Second Coming

American  

noun

Christianity.

1. the coming of Christ on Judgment Day.

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Second Coming British  

noun

1. the prophesied return of Christ to earth at the Last Judgment

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Second Coming Cultural  

1. 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.

Etymology

Origin of Second Coming

First recorded in 1635–45

Example Sentences

When those apostles died, the church was closed for a "time of silence", beginning in 1901 and to last until the Second Coming.

From BBC • Apr. 26, 2025

The rapture and Second Coming seem like frightening concepts to nonbelievers, but to many evangelicals and Pentecostals, they are a positive eventuality—and provide reassurance that dark times are simply part of God’s plan.

From Slate • Oct. 6, 2022

Or, as Yeats put it in his "Second Coming," Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold.

From Salon • Jan. 25, 2022

Mexican baseball fans in Southern California have waited in vain for a Second Coming of Fernandomania ever since.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2021

Inside Second Coming, the lights are dim and the air smells like dust and lemon-scented air freshener, like it always does.

From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon