The Final Judgment

This work is a combination of five volumes: "The Final Judgment", "The Final Judgment Continued", "The White Horse", "Earths in the Universe", and "Summary Exposition." The first volume, "The Final Judgment", describes how the last or final judgment occurs not on earth, but rather in the spiritual world upon those who have died and have not yet entered heaven or hell. The resurrection is not a literal rising in a physical body, but rather a new life in a spiritual body in the other world. These judgments have occurred in the past, and generally mark the beginning a a new age and a new church which will replace the former. This work reveals that the Second Coming of Jesus Christ is not a second coming in person, but a revelation of the spiritual sense of the Word or sacred scripture. This is symbolized by the white horse in the Apocalypse or book of Revelation, and this is explained in detail in the third volume, "The White Horse". The second volume, "Continuation concerning the Final Judgment", describes in detail the various societies in the spiritual world which were affected by the final judgment, based on the author's visions. The fourth volume, "Earths in the Universe", is a description of spirits encountered from other planets by the author in his visions. The fifth volume, "Summary Exposition", is a summary of beliefs of the Catholic and Protestant churches: how they are similar, how they have fallen into error, and how they differ with the doctrines of the New Church which will be formed after them in the future.

This work has been formatted for digital publication: it includes hyperlinked table of contents, references, footnotes, and topical indexes. This is volume 22 of the multi-volume work, "The Divine Revelation of the New Jerusalem," which contains all the major spiritual works of Emanuel Swedenborg.