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==== From a theological standpoint, the Second Coming is coherent within orthodox Christianity: if Christ is both fully God and the Messiah, it is consistent that His salvific mission will culminate in a final return and judgment.  The metaphysics here assume a supernatural God who transcends time and can intervene in history.  Critics might object that a once-for-all incarnation should not be repeated; defenders reply that a return need not be a new incarnation, but an eschatological appearance.  In any case, traditional doctrine holds no logical contradiction in “God returning” — indeed the creed and catechism treat it as a givenvatican.va<ref>{{cite web|title=vatican.va|url=https://www.vatican.va/content/catechism/en/part_one/section_two/chapter_two/article_7.html#:~:text=,THE%20LIVING%20AND%20THE%20DEAD|publisher=vatican.va|access-date=2025-12-07}}</ref>vatican.va<ref>{{cite web|title=vatican.va|url=https://www.vatican.va/content/catechism/en/part_one/section_two/chapter_two/article_7.html#:~:text=673%20Since%20the%20Ascension%20Christ%27s,that%20will%20precede%20it%20are|publisher=vatican.va|access-date=2025-12-07}}</ref>. ====

In philosophical terms, the claim is unfalsifiable and lies outside natural science.  No physical law forbids a divine intervention, but likewise no natural evidence demands it.  Even modern cosmology (with its big bang and possible “multiverses”) has no bearing on personal messianic events.  Mathematically, one might note the lack of any predictive formula or pattern that must culminate in a parousia: world systems theorists do not incorporate such an event in any reliable models of history or physics.  Thus metaphysics does not rule it out, but also does not ensure it.

In summary, the Second Coming is theologically central to Christian metaphysics but remains a matter of faith, not scientific inference.  The required premises (existence of God, immortality of the soul, final judgment, etc.) are themselves unproven.  If those premises are granted, then a return is not logically impossible.  However, without acceptance of the underlying theological framework, the claim has no empirical grounding.