What are the eight classes of people at the Second Coming?
Quick Answer
The eight classes are the speaker’s tentative grouping of faithful people, lawless people, professing but lawless people, uninformed people, merciful nations, Israel’s remnant, mortal survivors, and beast worshipers.
Key Scriptures
Matthew 13:36-43 – Yeshua identifies the seed, field, enemy, harvest, angels, and final separation.
– Matthew 25:31-46 – Sheep and goats appear in the speaker’s categories and Q&a about mercy.
– Revelation 4:20-15 – the reign, resurrection, and final judgment are discussed when asking who inhabits the Millennium.
Detailed Biblical Study
The speaker identifies these eight categories to explore his question about the Millennium and who is gathered or left. He explicitly tells viewers that other categories may exist and that the chart is his own study. Scripture does not provide this eight-part scheme as an enumerated list.
– Matthew 13:36-43 – Yeshua identifies the seed, field, enemy, harvest, angels, and final separation.
– Matthew 25:31-46 – Sheep and goats appear in the speaker’s categories and Q&A about mercy.
– Revelation 20:4-15 – The reign, resurrection, and final judgment are discussed when asking who inhabits the Millennium.
Related Teaching
Parables of Yeshua (Parable of Wheat & Tares, Mustard Seed, and Leaven)
In this Teaching, Ed Doss explores the parables of the Wheat and Tares, Mustard Seed, and Leaven in Matthew 13. He begins with Yeshua’s practice of teaching through parables and the call to hear with understanding, then compares the wheat and tares with the vineyard of Isaiah 5. A substantial portion examines Yeshua’s explanation of the end-of-age harvest, the order of gathering, Matthew 24, and the resurrection described in 1 Thessalonians 4. The speaker presents a tentative classification of eight groups of people at Messiah’s return and asks who may remain during the Millennium. He then reads the Mustard Seed through Ezekiel 17 and the promises to Israel, interpreting the birds as nations drawn to the Kingdom. Finally, he treats the Leaven as hidden transformation, connects the three measures of flour to Abraham and Gideon, and relates the imagery to Shavuot. The audience Q&A revisits resurrection, judgment, biblical discernment, Torah, compassion, and humility about uncertain interpretations.