second coming
The prophesied return
A second coming is an anticipated return or reappearance, especially one freighted with expectation: Fans hailed the young quarterback as the second coming of Joe Montana.
The phrase borrows weight from Christian theology but applies to any domain where a transformative figure is expected to arrive again or a successor is compared to a legendary predecessor. (Capitalized Second Coming is the Christian doctrine.)
Unassailable next in line
- next generationSubsequent group following current
- reincarnationSoul's rebirth after death
- revivalReturn after decline
- returnGo back again
comeback · renaissance · resurrection · rebirth · renewal · restoration · successor · protégé
Recovery after decline
- returnGo back again
- reappearanceComing back into view
- resurgenceReturn after dormancy
- revivalReturn after decline
heir apparent
Unassailable next in line
- next generationSubsequent group following current
- reincarnationSoul's rebirth after death
- revivalReturn after decline
return · comeback · renaissance · resurrection · rebirth · renewal · restoration · successor · protégé · heir
comeback
Recovery after decline
- returnGo back again
- reappearanceComing back into view
- resurgenceReturn after dormancy
- Evangelicalismevangelicalism, born again, born-again, evangelists, evangelist
- Jesus' teachingsSermon on the Mount, beatitudes, Beatitudes, love your enemies, Lord's Prayer
- Judgment Dayjudgment day, final judgment, day of reckoning, doomsday, rapture
- AdventismSeventh-day Adventist, Adventists, Sabbath school, blessed hope, health message
- African PentecostalismPentecostalism, speaking in tongues, deliverance, born again, spiritual warfare
- Christian ZionismHoly Land, Promised Land, biblical prophecy, end times, rapture
second comingascension
Movement to higher position
departure · absence · the fall · no-show · crucifixion
second comingfinal exit
Permanent departure from life
last hurrah · swan song · farewell · retirement · decline