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Além da Doutrina: Arrebatamento, Segunda Vinda e Apocalipse

O arrebatamento secreto existia no cristianismo antigo? Apocalipse não é previsão jornalística do século XXI.

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    The secret rapture did not exist in ancient Christianity

    The doctrine of the secret rapture is modern; The New Testament points to the public and glorious return of Christ.

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    Finding the king in the air does not mean fleeing to the sky

    1 Thessalonians 4 speaks of an encounter with the Lord, resurrection and abiding with Christ — not a definitive escape from creation.

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    Jesus promised to return, not abandon creation

    Christian hope is not escape from the world, but the return of the King to judge, resurrect and restore creation.

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    Is the bride of Christ the Church or the New Jerusalem?

    Revelation does not oppose Church and New Jerusalem: the bride is the redeemed people, consummated as a holy city in the presence of God.

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    Apocalypse is not a journalistic prediction of the 21st century

    Revelation speaks to real churches under Rome, in apocalyptic symbols. It is not journalistic prediction, but denunciation, consolation and hope in Christ.

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    The beast does not need to be a politician of our time

    Revelation was not given to hunt politicians, but to discern powers that demand worship. The text points to Rome in the original context and to recurring patterns of oppression.

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    Rome, empire and resistance in the Apocalypse

    Babylon, in Revelation, is Rome on the immediate horizon and, at the same time, the archetype of every empire that absolutizes power, luxury and violence.

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    The end of the world or the end of a world?

    Not all apocalyptic language announces the collapse of the planet; It often describes judgment on orders, cities, and empires.