[26] So if they say to you, 'He is in the desert,' do not go out there; if they say, 'He is in the inner rooms,' do not believe it. [27] For just as lightning comes from the east and is seen as far as the west, so will the coming of the Son of Man be. [28] Wherever the corpse is, there the vultures will gather. [29] "Immediately after the tribulation of those days, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken. [30] And then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming upon the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. [31] And he will send out his angels with a trumpet blast, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other. [32] "Learn a lesson from the fig tree. When its branch becomes tender and sprouts leaves, you know that summer is near. [33] In the same way, when you see all these things, know that he is near, at the gates. [34] Amen, I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things have taken place. [35] Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.
(CCC 1040) The Last Judgment will come when Christ returns in glory. Only the Father knows the day and the hour; only he determines the moment of its coming. Then through his Son Jesus Christ he will pronounce the final word on all history. We shall know the ultimate meaning of the whole work of creation and of the entire economy of salvation and understand the marvellous ways by which his Providence led everything towards its final end. the Last Judgment will reveal that God's justice triumphs over all the injustices committed by his creatures and that God's love is stronger than death (Cf. Song 8:6).
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