Jesus and the Last Things: Death, Judgment, Heaven, Hell - Paperback

by Dennis J. Billy (Author)

This book focuses on Jesus, the four last things, and their relevance for our lives. He has much to teach us about these things. Jesus faced death with courage and was raised to new life by the power of his heavenly Father. He descended into hell and reached out to those who had alienated themselves from God. He promised to return at the consummation of time to judge the living and the dead and to establish the fullness of his kingdom. He lives forever in the house of his Father, hoping to draw all people to himself and make all things new. The book reminds us that, for Jesus, the four last things are just a prelude to the first things. He is the Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. He teaches us to put last things first and first things last.

Author Biography

Dennis J. Billy is an American Redemptorist of the Baltimore Province and professor emeritus at the Alphonsian Academy of the Pontifical Lateran University in Rome. He is currently a fellow of the Graduate Theological Foundation in Mishawaka, Indiana, and serves there as the Karl Rahner Professor of Catholic Theology. The author of many books and articles, he is also very active in his order's retreat apostolate and in the ministry of spiritual direction.