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	<blockquote>The hour of the last Judgment, which is that hour of the supreme struggle between the sixth and seventh, and the fifth and fourth at the threshold of the gestation state.<ref>Vicente Hao Chin, Jr., ''The Mahatma Letters to A.P. Sinnett in chronological sequence'' No. 70-C (Quezon City: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), ???.</ref></blockquote>		<blockquote>The hour of the last Judgment, which is that hour of the supreme struggle between the sixth and seventh, and the fifth and fourth at the threshold of the gestation state.<ref>Vicente Hao Chin, Jr., ''The Mahatma Letters to A.P. Sinnett in chronological sequence'' No. 70-C (Quezon City: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), ???.</ref></blockquote>

	~~But in~~ another letter, [[Morya\|Master M.]] seems to be referring to ~~this~~ when he writes:		In another letter, [[Morya\|Master M.]] seems to be referring to some kind of "judgment day" when he writes:

	<blockquote>On their fifth round ~~after a partial Nirvana when the zenith of the grand cycle is reached,~~ they will be held responsible henceforth in their descents from sphere to sphere, as they will have to appear on this earth as a still more perfect and intellectual race. This downward course has not yet begun but will soon. Only how ~~many — oh~~, how many will be destroyed on their way!<ref>Vicente Hao Chin, Jr., ''The Mahatma Letters to A.P. Sinnett in chronological sequence'' No. 44 (Quezon City: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), ???.</ref></blockquote>		<blockquote>On their [[Round#Fifth round\|fifth round]] . . . they will be held responsible henceforth in their descents from [[Globe\|sphere]] to sphere, as they will have to appear on this earth as a still more perfect and intellectual race. This downward course has not yet begun but will soon. Only how many—oh, how many will be destroyed on their way!<ref>Vicente Hao Chin, Jr., ''The Mahatma Letters to A.P. Sinnett in chronological sequence'' No. 44 (Quezon City: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), ???.</ref></blockquote>

	=== According to C. W. Leadbeater ===		=== According to C. W. Leadbeater ===

	~~<blockquote>The goal set before us~~ is the ~~attainment of that level of initiation~~ which ~~has been called adeptship--~~ the ~~position~~ of ~~the asekha, “the one who has no more to learn” with regard to our planetary chain~~. ~~But we also know that it~~ will not be the whole of humanity that will succeed in this lofty aim, but only a certain part of it. We are told that in the middle of the next round a separation will occur between those ~~souls~~ who are strong enough to undertake the higher stages of evolution and those who are not.		[[Charles Webster Leadbeater\|C. W. Leadbeater]] referred to an event that is supposed to take place half-way through the [[Round#Fifth round\|fifth round]] which he identified with the concept of "last judgment". He explains:

			<blockquote>It will not be the whole of humanity that will succeed in this lofty [evolutionary] aim, but only a certain part of it. We are told that in the middle of the next round a separation will occur between those [[soul]]s who are strong enough to undertake the higher stages of [[evolution]] and those who are not.
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	This separation has been prefigured by the many legends of a ~~“last judgment”~~ at which the future destiny of the souls for this aeon would be decided. The diseased imagination of the mediaeval monk, always seeking an opportunity to introduce grotesquely exaggerated horrors into his creed in order to terrify an incredibly ignorant peasantry into more liberal donations for the support of Mother-Church, distorted into “eternal damnation” the perfectly simple idea of aeonian suspension.		This separation has been prefigured by the many legends of a "last judgment" at which the future destiny of the souls for this [[Aeon\|aeon]] would be decided. The diseased imagination of the mediaeval monk, always seeking an opportunity to introduce grotesquely exaggerated horrors into his creed in order to terrify an incredibly ignorant peasantry into more liberal donations for the support of Mother-Church, distorted into “eternal damnation” the perfectly simple idea of aeonian suspension.
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	Those who are left behind at this period have sometimes been described as “the failures of the fifth round,” though perhaps even this is somewhat too harsh a term. There may well be some among them who by greater exertion might have qualified themselves to pass onward, and these are rightly spoken of as failures; but the majority will be left behind simply because they are too young to go on, and so not strong enough for the more difficult work.<ref>Charles Webster Leadbeater, ''The Inner Life'' vol. II, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Press, 1942), 198.</ref></blockquote>		Those who are left behind at this period have sometimes been described as “the failures of the fifth round,” though perhaps even this is somewhat too harsh a term. There may well be some among them who by greater exertion might have qualified themselves to pass onward, and these are rightly spoken of as failures; but the majority will be left behind simply because they are too young to go on, and so not strong enough for the more difficult work.<ref>Charles Webster Leadbeater, ''The Inner Life'' vol. II, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Press, 1942), 198.</ref></blockquote>

	<blockquote>It is calculated that the proportion who will be prepared to go on will amount to about three-fifths of the total population of the earth (not merely of the physical population, it will be understood, but of the total number of egos who constitute the human life-wave evolving through this chain) while the remaining two-fifths will be left behind.<ref>Charles Webster Leadbeater, ''The Inner Life'' vol. II, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Press, 1942), 199.</ref></blockquote>		<blockquote>It is calculated that the proportion who will be prepared to go on will amount to about three-fifths of the total population of the earth (not merely of the physical population, it will be understood, but of the total number of egos who constitute the human [[Life-Wave\|life-wave]] evolving through this chain) while the remaining two-fifths will be left behind.<ref>Charles Webster Leadbeater, ''The Inner Life'' vol. II, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Press, 1942), 199.</ref></blockquote>

	== Notes ==		== Notes ==

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	In the Theosophical view, this concept has been used in different ways. For example, [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky\|Mme. Blavatsky]] relates it to the end of the [[Manvantara\|manvantaric]] [[evolution]]:		In the Theosophical view, this concept has been used in different ways. For example, [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky\|Mme. Blavatsky]] relates it to the end of the [[Manvantara\|manvantaric]] [[evolution]]:

	<blockquote>The day of "Be-With-Us" is this period of rest or Paranirvana. . . . It corresponds to the Day of the Last Judgment of the [[Christianity\|Christians]], which has been sorely materialised by their religion.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Secret Doctrine'' vol. I, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 134, fn.</ref></blockquote>		<blockquote>The [[Nirvāṇa#Parinirvāṇa\|day of "Be-With-Us"]] is this period of rest or Paranirvana. . . . It corresponds to the Day of the Last Judgment of the [[Christianity\|Christians]], which has been sorely materialised by their religion.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Secret Doctrine'' vol. I, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 134, fn.</ref></blockquote>

	In [[ML70-C#Page 18\|one of his letters]], [[Koot Hoomi\|Master K.H.]] uses the phrase in connection to the [[Life_after_Death#The_.22Death_struggle.22\|"Death struggle"]] that happens after death:		In [[ML70-C#Page 18\|one of his letters]], [[Koot Hoomi\|Master K.H.]] uses the phrase in connection to the [[Life_after_Death#The_.22Death_struggle.22\|"Death struggle"]] that happens after death:

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The '''Last Judgment''' (or Judgment Day) is a concept present in the Abrahamic religions. In Christian theology, it is the final and eternal judgment by [[God]] of every nation. In Islam the "Day of Resurrection" or "Day of Judgment" is a sequence of events that includes the annihilation of all creatures, resurrection of the body, and the judgment of all sentient creatures. In Judaism, the day of judgment happens every year on Rosh Hashanah (a day which is also known as Yom HaDin, Judgment Day), therefore the belief in a last day of judgment for all mankind is disputed. Some Rabbis hold that there will be such a day following the resurrection of the dead. Others hold that there is no need for that because of Rosh Hashanah. While yet others hold that this accounting and judgment happens when one dies.

== Theosophical view ==

In the Theosophical view, this concept has been used in different ways. For example, [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky|Mme. Blavatsky]] relates it to the end of the [[Manvantara|manvantaric]] [[evolution]]:

<blockquote>The day of "Be-With-Us" is this period of rest or Paranirvana. . . . It corresponds to the Day of the Last Judgment of the [[Christianity|Christians]], which has been sorely materialised by their religion.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Secret Doctrine'' vol. I, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 134, fn.</ref></blockquote>

In [[ML70-C#Page 18|one of his letters]], [[Koot Hoomi|Master K.H.]] uses the phrase in connection to the [[Life_after_Death#The_.22Death_struggle.22|"Death struggle"]] that happens after death:

<blockquote>The hour of the last Judgment, which is that hour of the supreme struggle between the sixth and seventh, and the fifth and fourth at the threshold of the gestation state.<ref>Vicente Hao Chin, Jr., ''The Mahatma Letters to A.P. Sinnett in chronological sequence'' No. 70-C (Quezon City: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), ???.</ref></blockquote>

But in another letter, [[Morya|Master M.]] seems to be referring to this when he writes:

<blockquote>On their fifth round after a partial Nirvana when the zenith of the grand cycle is reached, they will be held responsible henceforth in their descents from sphere to sphere, as they will have to appear on this earth as a still more perfect and intellectual race. This downward course has not yet begun but will soon. Only how many — oh, how many will be destroyed on their way!<ref>Vicente Hao Chin, Jr., ''The Mahatma Letters to A.P. Sinnett in chronological sequence'' No. 44 (Quezon City: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), ???.</ref></blockquote>

=== According to C. W. Leadbeater ===

<blockquote>The goal set before us is the attainment of that level of initiation which has been called adeptship-- the position of the asekha, “the one who has no more to learn” with regard to our planetary chain. But we also know that it will not be the whole of humanity that will succeed in this lofty aim, but only a certain part of it. We are told that in the middle of the next round a separation will occur between those souls who are strong enough to undertake the higher stages of evolution and those who are not.
<br>
This separation has been prefigured by the many legends of a “last judgment” at which the future destiny of the souls for this aeon would be decided. The diseased imagination of the mediaeval monk, always seeking an opportunity to introduce grotesquely exaggerated horrors into his creed in order to terrify an incredibly ignorant peasantry into more liberal donations for the support of Mother-Church, distorted into “eternal damnation” the perfectly simple idea of aeonian suspension.
<br>
Those who are left behind at this period have sometimes been described as “the failures of the fifth round,” though perhaps even this is somewhat too harsh a term. There may well be some among them who by greater exertion might have qualified themselves to pass onward, and these are rightly spoken of as failures; but the majority will be left behind simply because they are too young to go on, and so not strong enough for the more difficult work.<ref>Charles Webster Leadbeater, ''The Inner Life'' vol. II, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Press, 1942), 198.</ref></blockquote>

<blockquote>It is calculated that the proportion who will be prepared to go on will amount to about three-fifths of the total population of the earth (not merely of the physical population, it will be understood, but of the total number of egos who constitute the human life-wave evolving through this chain) while the remaining two-fifths will be left behind.<ref>Charles Webster Leadbeater, ''The Inner Life'' vol. II, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Press, 1942), 199.</ref></blockquote>

== Notes ==
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