"I Am Glad For Your Coming"

I have stated in years gone by that many bible teachers and students do not understand the amount of time involved in the second coming of Christ. See How Long Is The Coming Of Christ? and the follow up article here. I showed that just as we cannot confine the first "coming" of the Lord as taking in only one minute, hour, or day, so too with his second coming. 

The word often used for "coming" is the Greek word "parousia" and means "arrival" or "presence."* The first coming or presence of the Lord was thirty three years. The second coming also cannot be restricted to a single event occurring in an hour, or a day, or a few years. 

As an example of how we use the word "coming" in the same way, as not denoting what takes place in an instance, but to a longer period of time inclusive of much more, we often say to a guest in our house "I am glad for your coming." We certainly do not simply mean we are glad that he traveled "to" our house, but that he also came and had his presence with us for a period of time. Don't you see?

*"parousia" (translated as "presence") is used by Paul in contrast with "apousia" (translated "absence") in Philippians 2: 12 (KJV).