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View synonyms for Second Coming
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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Notes
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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