The Second Coming of Christ.       The Liturgical Year of the Church comes to a close Sat. Nov. 26, 2022, and a new liturgical year begins with the first Sunday of Advent on Sun. Nov. 27th. At this time of year the Biblical readings at Mass tend to focus on the end times – where is history headed, what is the culmination.       This theme is a fitting ending to our series of articles on what Jesus and the Bible have to say about how we are to live in this world, so today’s last article of that series explores what the second coming of Jesus Christ is all about.       We’ve already discussed the “antichrist,” the “man of lawlessness,” who will exalt himself and proclaim himself to be God ( 2 Thes 2:2-4 ). He comes first before Christ returns. He will be given great power ( Rev 13:2 ) and practically the whole world will go to war against God ( Dan 7:25 . Rev 13:6 ; Ps 2 ). From the Bible, it appears the antichrist will not ...