kingdom come

noun5

1. •
   (informal) The place that one will go to after one's death; the afterlife.
2. •
   (informal) Heaven or paradise.

   • "And where are all these brothers and sisters?" demanded the stranger. / "Dead! dead as herrings—gone to kingdom come a precious long time ago.["] — 1843
3. •
   (informal, figurative) Death; also, a state of complete annihilation.

   • '[…] I infer that he was rather nervous, sir, for he shot at me without saying a word.' 'If only he'd had the sense to do that in my case we might both be in Kingdom Come now.' — 1927
4. •
   The rule of God over the world in the future; especially, according to those believing in millenarianism, during a period of peace beginning with the second coming of Jesus Christ and lasting a millennium.
5. •
   A future period of happiness, peace, prosperity, and/or great progress; a golden age that is approaching.

   • Somewhere between the O's and ones / That's where I found my kingdom come — 2024