Descriptions of the Second Advent
The expressions used by St. Paul as descriptive of the Second Advent are worth collecting:
1. he hemera tou Kuriou at 1 Thess. 5:2; 1 Cor. 1:8, 5:5; cp. Phil. 1:10; 2 Tim. 1:12.
2. he apokalypsis tou kuriou at 2 Thess. 1:7; 1 Cor. 1:7.
3. he parousia at 1 Thess. 2:19, 3:13, 4:15, 5:23; 2 Thess. 2:1, 9.
4. he epiphaneia tes parousias autou at 2 Thess. 2:8.
5. he epiphaneia autou at 1 Tim 6:14; 2 Tim 4:1, 8 (it is applied to the Lord’s First Coming in 2 Tim. 1:10).
6. he epiphaneia tes doxes tou megalou Theou kai soteros hemon Christou Iesou (Tit. 2:13).