Heaven is the state of being in which all are united in love with one another and with God, where those who, having attained salvation, are in glory with God and enjoy the beatific vision-knowledge of God as he is. Matthew, he says that he will judge us according to how well we fed the hungry, gave drink to the thirsty, clothed the naked, welcomed the stranger, etc.Īfter the final judgment, we will go either to heaven or to hell for all eternity. In the 25th chapter of the Gospel according to St. Jesus told us what the general judgment will be like. We don’t know how our decayed bodies will rise again, but the Church teaches that Christ will change our lowly body into a “spiritual body.”
This is what we say we believe when we recite the Creed and say that Jesus “will come to judge the living and the dead” and when we say, “We believe in the resurrection of the body.” The final or general judgment will take place after our souls are reunited to our bodies at the resurrection of the dead. In the particular judgment, our soul will be presented before God, and we will be judged on the use we have made of the talents God gave us and how we have conducted our lives. And that first phase-all that we have done in our lifetime-determines all that is to come.Īfter death, the Church teaches that we will undergo two judgments: the particular judgment, which happens immediately after death, and the general judgment at the end of the world.
Death is an end of the first phase of human life. Our challenge throughout our lives is to be ready for what comes next. The doctrine of the last things is called eschatology, from a Greek word that means outcomes or ends.ĭeath is inevitable for all of us nobody gets out of this world alive. Editorial The four last things: death, judgment, heaven and hellĭuring the month of November, the Church encourages us to meditate about “the four last things”: death, judgment, heaven and hell.
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