PHILOSOPHY AND FAITH The Massa Damnata This MS of the City of God shows Adam and Eve meeting death after expulsion from Eden, and the human race going on its way to Hell while the elect are saved by divine grace faithful, using as his agents the nations of Gog and Magog The saints will endure their suVerings until the onslaughts of Gog and Magog have burnt themselves out (DCD XX 11–12 19) Thirdly, Jesus will return to earth to judge the living and the dead Fourthly, in order to be judged, the souls of the dead will return from their resting place and be reunited with their bodies Fifthly, the judgement will separate the virtuous from the vicious, with the saints assigned to eternal bliss and the wicked to eternal damnation (DCD XX 22 27) Sixthly, the present world will be destroyed in a cosmic conXagration, and a new heaven and a new earth will be created 12