Second Coming Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! PreviewAdvancedSpecial charactersHelpHeadingLevel 2Level 3Level 4Level 5FormatInsertLatinLatin extendedIPASymbolsGreekGreek extendedCyrillicArabicArabic extendedHebrewBanglaTamilTeluguSinhalaDevanagariGujaratiThaiLaoKhmerCanadian AboriginalRunesÁáÀàÂâÄäÃãǍǎĀāĂ㥹ÅåĆćĈĉÇçČčĊċĐđĎďÉéÈèÊêËëĚěĒēĔĕĖėĘęĜĝĢģĞğĠġĤĥĦħÍíÌìÎîÏïĨĩǏǐĪīĬĭİıĮįĴĵĶķĹĺĻļĽľŁłŃńÑñŅņŇňÓóÒòÔôÖöÕõǑǒŌōŎŏǪǫŐőŔŕŖŗŘřŚśŜŝŞşŠšȘșȚțŤťÚúÙùÛûÜüŨũŮůǓǔŪūǖǘǚǜŬŭŲųŰűŴŵÝýŶŷŸÿȲȳŹźŽžŻżÆæǢǣØøŒœßÐðÞþƏəFormattingLinksHeadingsListsFilesDiscussionReferencesDescriptionWhat you typeWhat you getItalic''Italic text''Italic textBold'''Bold text'''Bold textBold & italic'''''Bold & italic text'''''Bold & italic textDescriptionWhat you typeWhat you getReferencePage text.<ref>[https://www.example.org/ Link text], additional text.</ref>Page text.[1]Named referencePage text.<ref name="test">[https://www.example.org/ Link text]</ref>Page text.[2]Additional use of the same referencePage text.<ref name="test" />Page text.[2]Display references<references />↑ Link text, additional text.↑ Link text===Oriental Orthodoxy and Eastern Orthodoxy=== [[Image:T'oros Roslin Gospels, The Last Judgment, Walters Manuscript W.539, fol. 109v.jpg|thumb|300px|''The Last Judgement'' by the [[Armenian illuminated manuscripts|Armenian manuscript illuminator]] [[Toros Roslin]], 1262.]] It is the traditional view of [[Eastern Orthodox Church|Orthodox Christians]], preserved from the early Church, that the Second Coming will be a sudden and unmistakable incident, like "a flash of lightning".<ref>{{bibleverse|Mt|24:27}}</ref> They hold the general view that Jesus will not spend any time on the earth in ministry or preaching, but come to judge mankind.<ref name="orthodoxphotos%252Ecom">{{cite web|url=http://www.orthodoxphotos.com/readings/sign/coming.shtml |title=Jesus is Coming Soon |publisher=Orthodoxphotos.com |access-date=2009-11-21}}</ref> They teach that the ministry of the Antichrist will take place right before the Second Coming.<ref name="orthodoxphotos%252Ecom" /> The [[Ethiopian Orthodox Church]], a part of the [[Oriental Orthodox]] communion of churches, teaches that the second coming of Jesus will be radically different from his first coming, which "was to save the lost world".<ref name="Melketsedek1997">{{cite book |last1=Melketsedek |first1=Abba |title=The Teaching of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church |date=1997 |publisher=Alem Publishers |page=33 |language=English}}</ref> Orthodox layman Alexander Kalomiros explains the original Church's position regarding the Second Coming in ''River of Fire''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stnectariospress.com/the-river-of-fire|title=THE RIVER OF FIRE|work=Saint Nectarios Press and Book Center}}</ref> and ''Against False Union'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.roacusa.org/htdocs/Catechism/AGAINST%20FALSE%20UNION.pdf|title=Against False Union|publisher=[[Russian Orthodox Autonomous Church]] (ROAC) of America}}</ref> stating that those who contend that Christ will reign on earth for a thousand years "do not wait for Christ, but for the Antichrist". The idea of Jesus returning to this earth as a king is a heretical concept to the Church, equated to "the expectations of the Jews who wanted the Messiah to be an earthly King." The Church instead teaches that which it has taught since the beginning.{{clarify|date=February 2024}} Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page