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Second Coming

noun

Christianity.

the coming of Christ on Judgment Day.

Second Coming

noun

the prophesied return of Christ to earth at the Last Judgment

Second Coming

The return of Jesus, prophesied in the New Testament, to judge the living and the dead and bring about the final triumph of good over evil. The writings of the Apostles in the New Testament express the belief that the Second Coming will happen soon and suggest that it may happen within a generation of their own time. (See Judgment Day.)

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Several Christian denominations, such as the Seventh-Day Adventists and the Jehovah's Witnesses, are founded on a similar belief about the imminence of Jesus' return.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Second Coming¹

First recorded in 1635–45

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One of his first engineering jobs was with the Roses for the epic 14-month recording of their Second Coming record at Rockfield.

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Much is shrouded in mystery about a Surrey church that is sealed for the Second Coming.

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If we are to prevent more anarchy, the blood-dimmed tide that Yeats predicted in his poem “The Second Coming,” the center that unites us must be regained, reimagined, rebuilt.

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This is not a reference to the Jewish faith, but to the belief of some Pentecostal Christians that the return of Jews to Israel will lead to the Second Coming of Christ.

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In his excellent recent essay “The Second Coming”, Fintan O’Toole warns that:

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