| 单词 | rapture of the church |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrapture of the Church (also saints) b. Christian Church. Also with capital initial. In Millenarian theology: the transport of believers to heaven at the Second Coming of Christ. More fully rapture of the Church (also saints). ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > heaven > [noun] > conveyance to > at second coming of Christ catching up1574 rapture of the Church (also saints)1768 1768 T. Broughton Prospect of Futurity iii. viii. 357 We have determined likewise, from the Circumstance of the Rapture of the Saints,..that the Air or Atmosphere will be the Place of the Judgement. 1848 J. N. Darby Exam. Statements Apocalypse 20 The immensely important fact of the rapture of the Church... Nor can this rapture take place till after He has left the throne. 1903 W. Kelly Rapture of Saints 3 I am not aware that there was any definite teaching..that there would be a secret rapture of the saints at a secret coming. 1992 D. Morgan Rising in West iii. xiii. 227 He believed in the imminence of Christ's return and the ‘rapture’ of the church. 2002 Church Times 24 May 20/3 What happens to the people in an aircraft if the pilot is a true believer and the Rapture takes place in mid-flight? < as lemmas |
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