The Second Coming of Christ or Parousia is the return of Jesus Christ Jesus of Nazareth , also known as Jesus Christ or simply Jesus, is the central figure of Christianity, which views him as the Messiah foretold in the Old Testament. Christians believe that Jesus is the Son of God (in the concept of the Trinity, he is God [as] the Son), who came to provide humankind with salvation and reconciliation with God by his from Heaven In religion, Heaven is the English name for a transcendental realm in which it is believed that people who have died continue to exist in an afterlife. The term "heaven" may refer to the physical heavens, the sky or the seemingly endless expanse of the universe beyond, the traditional literal meaning of the term in English to Earth as expected in most Christian eschatologies The word "eschatology" is derived from two Greek words meaning "last" and "study" . It is the study of the end of things, whether the end of an individual life, the end of the age, or the end of the world. Broadly speaking, it is the study of the destiny of man as it is revealed in the Bible, which is the primary. The anticipated event is predicted in biblical Messianic prophecy Christians believe that many verses of the Hebrew Bible are prophecies of the Messiah and were fulfilled by Jesus (Full Preterism) or will be fulfilled in his Second Coming (Nicene Christianity). See also Christian views of Jesus. These prophecies include the general resurrection of the dead Judaism, Christianity, Islam and Zoroastrianism all variously describe a resurrection of the dead, usually referring to a regeneration of all people to face God on Judgment Day, the last judgment The Last Judgment, Final Judgment, Day of Judgment, Judgment Day, or Day of the Lord in Christian theology, is the final and eternal judgement by God of all nations. It will take place after the resurrection of the dead and the Second Coming of Christ . This belief has inspired numerous artistic depictions. There is little agreement among of the living and the dead, and the full establishment of the Kingdom of God The Kingdom of God or Kingdom of Heaven (Hebrew: מלכות השמים, Malkuth haShamayim; Greek: Βασιλεία τῶν Ουρανῶν, Basileia tōn Ouranōn) is a foundational concept in the Abrahamic religions: Judaism, Christianity and Islam. According to Jesus, the Kingdom of God is within (or among) people,[Lk 17:20-21] is approached on earth (also called the Reign of God), including the Messianic Age Messianic Age is a theological term referring to a future time of peace and brotherhood on the earth, without crime, war and poverty. Many religions believe that there will be such an age; some refer to it as the "Kingdom of God". Views about the nature of Jesus' Second Coming vary among Christian denominations Worldwide, Christians are divided, often along ethnic and linguistic lines, into separate churches and traditions. Technically, divisions between one group and another are defined by doctrine and church authority. Issues such as the nature of Jesus, the authority of apostolic succession, and papal primacy separate one denomination from another.
The Greek New Testament Novum Testamentum Graece is the Latin name of the Greek-language version of the New Testament. The first printed edition was the Complutensian Polyglot Bible by Cardinal Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros, printed in 1514, but not published until 1520. The first published Greek New Testament was produced by Erasmus in 1516 uses the Greek term parousia (παρουσία) meaning "arrival", "coming", or "presence" 24 times, 17 of them concerning Christ.[1] The Greek word is also common in the Septuagint The Septuagint , or simply "LXX", referred to in critical works by the abbreviation , is the Koine Greek version of the Hebrew Bible, translated in stages between the 3rd and 2nd Centuries BC in Alexandria. It was begun by the third century BC and completed before 132 BC. In classical Greek texts a substantial number of uses concern important personages[2] however that is partly because extant Greek documents naturally tend to concern important people.[3][4] In the New Testament the word is also used 6 times of common people such as when Paul talks of the arrival of Stephanas,[1Co.16:17] Titus[2Co. 7:6-72] and himself[Phil 1:26] [2:12] as parousia. The remaining 24th use of parousia refers to "coming of the Wicked One" in 2 Thes. 2:9. The etymology Etymology is the study of the history of words, their origins, and how their form and meaning have changed over time of Greek parousia is related to para "beside" ousia "presence", but since the word is also used of things in Greek the etymology is not as relevant as actual use. However in English Parousia always has a special, Christian, meaning.[5]
The Second Coming is also referred to as the Second Advent, from the Latin term "adventus", for "coming". The study of biblical last days The End Time, End Times, or End of Days are the eschatological writings in the three Abrahamic religions and in doomsday scenarios in various other non-Abrahamic religions. In Christianity, the End Times are often depicted as a time of tribulation that precedes the Second Coming of the Christian “saviour“ or a “hoped-for deliverer”, Jesus, comprise a body of theological knowledge called Christian eschatology The word "eschatology" is derived from two Greek words meaning "last" and "study" . It is the study of the end of things, whether the end of an individual life, the end of the age, or the end of the world. Broadly speaking, it is the study of the destiny of man as it is revealed in the Bible, which is the primary.
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Terminology
Christians use a range of names for this concept of Jesus Christ's second coming or return, drawing on a range of biblical images.
The phrase second coming is implied in the Bible by Jesus' saying he was coming again (at John 14:3, especially Darby). Christ's "first coming According to the Canonical Gospels, the ministry of Jesus began when Jesus was around 30 years old, and lasted a period of 1–3 years. In the biblical narrative, Jesus' method of teaching involved parables, metaphor, allegory, sayings, proverbs, and a small number of direct sermons. This was the first coming of Jesus; as most Christian" is considered to have been his life or incarnation Incarnation which literally means embodied in flesh or taking on flesh, refers to the conception and birth of a sentient creature who is the material manifestation of an entity, god or force whose original nature is immaterial on earth as Jesus of Nazareth during the 1st century. Some Christians refer to the second coming as the last coming because of scriptures referring to him as being the "first and the last", "the beginning and end", "the Alpha and Omega In the Book of Revelation, it reads “I am the Alpha and Omega, the first and the last.”. The first part of this phrase is first found in Chapter 1 verse 8, and is found in every manuscript of Revelation that has 1v8. Several later manuscripts repeat “I am the Alpha and Omega” in 1v11 too, but it does not receive support here from most of,"[6] and others do not define it by number, highlighting Christ's coming as an ongoing process.
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- The Millennium Millennialism , or chiliasm in Greek, is a belief held by some Christian denominations that there will be a Golden Age or Paradise on Earth in which "Christ will reign" for 1000 years prior to the final judgment and future eternal state (the New Heavens and New Earth). This belief is derived primarily from the book of Revelation 20:1-6: Revelation describes an important interval lasting for 1000 years when Christ rules. This is a golden era; a time of universal peace.
- The Tribulation The Tribulation is the name given to the event or events referred to in Matthew 24:21 and other passages of the New Testament in the Holy Bible. In the Christian futurist view of Christian eschatology, the Tribulation is a relatively short period of time (7 years) where anyone who chose not to follow God before the Rapture and was left behind will: This is an interval, some believe of seven years, when a world religious-political entity identified with the Antichrist The term or title antichrist, according to some Christians' interpretation of various biblical eschatological passages, refers to an "end time" leader who fulfills Biblical prophecies concerning an adversary of Christ, while resembling him in a deceptive manner. The antichrist will seemingly provide for the needs of the people but deny takes power.
- Armageddon Armageddon is the site of an epic battle associated with the end time prophecies of the Abrahamic religions is a terrible war provoked by the Antichrist or Satanic forces. Most people on earth will die. God's anger, hatred, and wrath are poured out over humanity and the earth at this time. A series of violent events as prophesied in Daniel 9, Matthew 24, and Revelation 4-19 will occur.
- The Rapture The Rapture is an event in the futurist interpretation of Christian eschatology, in which it is posited that Christians will be gathered together in the air to meet Christ at his return. The primary passage used to support this idea is 1 Thessalonians 4:15-17, in which Paul cites "the word of the Lord" about the return of Jesus to gather: 1 Thess. 4:16-18 describes a miraculous event when Christ will descend from the heavens towards the Earth. Many conservative Protestants believe that "born again" Christians who have previously died will be resurrected, rise from their graves, and ascend to meet Jesus in the sky. Immediately afterwards, "born again" Christians In Christianity, being born again represents a spiritual and metaphorical rebirth, accepting Jesus as the Messiah and receiving the Holy Spirit. The origin of the term "born again" is the New Testament: "Jesus replied, 'Very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God without being born again.'"[John 3:3] It is a term who had not died will also suddenly ascend into the air on their way to heaven.
Typically, these and various other Biblical passages predicting the future are ambiguous. The events themselves are open to many interpretations. There is no clear indication of either their timing or sequence. Some Christians believe that "millennium" does not mean a time interval of exactly 1,000 years. Rather they understand it to refer to an indefinitely long interval of time. Some Christians interpret events mentioned in the Christian Scriptures as descriptions of real happenings in our future (see Futurism (Christian eschatology) Futurism is an interpretation of the Bible in Christian eschatology placing the fulfillment of the prophecies of the Book of Revelation and the Book of Daniel and the Olivet discourse and The Sheep and the Goats generally in the future as literal, physical, apocalyptic and global. Other views place the fulfillment of such prophecies in the past as); others interpret them symbolically and/or as events that have already occurred (see Preterism Preterism is an interpretation of Christian eschatology which holds that most or all of the biblical prophecies concerning the End Times refer to events which have already happened in the first century after Christ's birth. The system also claims that Ancient Israel finds its continuation or fulfillment in the Christian church at the destruction).
This leaves the passages open to many conflicting beliefs about the end times. A lot of intra-denominational and inter-denominational strife has resulted from disagreements about end time prophecy. For example, the Roman Catholic Church and most mainline and liberal denominations do not have expectation that a Rapture will occur in the way anticipated by many fundamentalist and other evangelical faith groups.
– B.A. Robinson."Competing theories of eschatology, end times, and millennialism." Christian belief systems. Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance, 2009. Web: 14 Mar 2010. Competing theories of eschatology, end times, and millennialism.
In Thayer's Lexicon, the Greek word parousia is defined as Strong's Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, generally known as Strong's Concordance, is a concordance of the King James Bible that was constructed under the direction of Dr. James Strong (1822–1894) and first published in 1890. Dr. Strong was Professor of exegetical theology at Drew Theological Seminary at the time. It is an exhaustive cross- G3952:
...In the N. T. [New Testament] esp. [especially] of the advent, i.e., the future, visible, return from heaven of Jesus, the Messiah The word originally came from Hebrew messiaḥ, “anointed”. In Judaism, the expected king of the Davidic line who would deliver Israel from foreign bondage and restore the glories of its golden age. The Greek New Testament’s translation of the term, Christos, became the accepted Christian designation and title of Jesus of Nazareth,, to raise the dead, hold the last judgment, and set up formally and gloriously the kingdom of God.[1]
...of Christ, and nearly always of his Messianic Advent in glory to judge the world at the end of this age.
And in the Catholic Encyclopedia The Catholic Encyclopedia, also referred to today as the Old Catholic Encyclopedia and the Original Catholic Encyclopedia on the Catholic Answers web site, is an English-language encyclopedia published in the United States. The first volume appeared in March 1907 and it was completed in April 1914. It was designed "to give its readers full article on General Judgment:[7]
In the New Testament the second Parousia, or coming of Christ as Judge of the world, is an oft-repeated doctrine. The Saviour Himself not only foretells the event but graphically portrays its circumstances (Matthew 24:27 sqq. [Olivet discourse The Olivet discourse is a biblical passage found in the Synoptic Gospels of Matthew,[chap. 24] Mark[chap. 13] and Luke.[chap. 21] It is known as the "Little Apocalypse" because it includes Jesus' descriptions of future events, the use of end times language, and Jesus' warning to his followers that they will suffer tribulation and]; Matthew sqq. [Judgment of the Nations The Sheep and the Goats or "The Judgment of the Nations" was a discourse of Jesus recorded in the New Testament. It is sometimes characterized as a Parable, although unlike most parables it does not purport to relate a story of events happening to other characters]). The Apostles give a most prominent place to this doctrine in their preaching (Acts 10:42, Acts) and writings (Romans 2:5-16; 14:10; 1 Cor. 4:5; 2 Cor. 5:10; 2 Tim. 4:1; 2 Thess 1:5; James 5:7). Besides the name Parusia (parousia), or Advent (1 Cor. 15:23, 2 Thes. 2:1-9), the second coming is also called Epiphany, epiphaneia, or Appearance (2 Thes. 2:8; 1 Tim. 6:14; 2 Tim. 4:1; Titus 2:13) and Apocalypse (apokalypsis), or Revelation (2 Thess. 2:7 1 Pet. 4:13). The time of the second coming is spoken of as "that Day" (2 Tim. 4:8) "the day of the Lord" (1 Thess. 5:2), "the day of Christ" (Phil 1:6), "the day of the Son of Man The phrase 'son of man' is a primarily Semitic idiom that originated in Ancient Mesopotamia, used to denote humanity or self. The phrase is also used in Judaism and Christianity. The word used in the Greek, translated as Son of man is ἀνθρώπου, Anthropos. As an idiom for the future human, it may better be translated genderneutrally as" (Luke 17:30), and "the last day" (John 6:39-40).
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