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Title: Human Destiny


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Human Destiny
  • It is appointed that human beings die once, and
    after this, the judgment Hebrews 927
  • Christians do not believe in reincarnation
  • Love choice at death determines heaven/hell
  • Hell the rejection of God as a love choice at
    the moment of death
  • The inexpressible pain of the absence of God
  • Hades, sheol, land of the dead not the same
    thing
  • Gehenna (Mk 943) the valley of gê-hinnon in
    Hebrew which was to the SW of Jerusalem
    originally used as an area to worship the god
    Moloch and then used as a garbage dump which
    constantly burned. Going to gehenna was like
    being burned with the trash in an eternal fire.

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H D - 2
  • Heaven the love choice of accepting God at the
    moment of death
  • The direct face-to-face vision of God as He
    is---Father, Son and Holy Spirit total and
    perfect union with God, an ecstasy of fulfillment
    BEYOND ALL HUMAN IMAGINING (so stop thinking
    about it) the now of eternity (there is no
    time in eternity) in which everything is ever
    new, fresh, and present to us the warm flood of
    joy in the company of Jesus, His Mother, Mary,
    and all those we have ever known or loved the
    perfect enjoyment of all your mind and body
    (after the resurrection). Pg 65-66
  • Beatific Vision the vision of God at the moment
    of death which last for an eternity.

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H D - 3
  • Purgatory from the Latin purgare to cleanse
  • We die in the love of God
  • We have unrepented or insufficient recompense for
    our sins
  • Explained in
  • Scripture 2 Macc 12 Wis 102 Mt 38 Lk 123
    133 I Cor 314-15
  • Described by Tertullian, Origen, St. Cyril of
    Jerusalem, St. Ambrose, and other Fathers of the
    Church
  • Explained by the Councils of Florence (1031) Lyon
    II (1274), and Trent (1545-63).

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Final Wrap Up
  • Pg 69 - Two great commandments
  • Pg 70 - The Ten Commandments
  • Bible Dictionary pg 121 The Precepts of the
    Church
  • Pg 73 The holy days of obligation (see Bible
    Dictionary pg 63 for definition)
  • Pg 74 Rules for fast and abstinence
  • Pg 77 Fast for Holy Communion (meaning and
    purpose)
  • Pg 77 How to receive Communion
  • Pg 81 Emergency Baptism
  • Pg 82 The liturgical calendar
  • Pg 100 Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament
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