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Second Coming

(less commonly), Second Advent
the prophesied return of Christ to earth at the Last Judgment
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The symbol of the Water of Creation is pasted on the beginning of the line, the Baby Jesus sleeping on golden hay (Redemption) is on the center and the Parousia (Last Judgment) marked by a Cross is on the end of the line.
Christmas, the historical center of man's salvation
For them, the thousand years, actually mentioned only in Revelation 20, is simply a metaphor for the entire Christian era from Pentecost to the single Parousia at the end of time.
Apocalyptic Anticipations: Mormon Millenarianism in the Early Years
These reflections thus provide a trinitarian alpha (source) and omega (goal), as it were, for Christian theological reflection, which presumes that what happens in between, after Pentecost but before Parousia, involves boundary crossing to and from the ends of the earth in and through the Spirit.
Reflecting and confessing in the spirit: called to transformational theologizing
17) Interpreted correctly, according to Agamben, parousia does not mean a second messianic event/coming that supplements the first.
The figure of the Apostle Paul in contemporary philosophy (Heidegger, Badiou, Agamben, Zizek)
The parable of the man going on a journey points more to the tomb and resurrection world than the parousia.
Rethinking the gospel of mark: resurrection narrative as epic
To understand what would happen next, we must grasp the ancient idea of parousia.
Do Catholics believe in the rapture?
The church Roberts founded reflected his one-sidedly spiritual approach to mission; in the absence of a plurality of teachers, its theology was informed almost solely by his understanding of God and mission, including his imminent expectation of the Parousia.
Implications of having an independent missionary: a review of the 1910 Kuki Mission
The dual nature of the feminine in Lawrence is related to the Shekhinah: on one hand, the female is Parousia, the fullness of Presence; on the other, the female is abject and weak--a form of kenomatic messianism.
Messianism and the abject: reading D. H. Lawrence's The Plumed Serpent
Entranced by (largely) poststructuralist dream-poetics, Ross often conjures a clamor of beings, echoing them, and yet, Ross is enthralled by the pre-modern image of parousia (a Second Coming, to be present and beside), which he describes as "the coming of what cannot be known, cannot be anticipated, except the anticipation of the unexpected and unknown" (204).
Ross, Stephen David. Enchanting: Beyond Disenchantment
The promise of the Parousia is the shadow of eternity in the historical; time itself is the trace of eternity.
Role and freedom in Calderon's the great theater of the world
Anticipation of the parousia is an implicit acknowledgment of some sense of absence; otherwise, there would be no particular sense of presence to anticipate.
Proclaiming the mystery of faith together: toward greater common witness between Pentecostals and Roman Catholics on the Lord's Supper
45) As it pertains to the decomposition of presence specifically, Agamben looks to the Pauline conception of parousia as a complement to the remnant.
Time and presence in Agamben's critique of deconstruction

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