30. That the Lord would come in the fullness of time and judge, is meant by His words in Matthew:
When the Son of man shall come in His glory, and all the holy angels with Him, He shall sit on the throne of His glory; and there shall be gathered before Him all nations; and He shall separate them one from another, as the shepherd separateth the sheep from the he-goats (Matt. 25:31-32).
This coming of the Lord is meant by the following words concerning Jesus Christ, in the Apostles' Creed:
He ascended into the heavens, He sitteth at the right hand of God the Father Almighty; from thence He shall come to judge the living and the dead.
And also by these words concerning the Lord Jesus Christ in the Nicene Creed:
He ascended into the heavens, and sitteth on the right hand of the Father; and He shall come again in glory to judge the living and the dead; of whose kingdom there shall be no end.
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