What happens to the goats and the righteous in Matthew 25:46?

Les explains that in Matthew 25:46 the goats represent the rejectors or unbelievers. They had expressed the same thing, saying they never saw Him hungry or in jail. Jesus answers that since they did not do it to "the least of these," that is the 144,000, it was as if they did not do it to Him. Then verse 46 says these rejectors "shall go away into everlasting punishment, but the righteous," those who believe, go into "life eternal." Les notes that the Kingdom, even though stipulated as a thousand years, is still the beginning of eternity. He mentions a gentleman who called with problems about what takes place in the Kingdom versus eternity, and Les says many great theologians debate those issues. He oversimplifies by saying the Kingdom situation is just an introduction to the eternal; it will be interrupted, there will be a new heaven and a new earth, but eternity will be based on much the same circumstances as the thousand years. So when Jesus tells people going into the Kingdom that they are going into eternal life, indeed they are.