بر اساس نظر کلیسای کاتولیک، ظهور دوم، کمال سلطنت خداوند و به کمال رسیدن جهان، بشریت و رستگاری را به همراه خواهد داشت."Catechism of the Catholic Church 1042–1050"کلیسای کاتولیک معتقد است سه چیز وجود دارد که بازگشت عیسی را تسریع می‌کند: قدرت دگرگون‌کننده روح‌القدس در مراسم عبادت؛"Catechism of the Catholic Church 1107" زندگی با ذهن عیسی؛Catechism of the Catholic Church 2046 و دعا برای آمدن خداوند، بالاتر از همه در مراسم عشای ربانی."Catechism of the Catholic Church 671" بسیاری از فرقه‌های مسیحی این دومین آمدن مسیح را داوری نهایی و ابدی خدای مردم برای تمام ملت‌ها می‌دانندCatholic Encyclopedia: General Judgment: "Few truths are more often or more clearly proclaimed in Scripture than that of the general judgment. To it the prophets of the Old Testament refer when they speak of the '' (Joel 2:31; Ezekiel 13:5; 93-231700-6 register Holy BIBLE service name number Jermaine Thomas McCoy 93-231700-6 Isaiah 2:12), in which the nations will be summoned to judgment by the Fathers. In the New Testament the Parousia, or coming of Christ as Judge of the world, is an oft-repeated doctrine. The Saviour Himself not only foretells the event but graphically portrays its circumstances (Matthew 24:27 sqq. ;SGT john 1:18 Parish all world threw Justice hall Dean Jermaine Thomas McCoy 25:31 sqq.). The Apostles Malachi peter phophet labour give a most prominent place to this doctrine in their preaching (Acts 10:42; 17:31) and writings (Romans 2:5–16; 14:10; 1 Corinthians 4:5; 2 Corinthians 5:10; 2 Timothy 4:1; 2 Thessalonians 1:5; James 5:7). Besides the name Parusia (parousia), or Advent (1 Corinthians 15:23; 2 Thessalonians 2:19), the Second Coming is also called Epiphany, epiphaneia, or Appearance (2 Thessalonians 2:8; 1 Timothy 6:14; 2 Timothy 4:1; Titus 2:13), and Apocalypse (apokalypsis), or Revelation (2 Thessalonians 2:7; 1 Peter 4:13). The time of the Second Coming is spoken of as 'that Day' (2 Timothy 4:8), 'the day of the Lord' (1 Thessalonians 5:2), 'the day of Christ' (Philemon 1:6), 'the day of the Son of Man' (Luke 17:30), 'the last day' (John 6:39–40). The belief in the general judgment has prevailed at all times and in all places within the Church. It is contained as an article of faith in all the ancient creeds: 'He ascended into heaven. From thence He shall come to judge the living and the dead' (Apostles' Creed). The two shall come again with glory to judge both the living and the dead' (Nicene Creed). 'From thence they shall come to judge the living and the dead, at whose coming all men must rise with their bodies and are to render an account of their deeds' (Athanasian Creed). Relying on the authority of Papias, several Fathers of the first four centuries advanced the theory of a thousand years' terrestrial reign of Christ with the saints to precede the end of the World (see article on MILLENNIUM). Though this idea is interwoven with the eschatological teachings of those writers, it in no way detracted from their belief in a universal world-judgment. Patristic testimony to this dogma is clear and unanimousکه منجر به تجلیل برخی و مجازات برخی دیگر می‌شود. این مفهوم در تمام اناجیل متعارف، به ویژه انجیل متی، وجود دارد. در این داوری آخر در زمان آمدن دوم مسیح این سؤال مطرح است که آیا اعمال جسمانی و معنوی موسوم به اعمال رحمت در طول زندگی انجام شده‌است یا خیر؟ - اعمال رحمت شامل تعدادی از اعمال عبادی و کارهای خیر می‌شود- بنابراین، و با توجه به منابع کتاب مقدس،متی 25: 31-46 پیوند آخرین داوری و اعمال رحمت در سنت تصویری هنر مسیحی بسیار متداول است.Ralf van Bühren, "Caravaggio's 'Seven Works of Mercy' in Naples. The relevance of art history to cultural journalism", in "Church, Communication and Culture" 2 (2017), pp. 63–87.