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Definition of Second advent
1. Noun. (Christian theology) the reappearance of Jesus as judge for the Last Judgment.
Category relationships: Christian Theology
Generic synonyms: Manifestation
Lexicographical Neighbors of Second Advent
Literary usage of Second advent
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of the People of the United States: From the Revolution to the by John Bach McMaster (1910)
"Eighteen hundred and ten days or years were then required to complete the
twenty-three hundred, and in this wise the year of the second advent was fixed as ..."
2. The Theological and Literary Journal (1851)
"He next denies that there is any proof of the second advent in the visions of
John :— " In the visions of John there is no proof of the second advent. ..."
3. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by Anna Lorraine Guthrie, Marion A. Knight, H.W. Wilson Company, Estella E. Painter (1920)
"Am J Sem Lang 34: 256-83 Л '18 Immanuel sign and Its meaning. HC Acker- man.
Am J Sem Lang 35:205-14 Jl '19 41:326-34 Ap '16 Ree abto second advent Messine, ..."
4. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1911)
"second advent. Old Testament (5 1). Jewish Apocrypha and Apocalypses (§ 2).
New Testament (§ 3). The Twofold Conception (§4). ..."
5. Sermons Preached at Trinity Chapel, Brighton by Frederick William Robertson (1869)
"vm, WAITING FOE THE second advent. " And the Lord direct your hearts into the
love of God, and into the patient waiting for Christ." — 2 THESS. iii. 5. ..."