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Jesus begins the parable of the sheep and the goats by saying it concerns His return in glory to set up His kingdom (Matthew 25:31)
All those on earth at that time will be brought before the Lord, and He will separate them “as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left” (verses 32–33). Another clue follows:
Immediately after the tribulation of those days . . . the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky with power and great glory. (Matthew 25:46)
During my research I felt there was an important link to Revelation chapter 14.
Revelation 14:6-13 describes how the first angel commands the people on earth to worship God; the second angel declares that Babylon the Great has fallen; the third angel warns that anyone who worships the beast and his image will drink of the wine of God’s fury.
Revelation 14:14-20 moves on to the harvest of the earth when one “like a son of man” comes into view. He has a sharp sickle in his hand. “Take your sickle and reap, because the time to reap has come, for the harvest of the earth is ripe.”
Could the "vine of the earth" who are harvested and "trampled in the wine-press of God’s wrath" be linked to the goats in Jesus’ parable in Matthew 25 who "go away to eternal punishment"?
I found a related article here: Who are the Sheep and the Goats in Matthew 25? However, it does not specifically answer my question as to when the separating of the sheep from the goats takes place.
