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   Rap·ture

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   noun

   • 1. a feeling of intense pleasure or joy: "Leonora listened with rapture"
   • ▪ expressions of intense pleasure or enthusiasm about something: "the tabloids went into raptures about her"
   • 2. (according to some millenarian teaching) the transporting of believers to heaven at the Second Coming of Christ: North American "thousands of Christians gathered outside Rochester and other cities, awaiting the Rapture"

   verb

   • 1. (according to some millenarian teaching) transport (a believer) from earth to heaven at the Second Coming of Christ: North American "people will be raptured out of automobiles as they are driving along"

   Word Origin late 16th century (in the sense ‘seizing and carrying off’): from obsolete French, or from medieval Latin raptura ‘seizing’, partly influenced by rapt.

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   What does Rapture mean?

   • The meaning of RAPTURE is an expression or manifestation of ecstasy or passion. How to use rapture in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Rapture.

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   Who believed in the Rapture?

   • The concept of the rapture, in connection with premillennialism, was expressed by the 17th-century American Puritans Increase and Cotton Mather. They held to the idea that believers would be caught up in the air, followed by judgments on earth, and then the millennium.

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   What does the Bible say about the Rapture?

   • Belief in the Rapture is often connected with a belief in the literal coming of the millennium, the 1,000-year rule of Jesus Christ after his return, as mentioned in chapter 20 of The Revelation to John (also known as The Book of Revelation), although there are also amillennial interpretations of the belief that reject that notion.

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   Where does Rapture come from?

   • Rapture is derived from Middle French rapture, via the Medieval Latin raptura ("seizure, kidnapping"), which derives from the Latin raptus ("a carrying off"). The Koine Greek of 1 Thessalonians 4:17 uses the verb form ἁρπαγησόμεθα ( harpagēsometha ), which means "we shall be caught up" or "we shall be taken away".

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   Rapture can be a noun or a verb, meaning an expression or manifestation of ecstasy or passion, a state or experience of being carried away by overwhelming emotion, or the final assumption of Christians into heaven. See synonyms, examples, etymology, and related phrases of rapture.

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   Rapture can mean ecstatic joy, an expression of delight, or a theological concept of being taken to heaven. Learn the origin, synonyms, antonyms, and usage of rapture with examples and quizzes.

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   The idea of a rapture as it is currently defined is not found in historic Christianity, and is a relatively recent doctrine originating from the 1830s. The term is used frequently among fundamentalist theologians in the United States. Rapture has also been used for a mystical union with God or for eternal life in Heaven.

6. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishRAPTURE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   Rapture means extreme pleasure and happiness or excitement. Learn how to use this word in different contexts, such as music, poetry, politics, and religion, with examples and translations.

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   Apr 11, 2024 · The Rapture, in Christianity, the eschatological (concerned with the last things and Endtime) belief that both living and dead believers will ascend into heaven to meet Jesus Christ at the Second Coming. The belief emerged from the anticipation that Jesus would return to redeem all of his followers.

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   emotional state, spirit. the state of a person's emotions (especially with regard to pleasure or dejection) noun. a state of elated bliss. synonyms: ecstasy, rhapsody, swoon. see more. see less. type of: bliss, blissfulness, cloud nine, seventh heaven, walking on air.

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    Rapture means extreme pleasure and happiness or excitement. Learn how to use this word in different contexts, such as music, religion, and literature, with examples and translations.