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Second Coming
The promised return of Jesus Christ in glory at the end of the age, to raise the dead, judge the world, and bring his kingdom in fullness.
Jesus himself promised to return (Matthew 24, John 14). The angels at his ascension repeated the promise.
The Epistles describe his return as the "blessed hope" — a coming in glory, with sudden visibility, that will set right all that is broken.
Christians have differed on the timing and sequence; all agree that the church is to live alert, faithful, and longing for the day.
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