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The Second Coming is a Christian and Islamic concept regarding the return of Jesus to Earth after his first coming and his ascension to heaven about two thousand years ago. The belief is based on messianic prophecies found in the canonical gospels and is part of most Christian eschatologies.
The Parousia, A Careful Look at the New Testament Doctrine of the Lord's Second Coming, London, England 1887. Emanuel Swedenborg . The Consummation of the Age; the Coming of the Lord; and the New Heaven and New Church , Chapter 14 in The True Christian Religion Containing the Universal Theology of The New Church Foretold by the Lord in Daniel 7 ...
This Spanish monk prophesied the Second Coming of Christ and the end of the world on that day in front of a large crowd of people. [19] 800 Sextus Julius Africanus: This Christian historian revised his prediction from the year 500 to 800. [21] 799–806 Gregory of Tours: This French bishop calculated the end would occur between 799 and 806. [22 ...
And Death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. And anyone not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the lake of fire. [Rev 20:11–15] John had earlier written, "Blessed and holy is he who has part in the first resurrection. Over such the second death has no power" [Rev 20:6].
The second coming coincides with the resurrection and translation of the righteous, as described in 1 Thessalonians 4:16. [42] See fundamental belief number 25.) Adventists reject an intermediate state between death and resurrection, and hold that the soul sleeps until the resurrection of the body at Christ's coming.
In the second concept, the soul goes to a heaven on another plane immediately after death. These two concepts are generally combined in the doctrine of the double judgment where the soul is judged once at death and goes to a temporary heaven, while awaiting a second and final judgment at the end of the world.
The Second Coming of Christ is the central event in Christian eschatology within the broader context of the fullness of the Kingdom of God. Most Christians believe that death and suffering will continue to exist until Christ's return.
The bodies of men, after death, return to dust, and see corruption: but their souls, which neither die nor sleep, having an immortal subsistence, immediately return to God who gave them: the souls of the righteous, being then made perfect in holiness, are received into the highest heavens, where they behold the face of God, in light and glory ...