Second Advent

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Second Advent

n.
See Second Coming.
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Second Advent

n
(Theology) a less common term for the Second Coming
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Noun1.Second Advent - (Christian theology) the reappearance of Jesus as judge for the Last JudgmentSecond Advent - (Christian theology) the reappearance of Jesus as judge for the Last Judgment
Parousia, Second Coming, Second Coming of Christ, Advent
Christian theology - the teachings of Christian churches
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They were breakfasting, but they rushed out cheerfully, quite prepared for the Second Advent. They stared at the shattered and twisted Vaterland driving before the gale, amazed beyond words.
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With the passage of so many centuries between Jesus' first and second advents, some of us may have fallen prey to the wolves of apathy and denial.
Choosing which wolf to feed

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