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Church leaders advocated for the segregation of donated blood, concerned that giving white members blood from Black donors might disqualify them from the priesthood. [3]: 67 In 1943, the LDS Hospital opened a blood bank which kept separate blood stocks for white and Black people. It was the second-largest in-hospital blood bank.
The doctrine of separation, also known as the doctrine of non-fellowship, is a belief among some Protestant religious groups, such as the Exclusive Brethren, Independent Fundamental Baptists, and Bible Baptist churches, that the members of a church should be separate from "the world" and not have association with those who are "of the world".
The Book of Revelation or Book of the Apocalypse is the final book of the New Testament (and therefore the final book of the Christian Bible). Written in Koine Greek, its title is derived from the first word of the text: apokalypsis, meaning 'unveiling' or 'revelation'. The Book of Revelation is the only apocalyptic book in the New Testament canon.
One effect of segregation in churches may be continued segregation in other parts of U.S. society. As religious segregation furthers in-group homogeneity, it makes the racial divisions throughout all of society even more pronounced. [4] Another example of religious segregation causing greater society wide segregation can be seen in private schools.
In the letters to the early Christian churches of Smyrna and Philadelphia in Revelation 2:9 and 3:9, Jesus makes reference to a synagogue of Satan (Greek: συναγωγή τοῦ Σατανᾶ, synagoge tou satana), in each case referring to a group persecuting the church "who say they are Jews and are not".
The classical historicist view of the vision of the angel with the little book, in Revelation 10, represents the Protestant Reformation and the printing of Bibles in the common languages. The Adventists take a unique view applying it to the Millerite movement; the "bitterness" of the book (Rev 10:10) represents the Great Disappointment.
The Bible says that Jesus healed the ill slave of a centurion [87] and restored the cut off ear of the high priest's slave. [88] In his parables, Jesus referenced slavery: the prodigal son, [89] ten gold coins, [90] unforgiving tenant, [91] and tenant farmers. [92] Jesus also taught that he would give burdened and weary laborers rest. [93]
This term is used in two other places in scripture where it has the same meaning. Once in Matthew 25:6 when the wise virgins meet the bridegroom to escort him to the wedding feast, and in Acts 28:15 when the Christians go out to meet Paul and escort him into Rome. In the posttribulational rapture view, 1 Thessalonians 4:17 is describing all ...
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