world to come

Proper noun

Meaning

The Jewish afterlife or mythic future, usually thought to occur after the coming of the Messiah, in which the righteous are rewarded for their good deeds and the wicked punished for their evil deeds

Any of various other afterlives in different theologies and mythologies.

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This world is given as the prize for the men in earnest; and that which is true of this world, is truer still of the world to come. Frederick William Robertson

You can have a revolution wherever you like, except in a government office; even were the world to come to an end, you'd have to destroy the universe first and then government offices. Karel Čapek

Approval or blame will follow in the world to come. Franz Schubert

I love the Olympics, because they enable people from all over the world to come together and--regardless of their political or cultural differences--accuse each other of cheating. Dave Barry

Everyone, deep in their hearts, is waiting for the end of the world to come. Haruki Murakami

Three things have a flavor of the world to come. Hebrew Proverb

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