Westminster Shorter Catechism – Lord’s Day 22
Q & A 37
Q What benefits do believers receive from Christ at death?
A The souls of believers are at their death made perfect in holiness,*1 and do immediately pass into glory;*2 and their bodies, being still united in Christ,*3 do rest in their graves, till the resurrection.*4
Q & A 38
Q What benefits do believers receive from Christ at the resurrection?
A. At the resurrection, believers, being raised up in glory,*5 shall be openly acknowledged and acquitted in the day of judgment,*6 and made perfectly blessed in the full enjoying of God*7 to all eternity.*8
*1 Hebrews 12:23.
*2 Luke 23:43; 2 Corinthians 5:6, 8; Philippians 1:23.
*3 1 Thessalonians 4:14.
*4 Daniel 12:2; John 5:28-29; Acts 24:15.
*5 1 Corinthians 15:42-43
*6 Matthew 25:33-34, 46
*7 Romans 8:29; 1 John 3:2.
*8 Psalm 16:11; 1 Thessalonians 4:17.
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