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general resurrection here. The Gospel refers to the latter in very general terms, as it is

not a pressing problem for the Cycle of the Son. The theme of the last Judgment that
appears in the Old Testament is repeated sometimes in the New. The dead will be raised

at a time which is always undetermined, together, all the just, or even all those who are

in their graves, will reappear corporally before God's Tribunal. But a new theme

appears: Christ's Advent is sometimes associated with this collective resurrection. Now,
in the context of Time, this advent coincides with the Cycle of the Holy Ghost.

This theme of the Advent of the Son of Man, which has been abundantly dealt with in

the New Testament, demands some annotations, if it is to be understood well. Let us

take a few examples that appear in the Gospel.
Chapter XXIV of the Gospel according to St. Matthew is consecrated entirely to this

subject. Some indications are particularly precise such as the following words spoken by

Christ:

And this Gospel of the Kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto
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all nations. And then shall the end come .
This is a reference to the end of the "World". Every one agrees that humanity, today,

has reached a decisive turning in its history and that we are, indeed, at the end of a

chapter of the planet's evolution, of organic life, and of the human society. This opinion
is founded on numerous grounds, of which several have been examined during

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Matthew, XXIV, 14.