blessed of my
Father, receive the kingdom which is prepared for you from the
beginning of the world: for I was hungry, and ye gave me to
eat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me to drink: I was a
stranger, and ye received me: naked, and ye clothed me:
sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto
me. Then shall the righteous answer, and say unto Him, Lord, when
saw we Thee hungry, and fed Thee? thirsty, and gave Thee to
drink? And when saw we Thee a stranger, and received Thee? naked,
and clothed Thee? And when saw we Thee sick, and in prison, and
came unto Thee? And the King, answering, shall say unto them,
Verily I say unto you, In as far as ye have done it to the least of
these my brethren, ye have done it unto me. Then shall He say
unto them who shall be on His left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed,
into everlasting fire, which my Father hath prepared4137
| 4137
[Said to be in the old Itala, as in some Greek
mss. So Irenæus, vol. i. p.
524.] | for the devil and his angels:
for I have been hungry, and ye gave me not to eat: I have been
thirsty, and ye gave me not to drink: I was a stranger, and ye
received me not: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in
prison, and ye visited me not. Then shall they also answer and
say, Lord, when saw we Thee hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or
naked, or sick, or in prison, and have not ministered unto Thee?
And He shall answer unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye
have not done it to one of the least of these, ye have not done it unto
me. And these shall go away into everlasting burning, but the
righteous into life eternal.”4138
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