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Originally posted by kevin.carroll
Hey, Cheri.
Do you go to Grace Baptist in Jackson?
Originally posted by VERITAS
Originally posted by kevin.carroll
Hey, Cheri.
Do you go to Grace Baptist in Jackson?
No. I was born in Clinton, MS (while my father was attending RTS). But I live in Memphis (where we moved when he got a teaching job). I attend Reformed Baptist Church (that's the official name).
Originally posted by VERITAS
Originally posted by kevin.carroll
Hey, Cheri.
Do you go to Grace Baptist in Jackson?
No. I was born in Clinton, MS (while my father was attending RTS). But I live in Memphis (where we moved when he got a teaching job). I attend Reformed Baptist Church (that's the official name).
Originally posted by andreas
By the word "Rapture" we mean: the moment in history when the believers in Christ who have not experienced physical death will be changed into their glorified bodies. At that time they will be caught up in the air to be with Christ, even as I Thessalonians 4:17 declares. Nothing more nothing less.The word rapture is not the exclusive property of anyone,providing you define the use of it.
andreas.
[Edited on 4-1-2005 by andreas]
Originally posted by tcalbrecht
Originally posted by andreas
By the word "Rapture" we mean: the moment in history when the believers in Christ who have not experienced physical death will be changed into their glorified bodies. At that time they will be caught up in the air to be with Christ, even as I Thessalonians 4:17 declares. Nothing more nothing less.The word rapture is not the exclusive property of anyone,providing you define the use of it.
andreas.
[Edited on 4-1-2005 by andreas]
That may be your definition, but that is not what is understood by the term in most Christian circles:
"The term rapture is most commonly used to describe an event in certain systems of christian escathology (study of the end of the world) whereby "faithful" Christians are taken from Earth into Heaven before other events associated with the end of the world take place. This belief is distinguished from another view which states that the end of the world would be experienced by everyone simultaneously."
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Originally posted by Draught Horse
Andreas,
NOT A SINGLE PERSON ON THIS BOARD DENIES THE SECOND COMING OF Christ! We just believe that the language in certain passages suggest that Jerusalem is being destroyed, not that believers are being raised.
Originally posted by andreas
***NOT A SINGLE PERSON ON THIS BOARD DENIES THE SECOND COMING OF Christ!***
I know that.The question is:
Do we all agree when that blessed event takes place?
andreas.
Originally posted by fredtgreco
Andreas,
Would you describe yourself to a group of unchurched people as Catholic?
Originally posted by andreas
****Andreas,
Would you describe yourself to a group of unchurched people as Catholic? ****
Can you please put your question in simple terms, so that i can understand it,and what prompted your question?
andreas.
Originally posted by andreas
I do not find the word "Rapture" offensive in any way ,cause i have a clear understanding as to its meaning. I have shown, the word is derived from a Latin word ,and was used by ALL,as in all kinds,of christians ,not just Dispensationalists.The question about "catholic",was unfair, as was not clearly defined, in contrast to the clear definition i offered about the meaning of Rapture.
andreas.
Originally posted by Me Died Blue
Likewise, the word "Presbyterian" is another good example. Largely because of the influence of the PCUSA, I would never simply introduce myself to someone as a Presbyterian without adding further qualifications and explanation - for even though it respresents a historically orthodox branch, and even though I still mean that same thing by it, that does nothing to the unfortunate but simple fact that it now immediately evokes thoughts of liberalism in the minds of most people when mentioned.
Originally posted by Me Died Blue
Likewise, the word "Presbyterian" is another good example. Largely because of the influence of the PCUSA, I would never simply introduce myself to someone as a Presbyterian without adding further qualifications and explanation - for even though it respresents a historically orthodox branch, and even though I still mean that same thing by it, that does nothing to the unfortunate but simple fact that it now immediately evokes thoughts of liberalism in the minds of most people when mentioned. So it is with "rapture" and Dispensationalism, regardless of its historic etymology or your own intended meaning, which is why most of us think it would be much easier and better to simply use a term like "Second Coming."