Second Coming

NOUN

anticipated return of jesus

Synonyms

WEAK

Second Advent Second Coming of Christ advent parousiamania

Example Sentences

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Its harder-rocking follow-up Second Coming came out in 1994.

From BBC • Dec. 22, 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

Didion famously drew her own inspiration from William Butler Yeats's "Second Coming," which brings the calamity of history's tipping points brutally to life.

From Salon • Jun. 3, 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

They believed in preparing for the Second Coming; we were actually prepared.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover