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When growing up, do you remember playing the game Jacks? It involved a couple of bouncy balls and many non-descript "jack" pieces that were packaged together and sold in a small net bag. The first time my cousin introduced me to it, I questioned how a game could be played using such randomly opposite pieces. But nevertheless, their distinctions allowed for an enjoyable and often competitive pastime. Just as the jacks and balls were combined …

…jacks and balls came together to form a game, Augustine in The Essential Augustine writes of an earthly city and a heavenly city joining to form the people on Earth. They are to live separately together until Judgment passes and the two are divided. When this occurs, those who are of the earthly city will have an eternal existence in Hell while those who are of the heavenly city will live with God in Heaven.