The judgment of the sheep and the goats in Mathew 25 was the judgment of all Israel based on their treatment and acceptance of the ministers and messengers of the gospel of Christ. Those who “received” them received their gospel, and those who received their gospel, received Christ. Those who rejected them rejected their message, and those who rejected their message, rejected Christ. The judgment of the sheep and the goats was the judgment of all Israel at the end of the Old Covenant age in AD70, when “according to their works” they received their reward.