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The term rapture was used by Philip Doddridge [65] and John Gill [66] in their New Testament commentaries, with the idea that believers would be caught up prior to judgment on earth and Jesus' second coming. An 1828 edition of Matthew Henry's An Exposition of the Old and New Testament uses the word "rapture" in explicating 1 Thessalonians 4:17 ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 22 February 2025. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources. The Last Judgment by painter Hans Memling. In Christian belief, the Last Judgement is an apocalyptic event where God makes a final ...
Christian eschatology is an ancient branch of study in Christian theology, informed by Biblical texts such as the Olivet Discourse (recorded in Matthew 24–25, Mark 13, and Luke 21), The Sheep and the Goats, and other discourses of end times by Jesus, with the doctrine of the Second Coming discussed by Paul the Apostle [2] in his epistles ...
Camping suggested that it would occur at 6 p.m. local time, with the rapture sweeping the globe time zone by time zone, [4] [5] while some of his supporters claimed that around 200 million people (approximately 3% of the world's population) would be 'raptured'. [6] Camping had previously claimed that the rapture would occur in September 1994.
Historic premillennialism is one of the two premillennial systems of Christian eschatology, with the other being dispensational premillennialism. [1] It differs from dispensational premillennialism in that it only has one view of the rapture, and does not require a literal seven-year tribulation (though some adherents do believe in a seven-year tribulation).
The wise virgins (true believers) would be in the kingdom, while the foolish virgins and all others would be on the outside." [ 36 ] The widespread acceptance of the shut-door belief lost ground as doubts were raised about the significance of the October 22, 1844, date—if nothing happened on that date, then there could be no shut door.
Sabrina Carpenter's response to the controversy surrounding her “Feather” music video is getting a reaction all of its own.. The music video, which was released Oct. 30, features the singer in ...
These three Christian theologians predicted Jesus would return in the year 500. One prediction was based on the dimensions of Noah's ark. [1]: 35 In Hippolytus' Commentary on Daniel, he writes that six thousand years must pass, since the creation of the world, and he believes it was created 5500 years before Christ. 1260 Joachim of Fiore