10509. 'And on the day of My visitation I will visit their sin upon them' means their final state in particular and in general, when judgement takes place. This is clear from the meaning of 'the day of visitation' as the final state of the Church in particular and in general, dealt with in 2242, 6588; and from the meaning of 'visiting sin' as being judged and condemned. The words in particular and in general are used because there is 'a day of visitation' for each person in particular when he enters the next life, as happens when he dies. There is also such a day for the Church in general when it comes to an end. At that time people undergo examination of their characters and separation from one another. Those ruled by evils are cast down to hell and those governed by forms of good are raised to heaven. This does not take place on earth however, but in the next life. But how that examination and separation are accomplished there, also the condemnation and casting down to hell and the raising to heaven, will in the Lord's Divine mercy be stated elsewhere^a.

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