Questions about the Last Things
142. Q. What will happen to the wicked in the day of judgment?
A. They shall be cast into hell.
(Click through to read scriptural proofs.)
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The Lord has made himself known; he has executed judgment;
the wicked are snared in the work of their own hands. Higgaion. Selah
- Luke 12:5
But I will warn you whom to fear: fear him who, after he has killed, has authority to cast into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear him!
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Romans 2:8-9, 12
… but for those who are self-seeking and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, there will be wrath and fury. There will be tribulation and distress for every human being who does evil, the Jew first and also the Greek… .
For all who have sinned vwithout the law will also perish without the law, and all who have sinned under the law will be judged by the law.
- 2 Thessalonians 1:8-9
… in flaming fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. They will suffer the punishment of eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might… .
- Revelation 20:12-15
And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, andbooks were opened. Then another book was opened, which is the book of life. And the dead were judged by what was written in the books, according to what they had done. And the sea gave up the dead who were in it,Death and Hades gave up the dead who were in them, and they were judged, each one of them, according to what they had done. Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire. And if anyone’s name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.
Taken from A Catechism for Girls and Boys found here.