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It is the oldest complete copy of the Book of Isaiah, being approximately 1000 years older than the oldest Hebrew manuscripts known before the scrolls' discovery. [2] 1QIsa a is also notable in being the only scroll from the Qumran Caves to be preserved almost in its entirety. [3] The scroll is written on 17 sheets of parchment. It is ...
It is known by some Protestants as the "400 Silent Years" because it was a period when no new prophets were raised and God revealed nothing new to the Jewish people. [1] Many of the deuterocanonical books , accepted as scripture by the Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodoxy, were written during this time, as were many pseudepigraphal works , the ...
The Millennial day theory, the Millennium sabbath hypothesis, or the Sabbath millennium theory, is a theory in Christian eschatology in which the Second Coming of Christ will occur 6,000 years after the creation of mankind, followed by 1,000 years of peace and harmony. [1]
In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads: But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness! The World English Bible translates the passage as: But if your eye is evil, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light ...
The seven-year period is divided into halves—the "beginning of sorrows" and the "Great Tribulation". Posttribulationists believe that Christians will not be taken up into Heaven for eternity, but will be received or gathered in the air by Christ, to descend together to establish the Kingdom of God on earth at the end of the Tribulation.
In Roman Catholicism, the Three Days of Darkness is an eschatological concept believed by some Catholics to be a true prophecy of future events. [1] The prophecy foretells three days and nights of "an intense darkness" [ 2 ] over the whole earth, against which the only light will come from blessed beeswax candles, and during which "all the ...
Origen: "Or thus, The light shineth in the darkness of faithful souls, beginning from faith, and drawing onwards to hope; but the deceit and ignorance of undisciplined souls did not comprehend the light of the Word of God shining in the flesh. That however is an ethical meaning. The metaphysical signification of the words is as follows.
The origin appears to be in connection mainly with the following Bible verses referring to the period translated, "time".. And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.