The Judgment

After the initial passage into the afterlife, there is another, less comfortable event. Each individual undergoes a judgment where he must review his life with unsparing honesty. There is a ledger recording every deed, and its consequences on the people it affected. Now that book is opened and read. The movie that recorded the person’s life is projected onto the screen of his mind. Everything comes to light.

The main criterion of judgment seems to be the deeds. Did the person live more to benefit others, or did he use others to benefit himself? Scriptures describe a trial scene, with God as judge, Jesus or Muhammad as defense attorney, and sometimes the devil as prosecutor. God is bound to pass sentence based upon the evidence. On this point, Father Moon offers a unique insight: to overcome Satan’s accusation at the judgment, we should win over the person or persons who most hate and accuse us on earth. He calls it loving ‘Cain.’

Scriptures describe a gate that only the righteous may enter, a “bridge of the separator” that only the righteous may cross, and a fire that burns up all falsehood and leaves only what is genuine. The spirit world has various abodes, heavens and hells, welcoming the soul according to its condition. Spirits are sorted out, and each goes to its appropriate place. No guards are required to keep out the unworthy; no policemen to direct traffic, for each person naturally goes to the place most fitting to his or her character and past life.