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Spiritual Concept Strong: G3952

Parousia (Presence / Royal Arrival — The King's Coming to His City)

EN — Transliteration: parousia

Designates the official arrival and presence of a king or dignitary in a city, accompanied by the acclamations of citizens. Eschatological theology translated it as 'second coming' to make it a future apocalyptic end-of-world event — a reading absent from the original.

📖 Réf. : Mt 24:3 | Mt 24:27 | Mt 24:37 | Mt 24:39 | 1 Cor 15:23 | 1 Thess 2:19 | 1 Thess 4:15 | 2 Thess 2:1 | 2 Thess 2:8 | Jas 5:7-8 | 2 Pet 3:4 | 2 Pet 3:12 | 1 Jn 2:28

Parousia (παρουσία) is not the end of the world. It is the royal arrival — the presence of a king welcomed in his city — a metaphor for active and continuous divine presence, not a future cataclysm.

🔬 Etymological and Semantic Analysis

AspectOriginal Meaning (Civil Greek)Dogmatic Shift (19th–20th c.)
DefinitionOfficial arrival and presence of a king.Apocalyptic end-of-world event.
TemporalityPresence already underway (Mt 28:20).Imminent future event to dread.
Emotional effectJoy, acclamation, celebration.Terror, urgency, paralysis of action.

Perspective Conceptuelle

Visualisation Conceptuelle

Symbolic Visualization: A luminous king entering city gates to joyful crowds, golden light flooding the streets — the triumphant arrival of a benevolent presence, not a cataclysm.

Source Historique / Géographique

Preuve Historique

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