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To: Jeremiah Jr
Second the word rapture does not appear in the Bible

eh, the word Bible doesn't appear in the Bible either.

2 posted on 08/31/2016 5:28:24 PM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion
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To: aMorePerfectUnion

Second the word rapture does not appear in the Bible
eh, the word Bible doesn’t appear in the Bible either.

Nor does ‘sola scriptura’ anywhere appear in the Bible...


8 posted on 08/31/2016 5:37:14 PM PDT by heterosupremacist ("Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God." (Thomas Jefferson))
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To: aMorePerfectUnion

Purgatory is not in the Bible either.


10 posted on 08/31/2016 5:44:47 PM PDT by Old Yeller (Hillary is Satan's spiritual advisor.)
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To: aMorePerfectUnion; Jeremiah Jr

True, “Bible” does not appear in the Bible, but neither do other words of a language that didn’t exist at the time the Bible was completed. Nevertheless, we get the word “Bible” from the Greek word “biblos”, which translates directly as “Bible” because “Bible” was introduced in English to mean “biblos”, which does appear in various places in the New Testament (e.g. “biblos”, “biblia”, biblion”, etc.). The real issue is the validity of premillennial dispensationalism, together with it’s “Rapture” doctrine. Those doctrines are essentially the 19th Century creation of John Darby and were popularized by Scofield in his Bible notes in the 20th Century. An examination of this thread shows how thoroughly this heresy has been ingrained in Evangelicals by generations of unlearned pastors, virtually none of whom have studied the issue dispassionately and carefully.


21 posted on 08/31/2016 6:43:43 PM PDT by achilles2000 ("I'll agree to save the whales as long as we can deport the liberals")
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To: aMorePerfectUnion
Second the word rapture does not appear in the Bible

eh, the word Bible doesn't appear in the Bible either.

Great minds think alike bro, because that is the first thing that came to my mind also. I generally don't get too deep into these other peripheral doctrines. They might be important, but I want to know what their plan of salvation is. Where will they spend eternity?
And why continuously call Him Yeshua? I prefer to call Him Jesus Christ.

36 posted on 08/31/2016 11:14:08 PM PDT by Mark17 (The love of God, how rich and pure, how measureless and strong. It shall forevermore endure.)
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