### 52. Q. How does Christ’s return “to judge the living and the dead” comfort you?

**A**. In all distress and persecution, with uplifted head, I confidently await the very judge who has already offered himself to the judgment of God in my place and removed the whole curse from me.<sup>1</sup> Christ will cast all his enemies and mine into everlasting condemnation, but will take me and all his chosen ones to himself into the joy and glory of heaven.<sup>2</sup>

<sup>1</sup> [Luke 21:28](/get-passage/Luke+21:28); [Rom. 8:22-25](/get-passage/Romans+8:22-25); [Phil. 3:20-21](/get-passage/Philippians+3:20-21); [Titus 2:13-14](/get-passage/Titus+2:13-14)
<sup>2</sup> [Matt. 25:31-46](/get-passage/Matthew+25:31-46); [2 Thess. 1:6-10](/get-passage/2+Thessalonians+1:6-10)