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March 14, 2018Individual Judgment: Immediately after death, each person comes before God and is judged individually (the particular judgment) and enters heaven, Purgatory, or hell. Yet at the end of time, a final judgment will occur when all are assembled before God and their relationship to God is made public, which is the general judgment. Last or General Judgment: The Last Judgment will come when Christ returns in glory. (CCC, no. 1040) Yet at the end of time when Christ returns in glory, a final judgment will occur when all are raised from the dead and assembled before God; then their relationship to him is made public (the general judgment). (Mt 25:31-32).
Click here for the Study Guide on the Four Last Things Following the example of Christ, the Church warns the faithful of the sad reality of eternal death, also called hell, which is brought about by a person’s free and permanent rejection of God and his love. Hell The Church gives the name Purgatory to [the] final purification of the elect, which is entirely different from the punishment of the damned” (CCC, no. 1031). Those who die in the state of friendship with God but who are not fully purified and perfected are assured of their eternal salvation. Purgatory Heaven? The Simpsons on Heaven, both varieties
