How many times are we judged after we die? An explanation

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We will have the individual judgement when we die.

At the end of time, we will stand witness to the general judgement (known in some Protestant circles as the “White Throne Judgement”).
 
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I have sometimes thought about what this will be like, when I stand together with the whole human race, at the last judgement before Christ.
 
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We have hope that both you and I stand with those who have overcome 🙂
 
Thanks for posting this. I’ve always wondered what’s the point of getting judged again. I should think if one has already been in Heaven or is going there, one wouldn’t experience negative feelings at the second judgment (like feel bad for not achieving level A of holiness on earth but only level C) but I’m willing to just leave it up to God what he wants to teach us there.
 
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We undergo our Particular Judgement when we die, and then at the end of time there will be the General Judgement - so yes, twice. Though this second judgement does not “overturn” our particular judgement.

From the CCC # 1040 - The Last Judgment will reveal that God’s justice triumphs over all the injustices committed by his creatures and that God’s love is stronger than death.628

Catholic Encyclopedia - General Judgment
Object of the judgment

The judgment will embrace all works, good or bad, forgiven as well as unforgiven sins, every idle word (Matthew 12:36), every secret thought (1 Corinthians 4:5). With the exception of Peter Lombard, theologians teach that even the secret sins of the just will be made manifest, in order that judgment may be made complete and that the justice and mercy of God may be glorified. This will not pain or embarrass the saints, but add to their glory, just as the repentance of St. Peter and St. Mary Magdalen is to these saints a source of joy and honour.

Form of the judgment​

The procedure of the judgment is described in Matthew 25:31-46, and in the Apocalypse 20:12. Commentators see in those passages allegorical descriptions intended to convey in a vivid manner the fact that in the last judgment the conduct and deserts of each individual will be made plain not only to his own conscience but to the knowledge of the assembled world. It is probable that no words will be spoken in the judgment, but that in one instant, through a Divine illumination, each creature will thoroughly understand his own moral condition and that of every fellow creature (Romans 2:15). Many believe, however, that the words of the sentence: “Come, ye blessed”, etc. and “Depart from me”, etc. will be really addressed by Christ to the multitude of the saved and the lost.
 
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