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into the Kingdom but the "goats" signify the unbelieving
Jews who had joined with the enemies of the true religion
and were consequently doomed to perdition. This was
practically what the Apocalypse of Enoch had predicted
about the Son of Man. Jesus simply confirmed the revelation
of Enoch and gave it a Divine character. He himself
was sent to exhort the sheep of Israel (2) to remain faith-
ful to God and await patiently the advent of the Son of
Man who was coming to save them for ever from their
enemies; but he himself was not the Son of Man, and had
nothing to do with the political world, nor with the "sheep"
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and "goats" which both alike rejected and despised him,
except a very small number who loved and believed in him.
Jews who had joined with the enemies of the true religion
and were consequently doomed to perdition. This was
practically what the Apocalypse of Enoch had predicted
about the Son of Man. Jesus simply confirmed the revelation
of Enoch and gave it a Divine character. He himself
was sent to exhort the sheep of Israel (2) to remain faith-
ful to God and await patiently the advent of the Son of
Man who was coming to save them for ever from their
enemies; but he himself was not the Son of Man, and had
nothing to do with the political world, nor with the "sheep"
123
and "goats" which both alike rejected and despised him,
except a very small number who loved and believed in him.