Matthew 25
32
Before him will be gathered all the nations, and he will separate people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.
Right there is says the sheep are gathered
after Christ sit on his throne, while the bride Jerusalem is gathered
before he sits on his throne, while in the clouds according to 1 Thessalonians 4. That makes the sheep part of the nations, which are see at the eternal state in Revelation 21.
You like getting a metaphorical theological trouncing, don't you?