Question about Judgement Day

[OscarsMama]

I am not sure how to explain the Catholic belief on Judgement Day. From what I understand, when a person dies, God decides where they go (Heaven, Hell, etc) at that time. So, right now, there are people in all three places.

Then what is final Judgement Day?

Does God judge everybody again? (Which would allow those in Hell to ‘get out’). Or does he just judge those people that happen to be still alive when the world ends?

(RN, we will see what everybody says 'cause I really don’t know )!!!

 

[amysomers]

Hello, I found your question interesting and looked it up on the internet. This may be useful:
Belief in the last judgment (often linked with the General judgment) is held firmly inside Roman Catholicism. Immediately upon death each soul undergoes the particular judgment, and depending upon the state of the person’s soul, goes to heaven, purgatory, or hell. The last judgment will occur after the resurrection of the dead and the reuniting of a person’s soul with own physical body.[3] The Catholic Church teaches that at the time of the last judgment Christ will come in his glory, and all the angels with him, and in his presence the truth of each man’s relationship with God will be laid bare, and each person who has ever lived will be judged with perfect justice. Those already in heaven will remain in heaven; those already in hell will remain in hell; and those in purgatory will be released into heaven. Following the last judgment, the bliss of heaven and the pains of hell will be perfected in that those present will also be capable of physical bliss/pain. After the last judgment the universe itself will be renewed with a new heaven and a new earth in the World to Come.

Hope this helps xx

 

[Smugleaf]

The explanation I’ve heard of this from a very knowledgeable Catholic priest was time is a human and not divine limitation. Therefore those living in heaven have already been judged, at Judgement Day because God sees and participates in all of time at the same moment. If that made sense at all

 

[WoundedIcon]

The explanation I’ve heard of this from a very knowledgeable Catholic priest was time is a human and not divine limitation. Therefore those living in heaven have already been judged, at Judgement Day because God sees and participates in all of time at the same moment. If that made sense at all

Yep. God’s basically the eternal present so to Him I’m already 123,120,998,204,001 “years” old and worshiping or wailing right now.

 

[Will_S]

There are two judgments. At the time of death, each soul is subjected to the particular judgment. Each soul is judged one-on-one by Christ and thereafter goes to either hell, purgatory, or Heaven.

Those in purgatory are there for a time, to do penance for sins committed in this life. When the time of penance is up, they go to Heaven.

At the last day, when Christ returns, there is the second judgment, the general judgment. At this time, all of the dead are resurrected, and all of humanity stands before Christ and is judged publicly. The fate of the individual cannot be changed at this judgment, with the exception that purgatory is no more and therefore each person either goes to hell or to Heaven.

The purpose of this second judgment – the general judgment – is to make God’s justice known to all. Without a public judgment, we wouldn’t have knowledge about why people’s rewards and punishments are what they are. We might wonder why that guy who seemed so pious and devout is in hell, or why that repeat offender criminal is in Heaven. The general judgment clears up all such questions.

Here is a link to the chapter of the Baltimore Catechism #3 on this topic.

baltimore-catechism.com/lesson37.htm

 

[maureenan]

Hello, I found your question interesting and looked it up on the internet. This may be useful:
Belief in the last judgment (often linked with the General judgment) is held firmly inside Roman Catholicism. Immediately upon death each soul undergoes the particular judgment, and depending upon the state of the person’s soul, goes to heaven, purgatory, or hell. The last judgment will occur after the resurrection of the dead and the reuniting of a person’s soul with own physical body.[3] The Catholic Church teaches that at the time of the last judgment Christ will come in his glory, and all the angels with him, and in his presence the truth of each man’s relationship with God will be laid bare, and each person who has ever lived will be judged with perfect justice. Those already in heaven will remain in heaven; those already in hell will remain in hell; and those in purgatory will be released into heaven. Following the last judgment, the bliss of heaven and the pains of hell will be perfected in that those present will also be capable of physical bliss/pain. After the last judgment the universe itself will be renewed with a new heaven and a new earth in the World to Come.

Hope this helps xx

All will be changed when Jesus returns after which there will be a new heaven and new earth. And if Jesus reign began when he was here among his enemies does this not mean the 1000 years reign will be complete when Jesus returns?

I agree that God who is omnipresent and outside of time judges us when we die.

 

[GEddie]

Scripture only speaks of everybody being judged once.

The reason it appears as though it happens twice is the difference between time and eternity. Time is a side-effect of the material in our bodies. In death, you emerge into eternity, and are judged. But for the rest of the world, that moment remains in the future.

“The Final Judgement” occurs when the rest of the world catches up with Eternity.

ICXC NIKA

 

[Will_S]

Scripture only speaks of everybody being judged once.

The reason it appears as though it happens twice is the difference between time and eternity. Time is a side-effect of the material in our bodies. In death, you emerge into eternity, and are judged. But for the rest of the world, that moment remains in the future.

“The Final Judgement” occurs when the rest of the world catches up with Eternity.

ICXC NIKA

This is not true. The particular judgment is between the individual soul and Jesus Christ. The general judgment takes places after the resurrection of the body and all persons who have ever lived or ever will live stand before Christ.

It’s really not that difficult to read the catechism and I’ve even given a link:

baltimore-catechism.com/lesson37.htm