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v. t. e. In Christian eschatology, the Great Tribulation ( Ancient Greek: θλῖψις μεγάλη, romanized : thlîpsis megálē) is a period mentioned by Jesus in the Olivet Discourse as a sign that would occur in the time of the end. [1] At Revelation 7 :14, [2] "the Great Tribulation" ( Ancient Greek: τῆς θλῑ́ψεως τῆς ...
The Prophecy of Seventy Weeks is the narrative in chapter 9 of the Book of Daniel in which Daniel prays to God to act on behalf of his people and city ( Judeans and Jerusalem ), and receives a detailed but cryptic prophecy of "seventy weeks" by the angel Gabriel. The prophecy has been the subject of "intense exegetical activity" since the ...
In the Book of Revelation, seven trumpets are sounded, one at a time, to cue apocalyptic events seen by John of Patmos ( Revelation 1:9) in his vision ( Revelation 1:1 ). The seven trumpets are sounded by seven angels and the events that follow are described in detail from Revelation Chapters 8 to 11. According to Revelation 8:1–2 the angels ...
Here in Kolby Church, Denmark, 1550. The Book of Revelation or Book of the Apocalypse is the final book of the New Testament (and therefore the final book of the Christian Bible ). Written in Koine Greek, its title is derived from the first word of the text: apokalypsis, meaning 'unveiling' or 'revelation'.
Beshore based his prediction on the prior suggestion that Jesus could return in 1988, i.e., within one biblical generation (40 years) of the founding of Israel in 1948. Beshore argued that the prediction was correct, but that the definition of a biblical generation was incorrect and was actually 70–80 years, placing the Second Coming of Jesus ...
A fire comes down from God out of heaven and devours them and Satan is finally placed in torment, in the Lake of Fire, forever, with those who follow him ( Revelation 20:7–10 ). The wicked dead and all of those who died during the thousand-year reign of Christ are resurrected and judged ( Revelation 20:11–14 ).
v. t. e. Historic premillennialism is one of the two premillennial systems of Christian eschatology, with the other being dispensational premillennialism. [1] It differs from dispensational premillennialism in that it only has one view of the rapture, and does not require a literal seven-year tribulation (though some adherents do believe in a ...
The vast majority of adherents in both schools hold to a distinction between Israel and the Church,: 49–51 a future pre-tribulation rapture,: 317 a seven-year tribulation, and a Millennial Kingdom: 54–56 in which the rule of Jesus Christ will be centered in Jerusalem. Progressive dispensationalists tend to de-emphasize the pre-tribulation ...