As the Lord of the cosmos and of history, the Head of his Church, the glorified Christ mysteriously remains on earth where his kingdom is already present in seed and in its beginning in the Church. One day he will return in glory but we do not know the time. Because of this we live in watchful anticipation, praying “Come, Lord” (Revelation 22:20).
After the final cosmic upheaval of this passing world the glorious coming of Christ will take place. Then will come the definitive triumph of God in the parousia and the Last Judgment. Thus the Kingdom of God will be realized.
Christ will judge with the power he has gained as the Redeemer of the world who came to bring salvation to all. The secrets of hearts will be brought to light as well as the conduct of each one toward God and toward his neighbor. Everyone, according to how he has lived, will either be filled with life or damned for eternity. In this way, “the fullness of Christ” (Ephesians 4:13) will come about in which “God will be all in all” (1 Corinthians 15:28).
These events are announced in the First Will by the prophets Daniel and Ezechiel and in the New Will, at the end of the Gospel of Matthew or in the Book of Revelation.
The prophet Daniel saw the last Judgment:
"As I looked, thrones were placed, and one that was Ancient of days (Father) took his seat, [...] and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him; the court sat in judgment, and the books were opened" (7,9-10).
He saw also the "Ancient of days" to give to the Son of man (Jesus) glory and eternal reign :
"One like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and he came to the Ancient of days, and was presented before him. And to him was given dominion and glory and kingdom, [...] and his kingdom one that shall not be destroyed" (7,13-14).
In the last book of Bible : the Revelation, John describes also the battle between the Church and the powers of darkness. The Church is under the features of the Woman (in whom the Tradition sees also the Virgin Mary) and the powers of darkness are represented by the dragon: devil or Satan, that which had involved with the fall Eve and Adam:
"A great portent appeared in heaven, a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars [...] Another portent appeared in heaven; behold, a great red dragon [...]
Michael and his angels fighting against the dragon [...] And I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, "Now the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of his Christ have come, [...] And they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb (Jesus)" (12, 1-17). John describes the final harvest of the world, chaired by the Son of man, Jesus Christ : "Then I saw a great white throne and him who sat upon it" The dead are standing in front of the throne and are judged by what they had done (20,11-15).
Then death disappears and John sees the celestial city which needs neither the sun nor of the moon to light it, because Jesus Christ is the Light of the world (John 8, 12). Nothing unclean shall enter it but "only those who are written in Lamb book of Life" (21,9-27).
During the Last Judgment, Jesus will say to those at his right hand,
`Come, O blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world; for I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me " (Mt 25,31-46).
