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- proper noun Christianity a
prophesied sudden removal ofChristian believers from the Earth before theTribulation orsimultaneous with thesecond coming ofJesus Christ
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The only think lacking in Rapture is a comfortable sense of the outside world which most books tend to offer.
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The only think lacking in Rapture is a comfortable sense of the outside world which most books tend to offer.
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The word Rapture appears nowhere in the actual, pre-Scofield Bible.
Rapture Ready! Daniel Radosh 2008
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The term Rapture is used to refer to the faithful believers being taken up to meet Christ in the air as described in this passage written by the apostle Paul:
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The Righties have been praying or telling us the Rapture is around the corner for years.
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The Righties have been praying or telling us the Rapture is around the corner for years.
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The Righties have been praying or telling us the Rapture is around the corner for years.
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By reading my Bible and by reading science fiction, I came to the conclusion in middle school that the Rapture is an unbiblical doctrine.
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Further, many of them expect to be "beamed up" in what they call the Rapture (and what I call the First Cut) to some five-star resort made of diaphanous angel hair.
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The '' 'Rapture' '' (from the Greek word έκσταση, ekstasi) is
Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] Noitalever 2009
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