where in the bible does it say that angels have wings and where is the word rapture?
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The word Rapture does not appear in the Bible. This is a word given by others to describe being caught up with the Lord.\n\n1Th 4:17\nThen we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.\n\nAs for Angels having wings, an example scripture:\n\nExo 25:20\nAnd the cherubims shall stretch forth their wings on high, covering the mercy seat with their wings, and their faces shall look one to another; toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubims be.
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Jehovah's Witnesses look to the bible itself as the source of their teachings. This passage from Revelation seems to proceed directly from a description of Armageddon to a description of Christ's Millennial Rule.\n\n(Revelation 19:11-20:6) And I saw the heaven opened, and, look! a white horse. And the one seated upon it is called Faithful and True, and he judges and carries on war in righteousness. 12 His eyes are a fiery flame, and upon his head are many diadems. He has a name written that no one knows but he himself, 13 and he is arrayed with an outer garment sprinkled with blood, and the name he is called is The Word of God. 14 Also, the armies that were in heaven were following him on white horses, and they were clothed in white, clean, fine linen. 15 And out of his mouth there protrudes a sharp long sword, that he may strike the nations with it, and he will shepherd them with a rod of iron. He treads too the winepress of the anger of the wrath of God the Almighty. 16 And upon his outer garment, even upon his thigh, he has a name written, King of kings and Lord of lords. 17 I saw also an angel standing in the sun, and he cried out with a loud voice and said to all the birds that fly in midheaven: “Come here, be gathered together to the great evening meal of God, 18 that YOU may eat the fleshy parts of kings and the fleshy parts of military commanders and the fleshy parts of strong men and the fleshy parts of horses and of those seated upon them, and the fleshy parts of all, of freemen as well as of slaves and of small ones and great.” 19 And I saw the wild beast and the kings of the earth and their armies gathered together to wage the war with the one seated on the horse and with his army. 20 And the wild beast was caught, and along with it the false prophet that performed in front of it the signs with which he misled those who received the mark of the wild beast and those who render worship to its image. While still alive, they both were hurled into the fiery lake that burns with sulphur. 21 But the rest were killed off with the long sword of the one seated on the horse, which [sword] proceeded out of his mouth. And all the birds were filled from the fleshy parts of them. 20 And I saw an angel coming down out of heaven with the key of the abyss and a great chain in his hand. 2 And he seized the dragon, the original serpent, who is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years. 3 And he hurled him into the abyss and shut [it] and sealed [it] over him, that he might not mislead the nations anymore until the thousand years were ended. After these things he must be let loose for a little while. 4 And I saw thrones, and there were those who sat down on them, and power of judging was given them. Yes, I saw the souls of those executed with the ax for the witness they bore to Jesus and for speaking about God, and those who had worshiped neither the wild beast nor its image and who had not received the mark upon their forehead and upon their hand. And they came to life and ruled as kings with the Christ for a thousand years. 5 (The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were ended.) This is the first resurrection. 6 Happy and holy is anyone having part in the first resurrection; over these the second death has no authority, but they will be priests of God and of the Christ, and will rule as kings with him for the thousand years.\n\nLearn more:\nhttp://watchtower.org/e/jt/article_04.htm\nhttp://watchtower.org/e/lmn/article_10.htm\nhttp://watchtower.org/e/dg/article_10.htm\n\n\nFollowup to additional question:\n\nChrist is and becomes a King in more than one sense.\n\nChrist became a king immediately upon his death, but only of the Kingdom of the son of his love (the Christian congregation).\n(Colossians 1:13-14) He [Christ Jesus] delivered us from the authority of the darkness and transferred us into the kingdom of the Son of his love, 14 by means of whom we have our release by ransom,
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Before I say this let me tell you that I am a devout Christian.  The rapture is a creation of man and does not exist.  It evolved from interpretation of the Revelation.  Not gonna happen.  Ever.
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Firstly, The Rapture is a realatively modern interpretation of the book of Revelation, which has not been accepted by most of the Orthodox Churches in the World.  It is an idea known as Dispensational Premillenialism.  Most Orthodox Churches do not believe in this idea.  They believe rather in Amillenialism.  This means that there will not be a rapture, and rather takes the whole book of Revelation more holistically.  This idea believes that there is an end, and it is really the end, not a rapture.  There will be no period of tribulation or any of that baloney.  Just an end.  \n\nSecondly you need to understand biblical numerology.  THe book of revelation is a "apocalyptic" book, which is a style of literature that existed in the ancient times.  Apacalyptic literature used numbers to symbolize things.  (other good examples in the bible would be the last nine chapters of ezekiel or the book of daniel).  the Number 144,000 is simply put 12 (the number of the tribes of the Old Testament, or the OT believers) times 12 (the number of the apostles, or NT believers) times 10 times 10 times 10 (one of the "complete" numbers).  one multiplies by ten three times do symbolize the Holy Trinity, where in all the believers in the Old and New Testaments will be saved.  \n\nYes it refers to them as the "twelve tribes of Israel" but what is meant (as we are in apocalyptic literature as stated before) is the Church, not the literal twelve tribes.\n\nThe only people who really take the number 144,000 literally are the Jehovah's Witnesses, who are not even really Christians, but instead Arians, but that is a different question.
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The Bible says:\n\nEzekiel 1:15-16 - \n"Now as I beheld the living creatures, behold one WHEEL upon the earth by the living creatures, with his four faces. \n\nThe appearance of the WHEELS and their work was like unto the colour of a beryl: and they four had one likeness: and their appearance and their work was as it were a WHEEL in the middle of a WHEEL. "\n\nEzekiel 1: 19-20\n"And when the living creatures went, the WHEELS went by them: and when the living creatures were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up. \n\nWhithersoever the spirit was to go, they went, thither was their spirit to go; and the wheels were lifted up over against them: for the spirit of the living creature was in the WHEELS."\n\nAlso, several verses in the 10th chapter of Ezekiel. Like:\nEzekiel 10:12-13\n\n"And their whole body, and their backs, and their hands, and their wings, and the WHEELS, were full of eyes round about, even the WHEELS that they four had.\n\nAs for the WHEELS, it was cried unto them in my hearing, O WHEEL."\n\nLM
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Matt.22:42-44; Acts 2:27-35; Heb 1:1-13; Rom.16:22; Luke 10:18 FIRST SATAN AND UNHOLY ANGELS AS ENEMIES Gen.3:15 oldest prophecy, OF Jude 9; MICHAEL Dan. 12:1-13; AND HOLY ANGELS of Rev.12:6-11,12 cast Satan and them down as this is what Jesus from Rome #6, is waiting for cast down to end #7 2520 after Babylon #3, it begans Satan's short time in the 8th, then his heavenly John 6:39,40,44; can be raise up as a 14:3 place is prepared for them.\nRev.9:1-5 [ 5x 30 = 150 in 8th ] the pit is open for Satan and THE SEALED OF GOD ARE THERE 12-16 the angels prepare 391 Rev.16:12-16 is of the same, Mark 13:27 and 1Thes.4:15-17 comes on to near end at. Dabn12:1-12 [ 2x 1335 = 2670 less 2520 ends #7 and 150 in 8th same as Rev.9:1-5 ]; Angels face judgement Jude 6; 2Pet.2:4;\nJUDGEMENT DAY:\nev.20:1-6 [ 1000 years to make all perfect ]; THE HEAVENLY IS WITH JESUS as the kingdom of the heavens coming down from God. [ Matt 25:31-35 the sheep and Great tribulation survivers ALIVE Rev.7:9-17 expect Jesus as 1Thes.5:1-9,21 as children of the light OF times and seasons, Jesus does not come as a thief in the night. They know Satan and world from Eden is at end Matt.24:3,7,14,15, 22,34,36-38; ONLY GOD KNOWS DAY AND HOUR even if it is 6,130 years from Eden ]; The heavenly [ new heavens ]; Rev. 3:12; Heb.12:22-24; and the earthly sheep and Rev.7:9-17 will see Rev.20:1-6 [ 1000 YEAR REIGN ],12,13 the earthy resurrected to the new earth 2Pet.3:13;\nHeb.9:27 It is appointed unto man once to die and after this the judgement\n1Cor.15:22-28 AS IN ADAM ALL DIE EVEN SO IN CHRIST SHALL ALL BE MADE ALIVE.\nActs 17:31 24:15; John 5:20,22,26-29; Dan.12:2; Isa.26:19 [ 2Cor.5:10 ]; Rom.14:9-12;\nPhilip.2:5,9-12;\nEarth is cleansed and made perfect as before Eden Rev.21:1-5; 8 is the second death and Rev.20:7-10 at end of the 1000 years reign is final cleansing of the earth, ANY LOST HAS SELF TO BLAME. \nALL IS PERFECT FOR THE KINGDOM OF GOD 1Cor.15:28; 2Cor.12:2,4; Rev.2:7; Luke 23:43;
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The Latin Vulgate translation of scripture used the verb rapiemur in I Thessalonians 4:17 as follows:\n\nDeinde nos qui vivimus qui relinquimur simul rapiemur [suddenly caught up] cum illis in nubibus obviam Domino in aera et sic semper cum Domino erimus.\n\nThen we who are alive, who are left, will be suddenly caught up [rapiemur] together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will always be with the Lord.\n\nRapiemur is derived from the root verb rapio, which means to carry off or to seize someone or something. The English words "rapt" and "rapture" stem from this Latin verb. Therefore, the English term "rapture" was appropriately borrowed from the Latin Vulgate as a description of what will happen at that moment based on I Thessalonians 4:17.\n\nThe original Greek word used is harpagesometha, a form of the verb harpazo, which means to seize or snatch up something suddenly with great force without the consent of the owner.\n\nWith love in Christ.
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yes of course, even the angels in the heaven doesn't know when according to the Bible.
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The whole notion of the rapture and the belief that the wicked will get a second chance while the Bible clearly states that when Jesus comes for the righteous, all of the wicked will be dead.\n\nThose who teach that the wicked will be tortured forever in the fires of hell are not telling the truth.  The Bible says that they will be burned to ashes.\n\nLet me add another name to the list;  Harold Camping.  He wrote a book saying that Jesus would return in October 1994.  This prophecy did not happen (as we all know.)
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In the Holy Bible there is one archangel: "the" archangel Michael: Jude 1:9. \n\nHowever in the plural and divided "heavens" of a Majesty(God) on "high"(Heb 1:3; 8:1), of such high/higher heavens/heaven... in "high" heavens divided left and right there would be two archangels, one for law to the left and one for grace to the right. So we have another mention of "the" archangel in 1Thess 4:16; But this archangel is unnamed, kinda like the horse Death rode in on in Revelation 6:8 is unnamed, and the king of Nineveh who disrobed and sat in the ashes when the people believed God in the great fish story of Jonah is unnamed. \n\nAll these unnamed allegoric things refer to Law, the first of two trumps of a pluralized God(majesty) in plural "heavens" on high of high/higher; Grace being the last trump played in Revelation 22:21, and it's notably Grace with you all, the "you all" thereof begins with "you", in which all the KofG is located. And since all the KofG is located within you, it's you made perfect by "the God of all grace" (no law at all), which speaks of "that God" is light having no darkness at all, which speaks of "higher than the heavens". To wit: "that God" was in "Christ"(the end of the law) reconciling the world unto himself(the God of all grace), and notably by not law imputing their trespasses(sins) unto them.\n\nPerhaps you are referring to four beasts in Revelation, which is written as a "latter end worse" case scenario to avoid, since it mentions "seven spirits", which are "seven other spirits more wicked" mentioned as the state of man being "worse".\nhttp://www.godshew.org/Revelations9.htm\n\nAs for being serious, my serious answer is your question is trivia, a mute point, since Satan(Law) is disguised as an angel of God.\n\nThe "grace" of our Lord Jesus Christ with you all. Amen.
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Jesus is to return HERE.  Those that point to 1 Thes.4:16 NEED to read it again.  It says, The LORD shall DESCEND; That means come down to earth.  This is the 7th trump, which is the last trump.  When Jesus returns, all those that have died before will return with Him and those here on earth will ALL be changed. No more flesh vessels; We all will be in our true bodies, which is the soul.  SO MUCH DECEPTION with the FALSE RAPTURE LIE.  When Jesus returns, THEN the millieum starts,...the 1000 years.  AFTER the millieum comes Judgment and all those that still choose satan will follow him into the lake of fire....THEN Gods Kingdom comes here to earth for ETERNITY\nLet me just add,,,the word clouds does NOT means white puffy clouds floating around in the sky; The word clouds means a GREAT GATHERING OF SOULS.  The word air is not atmosphere. The word air means BREATH OF LIFE.  We will meet Jesus together with many other brothers and sisters in the union of Gods love.  NO FLYING AWAY!  In fact, God says in Eze.13 that's He is AGAINST those who teach His souls to fly to save their souls.  TOO MANY DECEIVED! Already wearing satans mark IN their minds and don't even know it.
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The Rapture is a term most commonly used to describe an event in certain systems of Christian eschatology (study of the end times) whereby all true Christians are taken from Earth by God into Heaven. Although almost all forms of Christianity believe that those who are "saved" will enter the Kingdom of Heaven, the term "rapture" is usually applied specifically to those theories saying that Christians alive before the end of the world will be taken into heaven, and there will be an intermediate time frame where non-Christians will be still left on earth before Christ arrives to set up his earthly kingdom.
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What About "the Rapture"?\nhttp://www.wcg.org/lit/prophecy/rapture.htm\n\nThe rapture doctrine seems to have originated with a man named John Nelson Darby in about 1830. He divided the time of the second coming into two stages. Darby said Christ would come for his saints (the "rapture") before the tribulation and he would come with his saints after it, which he thought was Jesus’ true coming in glory or second coming. \n\nTheir will be a rapture BUT NOT the one taught by the left behind books. \n\nThe Coming of the Lord\nhttp://www.wcg.org/lit/prophecy/return/return1.htm
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I believe as you do, rapture prior to 7 year tribulation\n\nWhy - here is one of several places in the bible that says so....\nI won't list all, to much space taken \n\n1 Thessalonians 4\n16For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. 17After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever. 18Therefore encourage each other with these words.
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I think the Bible verse you are referring to was speaking about Lucifer the angel (before he fell from Heaven) and angels have been said to possess physical human beauty.
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Micheal - Daniel 10:13,21;12:1 ; Jude 9 ; Revelation 12:7\nGabriel - Daniel 8:16;9:21 ; Luke 1:19,26\n\nLucifer is not an angel - but a cherub who is Satan (Isaiah 14:12 KJV ; Ezekiel 28:14)
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what wings ?! every body weather Muslim or not Muslim , die , and the soul leaves the body , and the body is left in the grave till the doom day when every soul returns back to its body and every one since Adam till the last human on earth will be judged , no one is transforming to angels by any way , \nhere's an article about angels in the Qura'n wish you would know more from it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angels_in_Islam\n\nWish i have helped.