Paul’s message to the 1Thessalonians 4:13-18 will be addressed. This paper will also view other schools of interpretation in benefit for better comprehension of the term rapture and pre-tribulation rapture. Keywords: Rapture‚ pre-tribulation‚ revelation Introduction Evidence of a Pre-Tribulation Rapture in 1Thessalonians 4:13-18 One of the most glorious manifestations of the love of God for his Church is the rapture. It is a clear evidence of
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In Poe’s story the “The Pit and the Pendulum” he distinctively uses symbolism‚ repetition‚ mood and diction to tell a tale of hope over circumstance to make this story come to life for the reader. Unlike the hypersensitive characters from other stories‚ such as the narrator in “The Tell-Tale Heart‚” this narrator claims to lose the capacity of sensation during the swoon upon receiving his death sentence that opens the story. This story is different from Poe’s other works such as this narrator remains
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lamp‚ and it fell upon the third part of the rivers‚ and upon the fountains of waters; And the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters‚ because they were made bitter.” (Revelation 8:10–11) This third trumpet judgment is seen by many in a similar way to the second trumpet judgment and interprets the great star as a meteorite and so it could be. Here the star from heaven is a fiery messenger from God specifically targeted at
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stresses the idea of man’s sinfulness and a need to convert oneself through their faith in Jesus. It is influenced by pre-millennial values‚ believing that the apocalypse will come before the millennial period of prosperity that was referred to the Revelation of John. Believers of Pre-millennialism believe that the Anti-Christ will be a strong‚ possibly political‚ leader known as “the Beast” who will rule the world through one government during the seven-year Tribulation period. During this era‚ a
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Did your parents ever tell you about the first time that you disobeyed them? Mine have. I was next to a hot wood stove at my grandparent’s house‚ and my parents told me not to touch it because it was hot. But‚ of course‚ I just had to touch it now that I was told not to. I wasn’t egged on by my sister or my cousins; I touched that stove of my own accord. And of course‚ it all went down from there. My inward desire to be stubborn and selfish was expressed though disobeying my parents- In the end‚
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of Apocalypse through its illustration of utter destruction of the world. Apocalypse is the complete final destruction of the world that involves damage on a catastrophic scale. It is described in detail in the biblical book of Revelation. The article “Book of Revelation” in Wikipedia explains that the book contains multiple visions‚ one of which includes “the end of the world … in which Satan’s rule through Man is destroyed by the Messiah” (e.p. 1). The “end of the world” refers to the dreams that
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God‚ Shown to Be Both a Scriptural and Rational Doctrine” in 1734. He made distinction between revelation immediately communicated by God which is “without any intermediate causes‚” and it comes directly from God to the receiver‚ and revelation that is mediately communicated. The author believes the Holy Spirit gave him no new revelation‚ but it was divine illumination by which the original revelation was directly applied to him. Divine illumination comes through grace not anything
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belief in the return of Jesus Christ. It is also to identify oneself with the Bible‚ particularly the book of Revelation‚ and implies a certain view of Scripture‚ in that the six biblical references to 1‚000 years are all contained in Revelation chapter 20. (There are other biblical passages which support the concept of a 1‚000-year reign of Jesus Christ‚ but the twentieth chapter of Revelation is the key.) Related issues to be addressed in this paper include definitions‚ history‚ hermeneutics and biblical
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significance of apocalyptic text in modern day religions. According to the Apocalypse of John‚ or Book of Revelations (New Testament)‚ the genre known as apocalypse refers to “mysterious revelations that are mediated or explained by a supernatural figure‚ usually an angel….that disclose a world of supernatural powers…and include the judgment of the dead.” In
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are caught up with one another‚ as will be seen below. Apocalypse originally‚ "comes from the Greek word which means revelation.’" It is evident that his word appears in Biblical literature after the translation into Greek. It is important to examine it as a literary genre: Apocalypse’ is a genre of revelatory literature with a narrative framework‚ in which a revelation is mediated by an
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