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• Matthew 24Bible

  Matthew 24 is the chapter in which Jesus, after foretelling the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem, teaches his disciples on the Mount of Olives about the signs of the end, the great tribulation, and the coming of the Son of Man, and urges them to keep watch.

• Revelation 7:9-17Bible Verses

  Revelation 7:9-17 is a vision of a countless multitude from every nation, clothed in white robes, praising God for salvation before his throne. Interpreters differ over the multitude's relationship to the 144,000 and over the meaning of "great tribulation." The passage is frequently read as a word of comfort at funeral services.

• Matthew 24:30–31Bible Verses

  A passage in the Olivet Discourse in which Jesus says that after the great tribulation the Son of Man will come on the clouds of heaven with great glory and His angels will gather His elect. Because interpreters differ on the Second Coming, the timing of the Rapture, and the passage's relation to the destruction of the Temple, it is frequently cited in discussions of eschatology.

• 1 Thessalonians 5:1–11Bible Verses

  A passage in which Paul urges believers, since the day of the Lord comes "as a thief in the night," to live watchfully and soberly as children of light rather than speculating about its timing. It is frequently cited and debated in discussions of the timing of the Second Coming and of the relationship between the Rapture and the Great Tribulation.

• Daniel 12Bible

  The final chapter of the Book of Daniel, which speaks of the tribulation and deliverance of the last days and of the awakening of the dead. To the question of when the end will come, it answers with "a time, times, and an half" and with specific numbers of days, and it promises Daniel rest at the end of the days.

• MichaelBible

  Michael is an angel named in the Bible. In the book of Daniel he appears as the "great prince" who protects the people of Israel, in Jude as "the archangel," and in Revelation as the angel who fights the dragon.

• 2 Corinthians 1Bible

  2 Corinthians 1 opens with Paul's greeting to the church at Corinth and a doxology praising God for the comfort He gives in tribulation. Paul then explains why he changed his plans to visit Corinth.

• Great Pyongyang RevivalHistory

  The Great Pyongyang Revival was a movement of repentance and spiritual awakening that began in January 1907 at the winter Bible study conference for men of South Pyongan Province, held at Jangdaehyeon Church in Pyongyang, and spread throughout Korea. It is regarded as the defining revival movement of Korean Protestantism.

• Great AwakeningHistory

  The Great Awakening was a Protestant revival movement that arose in the British North American colonies in the 1730s and 1740s, centered on figures such as Jonathan Edwards and George Whitefield. The name is also applied to the Second Great Awakening of the early nineteenth century.

• Great CommissionBible

  The Great Commission is the command in which the risen Jesus instructed his disciples to make disciples of all nations, baptizing and teaching them. Its principal text is Matthew 28:18-20.

• Great White Throne JudgmentBible

  The Great White Throne Judgment is the final judgment scene that John saw in a vision, recorded in Revelation 20:11-15. Before a great white throne, the dead are judged according to their works, and whoever is not found written in the book of life is cast into the lake of fire.

• Great DisappointmentHistory

  The Great Disappointment was the collective disappointment experienced by members of the Millerite movement in the United States, who believed that Jesus Christ would return on October 22, 1844, when that day passed without the Second Coming.

• Great Fire of RomeHistory

  The Great Fire of Rome was a fire that destroyed a large part of the city of Rome in July AD 64, during the reign of the emperor Nero. It holds an important place in the history of Christian persecution because, according to Tacitus, Nero blamed the Christians for the fire and had them executed.

• Great SeaBible

  The Great Sea is a biblical place name for the present-day Mediterranean Sea, which lies west of the land of Canaan. The name appears mainly in passages that describe the western boundary of the Promised Land.

• Great WhoreBible

  The great whore is a symbolic figure in Revelation 17–19. She is depicted riding a scarlet beast, drunk with the blood of the saints, and committing fornication with the kings of the earth, and she is called "Babylon the Great."

• The Great Century of MissionsHistory

  The Great Century of Missions is a name coined by the American church historian Kenneth Scott Latourette for the period from 1800 to 1914, during which Protestant foreign missions expanded dramatically.

• Second Great AwakeningHistory

  The Second Great Awakening was a Protestant revival movement that spread across the United States from the late 1790s to about the 1830s, shortly after American independence. During this period the Methodists and Baptists grew dramatically, and a number of social reform movements arose.

• Parable of the Great BanquetBible

  The Parable of the Great Banquet is a parable of Jesus recorded in Luke 14:15–24. When the invited guests make excuses and fail to come, the host calls in the poor and people from the roadsides to fill his banquet.

• Alexander the GreatPeople

  Alexander the Great (356–323 BC) was a king of ancient Macedonia who overthrew the Persian Empire and built an empire stretching from Greece to the Indus River. The Greek language and culture spread by his conquests formed the backdrop of the intertestamental period and the New Testament era.