ARTICLE 7

“ FROM THENCE HE WILL COME

AGAIN TO JUDGE THE LIVING AND
THE DEAD”
THE SECOND COMING OF CHRIST
What are the Six seasons in
Liturgical Calendar?

Advent
Christmas
Lent
Triduum
Easter
Ordinary Time
Joyful preparation for the two
fold coming of the Lord

Advent
Time of Celebration of the birth
of Jesus Christ

Christmas
 The time of conversion and
preparation for Easter by means
of 40 days prayer, fasting and
almsgiving.

Lent Season
First Day of Lent Season

Ash Wednesday
Celebration of the Resurrection
and ascension of the Lord,
coming of the Holy Spirit
beginning of the Church

Easter Season
I. HE WILL COME
AGAIN IN GLORY
 FIRST COMING OF JESUS
◦2000 years ago
◦When he was born of the Virgin Mary in Bethlehem
This truth will be declared by Jesus: “ The son of Man will
come with his angels in his Father’s glory, and then he
will repay everyone according to his conduct” (Matthew 16:26)
“ Jesus who has been taken up from you into heaven
will return in the same way as you have seen him going
into Heaven” ( Acts 1:11)
 SECOND COMING OF JESUS
◦PAROUSIA in Greek
◦ADVENTUS in Latin
◦“ arrival”
Do we know the time of the
second coming of Christ?
1. The Millenialists
◦Misguided Christians who expected the end of the
world in the year 1,000 AD.
1. The Seventh-Day Adventist
◦Founded by William Miller in New York in 1840,
calculated the end of the world in 1844
1. The Mormons

◦Founded by Joseph Smith in New York in 1820,

announced that Jesus would return in the year 1891.
 1. The Jehovah’s Witnesses

◦Founded by Charles Taze Russel in the U.S.

in 1870.
◦Proclaimed that the end of the world
would be in 1914.
◦1925
◦1975
Do we know the place of the
Second Coming of Christ?
 “The sun will be darkened, and the moon
will not give its light, and the stars will be
falling from the sky, and the powers in the
heavens will be shaken. And then they will
see the Son of Man coming in the clouds
with great power and glory”
(Mark 13: 24-26)
 1. The Armageddon
◦Mountain of Megiddo, in northern Israel.
“ Then they gathered the kings together to the place
that in Hebrew is called Armageddon” (Revelation
16:16)

2. The Valley of Jehoshapat)

“ There I will enter into judgment against them” (Joel
3:2)
How do we prepare for the
Second Coming of Christ?
 How do we prepare for the Second
Coming of Christ?
1. By repenting from sins and believing the Gospel
“The Kingdom of the God is at hand. Repent and
believe in the Gospel” (Mark 1:15)
2. By obeying the Commandments of God
“If you want to enter life, obey the Commandments”
(Matthew 19:17)
1. By doing works of eternal life
 II. TO JUDGE THE
LIVING AND THE DEAD
What is Judgment Day?
 What is Judgment Day?
The judgment day is the time when Christ will judge
the living ( those who are still alive at his arrival) and
the dead ( those died beforehand).
“Don't be surprised! The time will come when all the
dead will hear the voice of the Son of Man and they
will come out of their graves. Everyone who has done
good things will rise to life, but everyone who has done
evil things will rise and be condemned” ( John 5:28-29)
Difference between Particular and the universal
Judgment?
Particular Judgment Universal Judgment
◦Personal reckoning ◦Reckoning that the souls
that the souls undergo united to the resurrected
immediately after bodies will undergo at
death, leading to the end of times in front
Paradise, Purgatory or of the whole humankind
Hell. ending with eternal
salvation or eternal
damnation.
 What are the six
eschatological questions?
What are the 6 eschatological questions?

Six criteria that Jesus will use in judging each person.

The last questions that will determine our final destiny
 On the Judgment Day Christ will not ask
about our gender, nationality, or state in
life; and not even about our religious
affiliation or practice; but exclusively about
the good deeds we have done to our
neighbor.
THANK YOU FOR
LISTENING!!!!!

Moises Lopez
Rejoice Suarez