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Last
Days
Parousia
The
second coming of Christ is only mentioned indirectly in Christ's
presence at Judgement and the revealing of his wounds (lines
89-92).
Resurrection
of the Dead
Christ will summon 'all the human race'(lines
50/51). The reuniting of body and soul at the resurrection is
mentioned twice (line
101 and lines
157-58)
Last
Judgement
Separation
of the Righteous and the Sinful
Only
the blessed soul mentions this separation (lines
145-46)
God/Christ
Sits at Judgement
This is mentioned again indirectly. The Creator of Heaven will want
to be answered (line
92) and later on is strict at Judgement (line
99-100).
Man
has to answer for his life
God/Christ wants to be repaid for his wounds. Man has to answer
for his actions and demonstrate whether he has repaid this dept
or not (lines
94-95). It is noteworthy that the damned soul only talks about
the body answering (line
88), while the blessed soul stands up with its body (lines
161-163).
Heavenly
Kingdom
The blessed soul and its body will be of high distinction in the
heavenly kingdom (line
159), which is described as 'the place where men and angels
meet' (line
150).
Eternal
Damnation
The fate of the damned is only described as 'whatever miseries you
destined us to here before' (line
102).
Afterlife
Heaven
This poem shares the view that the soul is judged directly after
death and will go either to heaven or hell (lines
5-8). Again, the description is very rudimentary: The damned
soul is sad because it cannot go to 'the joys of heaven' (line
104), and the blessed soul would like to share with its body
the view of the 'angels and the glory of heaven' (lines
140/41).
Hell
This
poem shares the view that the soul is judged directly after death
and will go either to heaven or hell (lines
5-8). There is even less information about hell than about heaven.
It is only mentioned as the place where the damned soul comes from
or goes to: 'the torments of hell' (lines
32 + 47), 'the place where people live in disgrace' (line
71) and the 'abyss of hell' (line
104). The description of the worms eating the body, beginning
in line
112, places the body in hell. Worms as tormentors in hell can
also be found in other apocalypses,
such as the Visio
Pauli.
Other
The
weekly holiday of the soul should also be mentioned in this context
(lines 9-14
and lines
127/28). The general idea can also be found in the Visio
Pauli and thus be called apocalyptic. But it is only the damned
soul that is granted this holiday by the mercy of Christ in the
Visio, and it is not said to visit the body.
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