Eschatology and the After Life
On the Day of Judgment, what tribulations shall befall the wicked who refuse to return to God?
Q1413 · The Final Judgment
First: They are deprived of divine grace. They receive retribution according to their stubborn hearts, and so they will not see God in his glory.
Second: Their heart is afflicted with the worm that does not die, which means that sorrow and bitterness over their deeds will not depart from them.
Third: They have fellowship with the devil and dark forces in the lake of fire that never goes out.
Fourth: We hear of Hades and the torment (Luke 16:23) that no one can comprehend.
1267 St. Augustine of Hippo, Sermons on Selected Lessons of the New Testament 3.6 (NPNF I/6:267) amended.
1268 Origen of Alexandria, Homilies in Luke 3.3–4 (FOTC 94:15).
1269 St. Clement of Alexandria, The Stromata, or Miscellanies 6.9 (ANF 2:497).
1270 St. John Chrysostom, Homilies on Matthew 15.6 (NPNF I/10:91) amended.