Why do we fear the last judgement, even the angels tremble?

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I’m don’t fear the last judgement, in fact I can’t wait. I’ve been to Australia and Hawaii, any place I get to travel too is just icing on the cake… I’m good. Thank you Jesus.

Can’t wait to see my mom again…

Seeing my brothers again will be cool too, but I know they’ll just tease me for being last to show up… again.
 
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Tis_Bearself said:
Yeah, the one thing that confuses me about the Last Judgment is that it seems like God is not going to just judge whoever happens to be on earth or just died at that moment, but also going to judge everybody who is already in Heaven (or Purgatory on the way to Heaven) and Hell.

Not sure what’s the point of re-judging everybody already in Heaven or Hell. It’s not like they’re going to be leaving either place.

I suppose the people in Purgatory could get a judgment that says “you’re ready for Heaven now” since Purgatory goes away at the time of the Last Judgment and everyone in Purgatory is saved.
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God knows best. His reasons are perfect. Perhaps we shall understand all of that at the last judgment.
 
DrawNearToGod said:
I will be making myself popcorn for this
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You very well might be that popcorn:

For see how YHWH
comes in fire
to assuage His anger
with burning,
His threats with brilliant fire.
For by fire will YHWH
execute judgement,
and by His sword
against all mankind.
The victims of YHWH
will be many.
Isaiah 66:15-16
 
Tis_Bearself said:
I’m not particularly scared of the Last Judgment either.
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I think that we all should be. My analysis of OT prophecy leads me to believe that the fire of the Judgement comes from a global nuclear war. As Rabbi Yehoshua predicts: “It will come down on every living person on the face of the earth.”
 
Tis_Bearself said:
. . .a whole lot of people who don’t believe in God or dismissed all the God stuff as some fairy tale are going to be very shocked and surprised to see God actually exists and is judging them.
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If I am right that YHWH’s judgement is by the fire of nuclear war, then these persons that you speak of are not going to understand that the disaster that has overtaken them is in fact Judgement Day.
Rabbi Yehoshua did warn that this Day would sneak up on the world “like a thief in the night.”
 
undead_rat said:
I think that we all should be. My analysis of OT prophecy leads me to believe that the fire of the Judgement comes from a global nuclear war. As Rabbi Yehoshua predicts: “It will come down on every living person on the face of the earth.”
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With all due respect, you’ve stated previously in recent posts that you are not attending a Catholic church and that you prioritize belief in the Shroud of Turin as a top priority, seemingly even over the Eucharist, when choosing a church.

As a result, I am not inclined to trust your judgment on any sort of religious matter. If you feel fear, I would gently suggest that you’ve distanced yourself from Our Lord.
 
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The legitimacy of the Holy Shroud is not a matter of faith; it is a scientifically proven fact.
I have never actually been a member of any Catholic Church, but have no problem in attending a Catholic service and I work for a Catholic company.
When it comes to the presence of our Almighty Creator, I think that we should feel fear.
 
As I said, those of us who walk in friendship with the Lord in the Catholic Church take to heart the Scriptural exhortation, “Be not afraid.”

It’s fine to feel some “holy fear” which is more accurately described as awe at the power of God and an appreciation of the insignificance of one’s own self. That’s not the same as servile fear where we would be afraid of what God might do to us.
 
Gripper said:
When the last judgement happens you
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The Last Judgement shall occur. We shall be there… It shan’t be a ho-hum event…

From Scriptures we can glean some sense of it.

Separation of Goats from Sheep… Some shall indeed be very surprised .

Seeking contradictions . is never the Way to Faith…
 
Gripper said:
Why do the angels tremble, they have nothing to fear from it?
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As beings in eternity, the angels cannot fear what they already know.

Theologians teach that after the Last Judgment, the hierarchy of creation does change. At creation, angels in the hierarchy are above man. After the Last Judgment, man becomes higher than the angels because God became man.

Some suggest that Lucifer, seeing this event, rebelled at this demotion. Man became the target of his evil revenge.
 
Gripper said:
When the last judgement happens you will probably be in Heaven or Hell as Purgatory will be closed for good. For those in Heaven surely the last judgment wouldn’t bother them because they are already with God and their sins are forgiven. Those that are in Hell are doomed already so the last judgement shouldn’t really change anything for them? Why do the angels tremble, they have nothing to fear from it?

Also everybody knowing everything that everyone has done, nobody in Heaven would be sad that everyone else knows what they did wrong on Earth surely?

Am I missing something?
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I don’t remember any verse in scripture saying that the angels tremble. I thought that NT passage was referring to the demons (the angels who abandoned God).

Can you link the verse?
 
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o_mlly said:
The two facts are not mutually exclusive.
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You say “Eternity” as if you think? you know whom is fully aware of Eternity

You’ve not shown how angels know everything of Eternity…

The day and hour of our Lord’s Return ? Not known .

“But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven […] but only the Father. "
 
EndTimes said:
Friend … whenever I post from .e.,g the CCC - I provide the texts…
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Then do me the same courtesy and use the quote feature if you wish to cite me. By doing so, you’ll avoid the straw man’s fallacy.
 
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