Friday, May 20, 2011

Last Judgement

With all of the hoopla about tomorrow (May 21st) being the day of the rapture, and in regards to all predictions of the "end of times," I thought it would be fit for me to post on this subject.

The first thing that I would like to consider, is the thought of how could a loving God, who creates, and continually creates, to maintain his creation, take any action to destroy or even impede that creation?

(Divine Love and Wisdom 4) - on the nature of the Lord and love.

Secondly, I believe that the Lord is Love in essence. Love by it's nature needs to have others outside of ones self to express that love. And considering that the Lord is infinite in His Love, would He not desire to continually create others to reciprocate his Love?
   
Finally, the "last judgement" is meant "particularly" as an individual thing which happens to each of us after we pass from this world to the next.
       "In particular there is a last judgement for everyone immediately after he has died, for at this point he passes over into the next life, in which, once he has entered into the life that was his in the body, he undergoes a judgement that points either to death or to life. This last judgement involves every detail of the person. With him whose judgement is to death every single detail condemns him, for there is nothing in his thought and will, not the smallest thing, that does not show the same as his individual last judgement or draw him towards death. But with him whose judgement is to life, every single detail of his thought or will in a similar way possesses the image of his individual last judgement and bears him towards life. For as is the person in general, so is he in every detail of his thought and affection. These are the things meant by the Last Judgement." (Arcana Coelestia 1850)
 

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