Judgment Day

In Christian eschatology, the Last Judgment or Judgment Day is the ethical-judicial trial, judgment, and punishment/reward of individual humans (assignment to heaven or to hell) by a divine tribunal (God) at the end of time, following the destruction of humans' present earthly existence. Some Christians say that God does not judge, since He finds "all to be precious".

Belief in final judgment is held firmly by the Roman Catholic Church and its followers. The Roman Catholic Church believes this last judgement is not a literal trial, as those who have already died are either in Hell, Heaven, or awaiting Heaven in Purgatory.

The last judgement instead will occur after the resurrection of the dead and the reuniting of the body and soul, in which the sins and judgement for each man will be made present to all before their status in eternal life is resumed. At this point both the pleasures of Heaven and the pains of hell will be perfected in that those present will also be capable of physical pleasure/pain.

In art, the Last Judgment is a common theme in medieval and renaissance religious iconography. Like most early iconographic innovations, its origins stem from Byzantium. In Western Christianity, it is often the subject depicted on the central tympanum of medieval cathedrals and churches, or as the central section of a triptych, flanked by depictions of heaven and hell to the left and right, respectively.

The most famous Renaissance depiction is Michelangelo Buonarroti's The Last Judgment in the Sistine Chapel. Included in this is his self portrait, as St. Bartholomew's flayed skin.

Judgement Day According To "Sri" McElwaine

Around the year 2012, there will be a JUDGEMENT DAY, and
a HARVEST of people, whether physically alive or dead. This
is because Planet Earth is nearing the end of a MAJOR CYCLE
of human evolution.

The criteria for Judgement will have little or NOTHING to do with one's religion, such as how pious a "Christian" a
person is. And Jesus Christ will have NOTHING to do with it.