sweet hereafter
Heaven; paradise as enjoyed in the afterlife.
Lord, what thou doest noo, an' why, We maunna seek to ken; But sune the sweet hereafter comes, An' thou wilt tell us then.
adv
From now on.
Sequentially after this point (in time, in the writing constituting a document, in the movement along a path, etc.)
In time to come; in some future time or state.
She should have died hereafter; / There would have been a time for such a word.
[…] when hereafter he from war shall come / And bring his Trojans peace and triumph […]
noun
A future existence or state.
Existence after death.
'Tis the Divinity that stirs within us; / 'Tis Heaven itself that points out an hereafter, / and intimates eternity to man.
adj
Future.