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====Lutheranism==== [[Lutheranism|Lutherans]] do not believe in any sort of earthly millennial kingdom of Christ either before or after his second coming on the last day.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Joh%2018:36;&version=47;|title=Joh 18:36; ESV β Jesus answered, "My kingdom is not of β Bible Gateway|work=Bible Gateway}}</ref> On the last day,<ref>{{bibleverse||John|6:40|31}}, {{bibleverse||John|6:54|31}}</ref> all the dead will be resurrected.<ref>{{bibleverse||John|5:21|31}}, {{bibleverse||John|5:28β29|31}}, {{bibleverse||Matthew|25:32|31}}, {{bibleverse|2|Corinthians|5:10|31}}, {{bibleverse||Acts|24:15|31}}</ref> Their souls will then be reunited with the same bodies they had before dying.<ref>{{bibleverse||Romans|8:11|31}}, {{bibleverse||Philippians|3:21|31}}, {{bibleverse|2|Corinthians|5:10|31}}, {{bibleverse||Job|19:26|9}}, {{bibleverse|1|Corinthians|15:44|31}}, {{bibleverse|1|Corinthians|15:53|31}}, {{bibleverse||John|5:28|31}}, {{bibleverse||Revelation|20:12|31}}</ref> The bodies will then be changed, those of the wicked to a state of everlasting shame and torment,<ref>{{bibleverse||Daniel|12:2|31}}, {{bibleverse||Matthew|25:41β46|31}}, {{bibleverse||John|5:29|31}}</ref> those of the righteous to an everlasting state of celestial glory.<ref>{{bibleverse||Daniel|12:1β2|31}}, {{bibleverse||John|5:29|31}}, {{bibleverse|1|Corinthians|15:52|31}}, {{bibleverse|1|Corinthians|15:42β44|31}}, {{bibleverse|1|Corinthians|15:49β53|31}}, {{bibleverse||Philippians|3:21|31}}, {{bibleverse||Matthew|13:43|31}}, {{bibleverse||Revelation|7:16|31}}</ref> After the resurrection of all the dead,<ref>{{bibleverse||John|6:40|31}}, {{bibleverse||John|6:44|31}}, {{bibleverse||John|11:24|31}}</ref> and the change of those still living,<ref>{{bibleverse|1|Corinthians|15:51β52|31}}, {{bibleverse|1|Thessalonians|4:15β17|31}}</ref> all nations shall be gathered before Christ,<ref>{{bibleverse||Matthew|25:32|31}}, {{bibleverse||Romans|14:10|31}}, {{bibleverse||John|5:22|31}}, {{bibleverse||Acts|17:31|31}}, {{bibleverse||Revelation|1:7|31}}</ref> and he will separate the righteous from the wicked.<ref>{{bibleverse||Matthew|25:32|31}}, {{bibleverse||Mark|16:16|31}}</ref> Christ will publicly judge<ref>{{bibleverse|2|Corinthians|5:10|31}}, {{bibleverse|1|Corinthians|4:5|31}}, {{bibleverse||Romans|2:5|31}}, {{bibleverse||Romans|2:16|31}}</ref> all people by the testimony of their faith<ref>{{bibleverse||Ephesians|2:8β10|31}}, {{bibleverse|2|Corinthians|5:10|31}}, {{bibleverse||Matthew|25:35β36|31}}, {{bibleverse||Matthew|25:42β43|31}}</ref> β the [[good works]]<ref>{{bibleverse||Isaiah|43:25|31}}, {{bibleverse||Ezekiel|18:22|31}}, {{bibleverse|1|John|2:28|31}}</ref> of the righteous in evidence of their faith,<ref>{{bibleverse||Matthew|25:34β35|31}}, {{bibleverse||John|3:16β18|31}}, {{bibleverse||John|3:36|31}}, {{bibleverse||Revelation|14:13|31}}, {{bibleverse||Galatians|5:6|31}}, {{bibleverse||John|13:35|31}}</ref> and the [[sin|evil works]] of the wicked in evidence of their unbelief.<ref>{{bibleverse||Matthew|25:42|31}}, {{bibleverse||Matthew|7:17β18|31}}, {{bibleverse||John|3:18|31}}, {{bibleverse||John|3:36|31}}</ref> He will judge in righteousness<ref>{{bibleverse||Romans|2:5|31}}, {{bibleverse||Acts|17:31|31}}, {{bibleverse||Romans|2:16|31}}</ref> in the presence of all and men and angels,<ref>{{bibleverse||Luke|9:26|31}}, {{bibleverse||Matthew|25:31β32|31}}</ref> and his final judgment will be just [[damnation]] to everlasting punishment for the wicked and a gracious gift of [[Eternal life (Christianity)|life everlasting]] to the righteous.<ref>{{bibleverse||Matthew|25:41|31}}, {{bibleverse||Matthew|25:34|31}}, {{bibleverse||Matthew|25:46|31}}, {{cite book |last=Graebner |first=Augustus Lawrence |url=http://showcase.netins.net/web/bilarson/eschatology.txt |title=Outlines Of Doctrinal Theology |publisher=Concordia Publishing House |year=1910 |location=Saint Louis, Missouri |pages=233β238 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060712194241/http://showcase.netins.net/web/bilarson/eschatology.txt |archive-date=2006-07-12 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Comments |first=The LCMS / 2 |date=2009-11-01 |title=A Second Judgment? |url=https://witness.lcms.org/2009/a-second-judgment-11-2009/ |access-date=2023-04-15 |website=The Lutheran Witness |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Death and judgement day |url=https://wels.net/faq/death-and-judgement-day/ |access-date=2023-04-15 |website=WELS |date=14 September 2015 |language=en-US}}</ref> [[File:Illustrations to Robert Blair's The Grave , object 12 The Day of Judgment.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.6|[[William Blake]]'s ''The Day of Judgment'', printed in 1808 to illustrate [[Robert Blair (poet)|Robert Blair]]'s poem "[[The Grave (poem)|The Grave]]"]]
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