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Rapture
The Coming Rapture
Although the word "rapture" itself, nor the doctrinal explanation of "rapture" in its strictest sense, is not to be found in the scriptures of either the Hebraic or the New Testaments, this does not invalidate its truth. It is true as well that the idea of the coming even where all the faithful will be physically taken up into the spiritual bosom of Christ is not specifically and literally cited in scripture, either. But the idea of rapture as expressed in the Christian community today amongst the faithful is an idea that is manifest throughout the Holy Bible. As early as the Old Testament, prophetic book of the wild man Ezekiel, in 36:25-28, the Lord says to the prophet, "Then I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean; I will cleanse you from all your filthiness and from all your idols. Moreover, I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; and I will remove the heart of partial stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. And I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will be careful to observe My ordinances."
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Thus, the rapture is a physical action that is prefigured in the Old Testament, but also the Hebraic scripture makes reference to what will occur during the rapture, that is a cleansing and a removal of the faithful from the world of idols into an equally physically manifest world of heavenly life.
In John 14:2-3, Christ foretells his coming back to the earth after the crucifixion and resurrection of his body, saying that "in my Father's house are many mansions: if [it were] not [so], I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, [there] ye may be also." During the coming rapture to be, Christ will thus, after making proper preparations for those who will be received in his Father's house, accept those who are expected and worthy of his followers into the house of his Heavenly Father. One cannot be entirely certain what hour that will be: "but of that day and hour no one knows,…
Most interpretations believe that the 70 weeks refer to periods of years. The author does not give any substance to the claim for such a literal interpretation of the final week. Another potential difficulty with the text under discussion is also other instances of literal interpretation, such as the 144,000 and the reference to Jews rather than to the Church as a whole. The author appears to believe that the
Biblical Hope" from the perspective of an Evangelical Christian and as to what exactly "Biblical Hope" means. Further this paper will examine what the Holy Bible has to say about hope and will contrast "Biblical Hope" with worldly hope. This paper will further examine a case of someone without hope and finally examine a personal view of hope. There are many views and perspectives of hope throughout the many religions
Madam Bovary For good or for bad, as people get older they learn that real life is not a romantic movie plot. How often is it that boy meets girl, girl and boy fall in love and walk into the sunset for the rest of their lives? The boy and girl may meet and fall in love, but what life is happy ever after forever? With the love and happiness in
" Therefore, the Second Coming and the Rapture are coincidental events, both of which have to do with Christ returning to Earth. The Rapture specifically refers to what happens to human beings. Once Christ returns, the "thousand-year reign" on Earth begins. According to the FFM website, "Jesus Christ will one day return to bring believers home to Heaven and will reign with them over the Earth for 1,000 years." The
God created the dispensations and guides humanity differently during each period. C.I Scofield outlines the dispensations including Innocence, Conscience, Human Government, Promise, Law, Church, and Kingdom ("End Times" 4). Dispensationalism is based on a literal and unequivocal interpretation of the Bible ("End Times" 4). Efird, for instance, describes dispenstionalism a historically accurate and nearly scientific method of discerning Biblical prophecy based on a close reading of the sacred text.
Revelation 20:1-6 (the Millenium) The objective of this study is to examine the 1000 years of Revelation 20:1-6 (The Millennium) an exegetical and theological topic therefore the review will be extended beyond only the biblical in terms of research and will examine the views of other scholars in this area of inquiry. The Blue Letter Bible states the following in the Book of Revelations, Chapter 20, Verses one through six: "Then I