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The End of the World, also known as The Great Day of His Wrath by John Martin. "The Day of the L ORD ” is a biblical term and theme used in both the Hebrew Bible (יֹום יְהוָה Yom Adonai) and the New Testament (ἡμέρα κυρίου, hēmera Kyriou), as in "The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the L ORD come ...
Prior to World War I, the Greek Orthodox Church received much of its income from pilgrimage; however, the war halted pilgrimage, and the impact of this, combined with a heavy tax levied on those who did not want to fight in the war [clarification needed] contributed to the church borrowing large amounts of money that left it defective [clarification needed] for the duration of the war.
Warfare represents a special category of biblical violence and is a topic the Bible addresses, directly and indirectly, in four ways: there are verses that support pacifism, and verses that support non-resistance; 4th century theologian Augustine found the basis of just war in the Bible, and preventive war which is sometimes called crusade has also been supported using Bible texts.
Armageddon' is the symbolic name given to this event based on scripture references regarding divine obliteration of God's enemies. The hermeneutical method supports this position by referencing Judges 4 and 5 where God miraculously destroys the enemy of their elect, Israel, at Megiddo.
(For example 2:2, 17:88-89, 29:47, 28:49) [Note 14] Several verses remark on how the verses of the book set clear or make things clear, [Note 15] and are in "pure and clear" Arabic language [Note 16] At the same time, (most Muslims believe) some verses of the Quran have been abrogated by others and these and other verses have sometimes been ...
The British conquer Palestine. (Details) Battle of Nablus, a phase of the Battle of Meggido. (Details) Third Transjordan attack, a phase of the Battle of Nablus. Battle of Sharon, a phase of the Battle of Megiddo. Battle of Tulkarm, a phase of the Battle of Sharon. Battle of Arara, a phase of the Battle of Sharon.
Assassination of Franz Ferdinand 1914. July Crisis 1914. v. t. e. The identification of the causes of World War I remains a debated issue. World War I began in the Balkans on July 28, 1914, and hostilities ended on November 11, 1918, leaving 17 million dead and 25 million wounded.
World War I[j]or the First World War(28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a global conflictbetween two coalitions: the Allies(or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting took place mainly in Europeand the Middle East, as well as in parts of Africaand the Asia-Pacific, and in Europe was characterised by trench ...