在這本書的第一部分，作者對比了惡人和義人的選擇和命運。

關鍵的區別，也是決定我們選擇何種人生的關鍵所在，在於結局。這樣的結局是永恆的。

一邊是永恆的毀滅；另一邊是永生。

作者在描述這種永生究竟如何時遇到了一些困難。

然而，他明確地指出一點：永生是與天主相交，是活在天主的同在中，並享受瞻仰祂榮耀面容的喜樂。

這正是我們如今仍能懷抱希望的原因；這正是我們努力追求的目標，即便我們尚未完全領悟天國的真諦。

In the first part of the book, the author compares the choices and the destinies of the wicked and of the righteous.

The key difference, the difference on which depends the choice of the kind of life to live, is in the ending. Such ending is everlasting.

On the one side, there is eternal doom; on the other side there is eternal life.

The author has some difficulties in describing how such eternal life will be.

However, he is clear on one point: eternal life is communion with God, it is living in his presence and enjoying the vision of His glorious countenance.

This is what give us hope even now; this is what we can strive to reach, even if not in the full revelation of Heaven.