[B-Greek] Re: Greek Question on HARPAGESOMETHA or Latin RAPIEMUR
Kevin W. Woodruff
cierpke at prodigy.net
Wed Feb 23 20:56:09 EST 2005
Cindy:
That was one of the meanings of the Greek noun
PAROUSIA
not the verb HARPGESOMETHA.
Kevin
--- "SPAWN OF A JEWISH CARPENTER: CINDY SMITH"
<cms at dragon.com> wrote:
> I have a question about the Greek word
> HARPGESOMETHA, which is 1st
> person plural future indicative passive in 1
> Thessalonians 4:17,
> from HARPAZW meaning to take by force, take away,
> carry off,
> catch up (into heaven). I either read somewhere or
> heard at some
> Bible study that this is a reference to the practice
> of the town
> elders going out of the town to meet a vip for the
> purpose of
> escorting him into the town. The idea is that, when
> we are seized
> or "raptured," that we will meet the Lord in the air
> for the purpose
> of escorting him to the Earth, probably to
> Jerusalem, in particular.
>
> Am I remembering the right passage and word?
>
> Thanks for any help.
>
>
>
> Cindy Smith, M.A. Philosophy (Program in Religious
> Studies)
> cms at dragon.com Unless the LORD build the house,
> cms at RomanCatholic.org they labor in vain who build.
> Me transmitte sursum, Unless the LORD guard the
> city,
> Caledoni! in vain does the guard keep watch. --
> Psalm 127:1
> Dulce et decorum est All your base are belong to
> us.
> pro patria mori You have set up us the bomb.
> A Real Live Catholic You are on the way to
> destruction.
> in Georgia! What you say?
> >->> <<-< Go against the flow! You have no chance to
> survive make your time.
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> Si post fata venit gloria, non propero! -- Martial
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