Second Coming

noun

, Christianity.

1. the coming of Christ on Judgment Day.

Second Coming

noun

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

Second Coming

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 .)

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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Second Coming¹

First recorded in 1635–45

Example Sentences

Trump shared such a video recently, called "God Made Trump," which portrays the allegedly butt-smelly former president as the Second Coming.

From Salon

With the 2024 presidential election approaching, Trump is increasingly suggesting that he has been chosen, almost as a messianic figure or the Second Coming.

From Salon

“Things fall apart,” W. B. Yeats wrote in his 1920 poem “The Second Coming,” “the centre cannot hold.”

From Los Angeles Times

It’s no surprise that believers in the Second Coming are significantly more likely to oppose governmental attempts to fight climate change.

From Los Angeles Times

The verse is from “The Second Coming,” one of the Irish poet’s many commentaries on his own country’s cultural and class wars.

From Washington Post