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RAPTURE definition: 1. extreme pleasure and happiness or excitement: 2. an expression of extreme pleasure and…. Learn more.
6 paź 2015 · Thanks to books like Left Behind, the English word rapture often conjures up images of bodies mysteriously disappearing into thin air, followed by several years of severe tribulation, leading up to the final judgment and resurrection.
The Rapture is an eschatological position held by some Christians, particularly those of American evangelicalism, consisting of an end-time event when all dead Christian believers will be resurrected and, joined with Christians who are still alive, together will rise "in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air." [ 1 ]
5 lip 2024 · At the rapture, the Lord comes “in the clouds” to meet us “in the air” (1 Thessalonians 4:17). At the second coming, the Lord descends all the way to the earth to stand on the Mount of Olives, resulting in a great earthquake followed by a defeat of God’s enemies (Zechariah 14:3–4).
Notably, Paul makes it clear that this meeting is "in the air," and not on the literal surface of the earth. This is why the rapture is considered to be a separate event from the second coming of Christ.
rapture, n. in OED Second Edition (1989) 1.a. 1594–. Chiefly in plural. A state, condition, or fit of intense delight or enthusiasm. Now frequently to be in raptures: to be delightedly enthusiastic. to go into raptures: to talk with (esp. affected) enthusiasm and delight. 1594.
