{
  "id": "dict_001330",
  "term": "Day of Judgment",
  "slug": "day-of-judgment",
  "letter": "D",
  "entry_type": "theological_term",
  "entry_family": "theological_term",
  "depth_profile": "standard",
  "short_definition": "The Day of Judgment is the future time when God will judge all people with perfect justice through Jesus Christ. Scripture presents it as certain, universal, and tied to final accountability before God.",
  "simple_one_line": "",
  "tooltip_text": "",
  "aliases": [],
  "scripture_references": [],
  "original_language_terms": [],
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  "lede_intro": "",
  "at_a_glance_definition": "",
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  "description_academic_short": "The Day of Judgment refers to the coming time when God will openly judge the world in righteousness through His appointed Son, Jesus Christ. It includes the exposure of every person’s deeds and the final separation of the righteous from the wicked. While Christians differ on some details of end-times chronology, the certainty of a final judgment is clear in Scripture.",
  "description_academic_full": "The Day of Judgment is the biblical teaching that God has appointed a future day in which He will judge the world in righteousness through Jesus Christ. Scripture presents this judgment as certain, comprehensive, and morally perfect: every person will give account to God, hidden things will be brought to light, and God’s just verdict will be made known. For the unbelieving, this judgment results in condemnation; for believers, judgment is also real, yet their acceptance rests on Christ, and their works are evaluated under God’s righteous scrutiny. Orthodox Christians differ on how this judgment relates to other end-times events, but the central truth is not in doubt: history is moving toward a final, divine judgment in which God’s justice will be fully revealed.",
  "background_biblical_context": "",
  "background_historical_context": "",
  "background_jewish_ancient_context": "",
  "key_texts_primary": [],
  "key_texts_secondary": [],
  "original_language_note": "",
  "theological_significance": "",
  "philosophical_explanation": "",
  "interpretive_cautions": "",
  "major_views_note": "",
  "doctrinal_boundaries": "",
  "practical_significance": "",
  "meta_description": "The Day of Judgment is the future time when God will judge all people with perfect justice through Jesus Christ. Scripture presents it as certain, universal, and tied to final accountability before God.",
  "public_url": "/companion-bible-dictionary/day-of-judgment/",
  "json_url": "/companion-bible-dictionary/data/dictionary/day-of-judgment.json",
  "final_disposition": "PUBLISH_CANONICAL"
}