Judgment & the End

End-times and final-judgment imagery, from the Gospels to Revelation.

• Alpha and Omega IDIOM The beginning and the end; the most essential or all-encompassing element of something.
• a bottomless pit IDIOM Something that consumes endlessly and can never be filled or satisfied.
• fire-and-brimstone WORD Threats of punishment or damnation, especially in stern moralising or preaching.
• separate the sheep from the goats IDIOM To distinguish the worthy or capable from the unworthy or inadequate.
• gnashing of teeth IDIOM Extreme distress, frustration, or anguished complaining.
• cast into outer darkness IDIOM To be completely excluded, banished, or shut out from a group or from favour.