Eschatology Flashcards
Mark 13:24-25
The Bible suggests the end of time will be signalled by cosmic disasters - frightening, large-scale events such as the sun darkening or the stars falling from heaven
St Paul’s Letter about resurrection - 1 Corinthian 15
“So it is with the resurrection of the dead. What is sown is perishable, what is raised is imperishable. It is sown in dishonour, it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness, it is raised in power. It is sown a physical body, it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a physical body, there is also a spiritual body”
Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus
- Rich Man “feasted scrumptiously every day” but never shared food with Lazarus (wealth makes you forget the needs of others”
- Rich Man is “in agony in these flames” (hell is a place of torment where you are cut of from your relationship with God”
- Abraham tells the rich man that there is a “great chasm” between heaven and hell” (you cannot move from heaven to hell)
- Abraham replied “If they do not listen to Moses and the prophecy neither will they be convinced even if someone rises from the dead” - Having faith in God, and following Jesus teachings, will lead people to heaven
Sacrament of the Commendation of the Dead
‘Go forth, Christian soul, from this world … May you live in peace this day, may your home be with God in Zion’
Funeral Mass in the Funeral Rite
John 11:25-26 is often used as a reading, which includes the line “l am the resurrection and the life… everyone who lives and believes in me will never die”
Commital of the Funeral Rite
As the coffin is blessed, the congregation says or sings “May the angels lead you to paradise and with poor man Lazarus of old may you enjoy eternal life”
