5239. Some said that they believed that the Last Judgment takes place in the world, and not in the other life; but this is contrary to the Word where the Last Judgment is treated of (Matt. 24); and it could not be, because the human race is the foundation from which heaven [is raised], and likewise, the Word is there, which serves for a basis: the foundations, also, must not be destroyed.* These things happened in the last days of the year 1756. * There is here a very evident allusion to Psalm 11:3 "If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?"