Reference: Revelation of Christ
Easton
the second advent of Christ. Three different Greek words are used by the apostles to express this, (1) apokalupsis (1Co 1; 7; 2Th 1:7; 1Pe 1:7,13); (2) parousia (Mt 24:3,27; 1Th 2:19; Jas 5:7-8); (3) epiphaneia (1Ti 6:14; 2Ti 1:10; 4:1-8; Tit 2:13). There existed among Christians a wide expectation, founded on Mt 24:29-30,34, of the speedy return of Christ. (See Millennium.)
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And sitting upon the mount of Olives, his disciples came to him apart, saying, Say to us when these shall be, and what the sign of thy arrival, and the termination of the time.
For as the lightning comes forth from the sunrisings, and shines to the descents; so also shall be the arrival of the Son of man.
And quickly after the pressure of those days, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from the heavens, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken; And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven; and then shall the tribes of the earth lament bitterly, and they shall see the Son of man coming upon the clouds of heaven with power and much glory.
Truly I say to you, That this generation should not pass away, till all these things should be.
And to you being pressed a release with us, in the revelation of the Lord Jesus from heaven with the angels of his power,
For thee to keep the command spotless, irreprehensible, until the appearance of our Lord Jesus Christ:
For many also are disorderly, vain talkers and infatuates, especially they of the circumcision:
Expecting the blessed hope, and apppearance of the glory of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;
Therefore be longsuffering, brethren, even to the arrival of the Lord. Behold, the farmer awaits the precious fruit of the earth, being longsuffering for it, even till he should receive the early and late rain. Be longsuffering, ye also; make your hearts firm: for the arrival of the Lord has drawn near.