The Last Judgment.
The Last Judgment, also known as Final Judgment, Day of Judgment, Judgment Day, or the Day of the Lord, is the final and eternal judgment by God of the people in every nation resulting in the glorification of some and the punishment of others.
Description[]
Revelations describes the day of the Lord as an apocalyptic time of God's almighty wrath, which comes upon those who are deemed wicked. The text pictures every man hiding in the rocks of the mountains during a major earthquake to attempt to hide from God's wrath, while celestial phenomena turn the moon blood red and the sun dark. These celestial phenomena are also mentioned in Joel 2:31, which foretells the same precise order of events mentioned in Revelation: The moon turns blood red and the sun turns dark before the great day of the Lord.
Matthew 24:29-31 mentions the same event, yet it places the celestial phenomenon as occurring after the "tribulation of those days". According to these passages, it then seems that the day of the Lord is an event closely tied with the coming of the Messiah to judge the world. It is said that during the Last Judgment, those who perished during the apocalypse will rise from the dead and will be judged by God.
Overview[]
Judgment Day will be a period of a thousand years during which humans will have the opportunity to regain what Adam and Eve lost. Judgment Day will affect those living on “the inhabited earth.” Those receiving favorable judgment will live on earth and will enjoy everlasting life in perfect conditions. Thus, Judgment Day helps to accomplish God’s original purpose for humans and the earth.
Thus, Judgment Day helps to accomplish God’s original purpose for humans and the Earth. However, at the end of Judgment Day, Satan will be allowed to test the loyalty of every human living. Those who remain loyal to God will have passed the test that Adam and Eve failed. They will be judged worthy of receiving everlasting life in the restored paradisal earth. Those who choose to rebel against God will be permanently destroyed, as will Satan and his demons.