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rapture

[rap-cher] / ˈræp tʃər /


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The Rapture isn’t universally held in Christian theology.

From Salon • Sep. 22, 2025

No one returned a phone message left Saturday at Rapture Guns & Knives, the Lakeland store owned by the Pollock family and where Hutchinson once worked.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 6, 2024

The family didn’t anticipate the Rapture, but it lived out other aspects of the vision that set Mennonites on the ancient Silk Road; Samatar confronts anew the complications of that vision.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 24, 2022

It was the posture of the assumption of Mary, of the Rapture, of alien abduction.

From New York Times • Oct. 7, 2022

By Thee the banner of independence was planted on the highest peaks, and the sea of bounty surged, O Rapture of the worlds.

From Bahá’í Prayers: A Selection of Prayers Revealed by Bahá’u’lláh, the Báb, and ‘Abdu’l-Bahá by Báb




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