Charles Spurgeon Commentary Matthew 25:31

"But when the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the angels with him, then shall he sit on the throne of his glory:" — Matthew 25:31 (ASV)

Our Savior had a wonderful series of contrasts passing before his eye as he uttered this sublime prophecy. Within three days he was to be crucified; yet he spoke of the time, When the Son of man shall come in his glory. He had with him a little company of disciples, one of whom would betray him, another would deny him, and all would forsake him; yet by faith he saw the heavenly retinue that would attend him at his coming, and all the holy angels with him.

Wearied and worn with his labors, and saddened because of the hardness of men’s hearts and the impending doom of Jerusalem, he sat on the slope of the Mount of Olives; but his thoughts were projected across the ages as he told his hearers of the glorious throne he would occupy in the day when he would return as the Royal and Universal Judge of mankind:

Then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory. The great white throne will be set on high, all pure and lustrous, bright and clear as a polished mirror, in which every man will see himself and his sins reflected, and on that throne will sit the Son of man.

Behind the Kingly Judge, all the holy angels will be ranged, rank on rank, an innumerable and glorious bodyguard. They will grace the court of their enthroned Lord on the day of the last great judgment and, at his bidding, remove from his presence all whom he will condemn.