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Is This Theory a Strange Doctrine That They Preach?

Definition of the word “Rapture” in English: ecstatic delight: overwhelming joy. great pleasure or enthusiasm or the expression of it. In Latin: exstasis, exstasia, extasia, ecstastia, exstasiae: rapture, ecstasty, trance. The definition in English or Latin does not mean “caught up”. They say that the word comes from the Latin translation of the Greek word “harpazo” in this verse (1Thessalonians 4:17) and is accurately translated into English by “caught up”. This word did not mean to be caught up or taken away in Greek until the term raptured came into existence in the 1800′s. Before then, nobody taught about Christians flying away in pre-tribulation. Read more