King James Bible Dictionary

COMING, participle present tense

1. Drawing nearer or nigh; approaching; moving towards; advancing.

2. Future; yet to come; as, in coming ages.

3. Forward; ready to come.

How coming to the poet every muse.

COMING, noun

1. The act of coming; approach.

2. The state of being come; arrival.

The Lord hath blessed thee since my coming Genesis 30:30.

COMING, noun

1. Entrance.

I know thy going-out and thy coming-in. 2 Kings 19:27.

2. Beginning; commencement; as the coming-in of the year. 2 Kings 13:20.

3. Income; revenue.

4. Compliance; submission.

(1) with reference to his first advent "in the fulness of the time" (1 John 5:20; 2 John 1:7), or (2) with reference to his coming again the second time at the last day (Acts 1:11; 3:20, 21; 1 Thessalonians 4:15; 2 Timothy 4:1; Hebrews 9:28).

The expression is used metaphorically of the introduction of the gospel into any place (John 15:22; Ephesians 2:17), the visible establishment of his kingdom in the world (Matthew 16:28), the conferring on his people of the peculiar tokens of his love (John 14:18, 23, 28), and his executing judgment on the wicked (2 Thessalonians 2:8).