the afterlife

• Afterlife

  Life after death.
• Revelation 21:4 Quote

  "He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away." Revelation 21:4.
• Resurrection

  The act of rising from the dead.
• Judgement Day

  Occurs at the End of Time, during the Second Coming, when Jesus will judge the living and the dead.
• Purgatory


  A state of final purification or cleansing (they are purged of sin), which one may need to enter following death and before entering Heaven. Catholic belief.
• Judgement

  The act of judging people and their actions.
• Christian Judgement

  Christian's believe that when they die, their souls will await Judgement Day when they will be rewarded with heaven or punished with hell.
• The Particular Judgement


  Catholic belief - occurs immediately after an individuals death.
• The General/ Final Judgement

  Catholic belief - takes place at the Second Coming, Jesus will judge those living and dead.
• The Second Coming

  Jesus will return in glory, bringing this age of time and space to an end and judge the living and the end, sending people to heaven or hell.
• Heaven

  A state of being (not a physical place) with God outside time and space. A community. A timeless existence of beauty and goodness. Many Christians use earthly images of what people most desire to help explain this.
• Hell

  An eternal separation from God due to deliberate rejection of a relationship with Him. The Bible depicts a place of unquenchable fire and Medieval images can be seen of this (Doom Paintings) but most Christians now reject this literal view and consider it a metaphor.