Westminster Larger Catechism, Question 88
Question 88
What shall immediately follow after the resurrection?
Immediately after the resurrection shall follow the general and final judgment of angels and men; the day and hour whereof no man knows, that all may watch and pray, and be ever ready for the coming of the Lord.
Scripture references for paragraph 1
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2 Peter 2:44For if God did not spare the angels when they sinned, but cast them deep into hell, placing them in chains of darkness to be held for judgment;
Jude 1:6-76And the angels who did not stay within their own domain but abandoned their proper dwelling—these He has kept in eternal chains under darkness, bound for judgment on that great day.
7In like manner, Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, who indulged in sexual immorality and pursued strange flesh, are on display as an example of those who sustain the punishment of eternal fire.
Jude 1:14-1514Enoch, the seventh from Adam, also prophesied about them: “Behold, the Lord is coming with myriads of His holy ones
15to execute judgment on everyone, and to convict all the ungodly of every ungodly act of wickedness and every harsh word spoken against Him by ungodly sinners.”
Matthew 25:4646And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”
Matthew 24:3636No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.
Matthew 24:4242Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day on which your Lord will come.
Matthew 24:4444For this reason, you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour you do not expect.
Luke 21:35-3635For it will come upon all who dwell on the face of all the earth.
36So keep watch at all times, and pray that you may have the strength to escape all that is about to happen and to stand before the Son of Man.”
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