Second Coming

NOUN

anticipated return of jesus

Synonyms

WEAK

Second Advent Second Coming of Christ advent parousiamania

Example Sentences

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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

Guiteau set off on a tour throughout the Midwest and East to make money lecturing about his views on the Second Coming of Christ.

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow