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Heidelberg Catechism, Question 52

Question 52

What comfort is it to thee, that Christ shall come again to judge the quick and the dead?

That in all my sorrows and persecutions, with uplifted head, I look for the very same person (Luke 21;28): who before offered himself, for my sake, to the tribunal of God, and hath removed all curse from me, to come as judge from heaven (Acts 10;42); who shall cast all his and my enemies into everlasting condemnation (2 Thess. 1;7-10): but shall translate me, with all his chosen ones, to himself, with heavenly joys and glory. (John 14;3.)

OF GOD THE HOLY GHOST.

Scripture references for paragraph 1

Berean Standard Bible. Public domain text and source credits.

Luke 21:18

18Yet not even a hair of your head will perish.

Acts 1:11

11“Men of Galilee,” they said, “why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen Him go into heaven.”

1 Thessalonians 4:16-18

16For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a loud command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will be the first to rise.

17After that, we who are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will always be with the Lord.

18Therefore encourage one another with these words.

Philippians 3:20

20But our citizenship is in heaven, and we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ,

Acts 10:42

42And He commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that He is the One appointed by God to judge the living and the dead.

John 19:37

37And, as another Scripture says: “They will look on the One they have pierced.”

Galatians 3:13

13Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree.”

Romans 8:1

1Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.

2 Thessalonians 1:7-10

7and to grant relief to you who are oppressed and to us as well. This will take place when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with His mighty angels

8in blazing fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.

9They will suffer the penalty of eternal destruction, separated from the presence of the Lord and the glory of His might,

10on the day He comes to be glorified in His saints and regarded with wonder by all who have believed, including you who have believed our testimony.

Revelation 20:10

10And the devil who had deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, into which the beast and the false prophet had already been thrown. There they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.

John 14:3

3And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and welcome you into My presence, so that you also may be where I am.

John 17:24

24Father, I want those You have given Me to be with Me where I am, that they may see the glory You gave Me because You loved Me before the foundation of the world.

1 Thessalonians 4:17

17After that, we who are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will always be with the Lord.

Matthew 25:34

34Then the King will say to those on His right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.

Luke 21:28

28When these things begin to happen, stand up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.”

Source and edition

Heidelberg Catechism. RCA English, E. R. Good & Bro., Tiffin, 1879. RCA English, E. R. Good & Bro., Tiffin, 1879

Public Domain (historic text); CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikisource transcription). Source transcription.

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