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Last Judgment
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<p>The Last Judgment is a concept found across the <a href="/facts/Abrahamic_religions/y9z2Wf9q">Abrahamic religions</a> and the <i><a href="/facts/Frashokereti/94xvBwwh">Frashokereti</a></i> of <a href="/facts/Zoroastrianism/rM0QUMtg">Zoroastrianism</a>. </p><p><a href="/facts/Christianity/nKyJHlqq">Christianity</a> considers the <a href="/facts/Second_Coming/cmswsDwm">Second Coming</a> of <a href="/facts/Jesus/Hcd9hEzI">Jesus Christ</a> to entail the final judgment by <a href="/facts/God_in_Abrahamic_religions/N9Sn37DE">God</a> of all people who have ever lived, resulting in the <a href="/facts/Heaven/mRtkwbzz">salvation</a> of a few and the <a href="/facts/Hell/2nIkoYTB">damnation</a> of many. Some Christian denominations believe <a href="/facts/Christian_universalism/akILC249">most people will be saved</a>, some believe <a href="/facts/Predestination_in_Calvinism/Y8LRW7kF">most people will be damned</a>, and some believe <a href="/facts/Predestination_in_Catholicism/lPy4l9wD">the number of the saved and of the damned is unknown</a>. The concept of the Last Judgment is found in all the <a href="/facts/Canonical_gospels/oC3s2MdL">canonical gospels</a>, particularly in the <a href="/facts/Gospel_of_Matthew/37PUBgoR">Gospel of Matthew</a>. The Christian tradition is also followed by <a href="/facts/Islam/zDLbL45C">Islam</a>, where it is mentioned in many chapters of the <a href="/facts/Quran/39rkStko">Quran</a>, according to some interpretations. </p><p>The Last Judgment has inspired numerous artistic depictions, including painting, sculpture and evangelical work. </p>