Compensation & Retribution for all the good and evil deeds done on earth.  

When we acknowledge that we are a mix of the good, bad, ugly, we can see where our life could have taken a turn for the better through our own efforts at actions and intent.  

Judgement is mine saith the lord.  We do not need to have someone else judge us.  God gives us the ability to judge our own actions.

It is what we find in ourselves that will determine our actions into the future even as the body has died and the spirit lives on.  Forgiveness of self and others is a key to this judgement and we can begin right now, right here.

amen ! to torment the self is as much a sin as to torment others .

but then what is the role of retribution ?

Maybe a little like brownie points - the good outweighs the bad - and the judgement you give upon yourself is balanced by your learning from some of your lessons?

i did not have a chance to learn a lesson . in fact everything i learned i learned from real life .