parousia

Japanese: parousia
parousia

…Christian belief that Jesus has left the world, but will come again to perform the “final judgment” and complete the “Kingdom of God.” The original Greek word parousia means “coming, presence,” and there is no distinction between the first and second comings. This comes from the understanding of salvation in Isaiah 7:14, which gives the name of the Messiah as “Immanuel” (meaning “God with us”).

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "parousia" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…イエスは世を去ったが,再び来て〈最後の審判〉を行い,〈神の国〉を完成するというキリスト教の信仰。ギリシア語の原語パルシアparousiaは〈来臨,臨在〉の意で,これには第1のそれと第2のそれとの区別はない。これは〈インマヌエルImmanuel〉(〈神われらと共に〉の意)をメシアの名とした《イザヤ書》7章14節の救済理解からくる。…

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