Second Advent
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Second Advent
First recorded in 1730–40
Example Sentences
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The Puritans were chiliasts, firm believers in the millennial prophecies of the Bible: the coming of the antichrist, the Second Advent, Armageddon, the works.
From The Guardian
Do you expect me to stay here until the Second Advent?
From Project Gutenberg
Then came Millerism, reproducing all the excitements and hopes that agitated the Primitive Church just before the Second Advent.
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Redemption was thought of as still future, as the power of the devil had not been broken but rather increased by the First Advent, and the Second Advent was necessary to his complete overthrow.
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Note that Chrysostom speaks of the Feast of the Epiphanies, implying two, one of the Baptism, the other of the Second Advent, when Christ will be manifested afresh, and we with him in glory.
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