在天主教的信仰中，耶穌基督將於時間——亦即人類歷史——結束的時刻重新出現，對世間所有死人與活人進行審判。在這幅畫中基督立於天上，兩側為天使與使徒所環繞，天使吹響號角發出審判日的警訊。基督面向祂的子民，抬起右手祝福被拯救的人，同時放下左手朝向有罪之人，總領天使彌額爾（米迦勒）一手持劍，正驅趕不義者進入燃燒的地獄。

In Catholicism, Jesus Christ shall return when human history is going to end. He will come back the judge the living and the dead. In this picture, Jesus Christ is standing in the sky, surrounded by angels and His disciples. When Cherub blows the trumpet, they warn people that Judgement Day is coming. Jesus Christ is facing His people, holding the saved one with his right hand, and pointing towards the sinned ones with his lowered left hand. St. Michael, the Archangel is holding a sword driving the disloyal people into the burning Hell.

審判元素

吹號角的天使
The Cherub with the Horn

號角聲為末日來臨的警訊，用聲音來喚醒所有的靈魂。
The sound of the horn is a warning of the world’s end. It’s meant to wake all the souls.

受審判的靈魂
The Souls in Judgment

末日的時刻，靈魂將被審判的號角喚醒，從地底爬出的裸身者，代表死後的靈魂。
At the end of the world, souls will be woken by the horn of judgment. The naked figures from underground represent the souls of the dead.