What happens on Judgement Day?

On this Wednesday bible study we talked about:
"What happens when we die?"

We, also, talked about, "The sins of Adam"
"The fall of the temple by the Romans in 70AD"
and "The resurrection of Lazarus" as well.

What happens when we die? 
Back when I was a child I was told by my church at a children's bible study
that we either go straight to heaven or hell.
And we have to do good to avoid going straight to hell.
Later, after I got older, I was told by the Catholic Chaplain on the
Battleship New Jersey BB-62,
that our souls live in purgatory until we are judged.
The latter is closer to the truth, than the former.

God Jehovah will call upon us and judge us after our death.
But until that time we are nothing, but dust in the tombs. 

"For the living know that they shall die: 

but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; 

for the memory of them is forgotten."

Ecclesiastes 9:5 KJV (1611)  

We will await our judgement in purgatory,

until almighty God calls upon us.  

(Taken from the New American "Catholic" Bible,

since Maccabees is not in the original King James Bible;

It is one of the 33 books that was rejected by the first church council,

the "Council of Miserere.")

 

"In doing this he acted in a very excellent and noble way, 
inasmuch as he had the resurrection of the dead in view; 
for if he were not expecting the fallen to rise again, 
it would have been useless and foolish to pray for them in death. 
But if he did this with a view to the splendid reward 
that awaits those who had gone to rest in godliness, it was a holy and pious thought. 
Thus he made atonement for the dead that they might be freed from this sin.". 
2 Maccabees 12:44-46 NAB (1981)

Yes we shall be judged according to our works. 

Each and every one of us shall be judged. 

But not immediately upon our death. 

Only when the day of Judgement comes as foretold in the scriptures.

"And I saw a great white throne, 

and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; 

and there was found no place for them.

And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before Jehovah; 

and the books were opened: and another book was opened, 

which is the book of life: 

and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, 

according to their works.

And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; 

and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: 

and they were judged every man according to their works.

And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.

And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire."

Revelation 20:11-15 KJV (1611)

Not only well be be judged by the seeds we plant and by our good works, 

but also by our tongue; by the words we speak. 

"But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, 

they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment."

Matthew 12:36 KJV (1611)

I asked, "How is God Jehovah going to remember all the millions of people in the tombs?" 

Part of the answer is this; all those before the great flood were already judged, 

all of those from Sodom and Gomorrah were already judged, 

and the Romans who burned the temple in 70AD were already judged. 

The second part of the answer is Jehovah is all knowing. 

You can hide nothing from him. He will never forget your works on earth. 

The fall of the temple: 

40 years after Jesus foretelling  the destruction of the Temple of Herold, 

the temple was destroyed.  

On 29 August 70 AD the Romans sieged Jerusalem and burnt the temple down.  

This is the same day 657 years earlier that the Babylonians destroyed Solomon's Temple. 

 

"And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: 

and his disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple.

And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, 

There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down."

Matthew 24:1-2 KJV (1611)

The reason why we die is because of the sins of Adam and Eve. 

If Adam did not sin, we would have no death or pain, nor sorrow.

We would have abundance, peace, and happiness upon the earth.  

But, because of sin; we have death.  

 

"Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; 

and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned."

Romans 5:12 KJV (1611)

Not all those that die; will stay dead. 

Some; the Lord Jehovah will still have a purpose for.  

Like Lazarus, for example.  

 

"These things said he: and after that he saith unto them, 

Our friend Lazarus sleepeth; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep."

John 11:11 KJV (1611) 

The Lord Jehovah will judge us according to our own actions,

not the actions of our fathers. 

Yes we have to honor or fathers, but we have to grow on our own;

we have to find our own path chosen by God.

The Lord Jehovah wants us to follow the example set by his Son Jesus. 

If we follow him, we shall have everlasting life; 

and not be condemned until death.   

 

"For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son:

That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. 

He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him.

Verily, verily, I say unto you, 

He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, 

and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.

Verily, verily, I say unto you, 

The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: 

and they that hear shall live.

For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself;

And hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man.

Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, 

in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,

And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; 

and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation."

John 5:22-29 KJV (1611)

  

When we follow Christ 

and lead by his example; 

To be compassionate, understanding, caring, and giving.
To be loving, forthright, peace-loving, and non-violent, 

we shall be saved; 

and have everlasting life. 

Thank you for reading my Wednesday Blog. 

As I finish the research of the "Healing Foods of the Bible"

I will post a special blog. Thanks. 

Mr. Timothy L. Kerofsky, MA