Is the Rapture Literal or Symbolic?
Core Christianity
Aaron Simon
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🗓️ 29 November 2022
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Episode 1108 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions.
Questions in this Episode
1. Do all Pentecostals believe the oneness doctrine about the Trinity?
2. What is the meaning of the wheels in Ezekiel 1?
3. Is it wrong to marry someone who got divorced without biblical grounds?
4. Is the rapture literal or symbolic?
5. I am Greek Orthodox. When we pray we say "in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit." Is that ok or should I just pray our prayers in Jesus's name alone?
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| 0:00.0 | Is the rapture literal or symbolic? |
| 0:09.2 | That's just one of the questions we'll be answering on today's edition of Core Christianity. |
| 0:14.2 | Well, hi there. |
| 0:14.7 | This is Bill Meyer, along with Pastor Adrian Sanchez, and this is the radio program where we answer your questions about the Bible and the |
| 0:21.3 | Christian life every day. You can call us right now with your question. Here's our phone number. It's |
| 0:26.5 | 833-the-core. That's 1-833-843-243-2673. You can also post your question on one of our social media |
| 0:35.4 | sites, and you can watch Adriol live right now on our |
| 0:39.0 | YouTube channel and send him your question that way. And of course, you're always welcome to email us |
| 0:43.6 | at questions at core Christianity.com. First up today, here's a voicemail we received from one of our |
| 0:50.2 | listeners named Jason. When it comes to the Pentecostals and the Protestant churches, the Pentecostals |
| 0:58.5 | tend to believe in the oneness doctrine. |
| 1:00.5 | I was wondering if you understood what the oneness doctrine was and why there is a difference |
| 1:04.9 | between the Trinity and the whole oneness, being that Jesus is the Lord and that there's no other God but him. |
| 1:13.4 | What I understand is three persons and one from what I has taught in my church. |
| 1:18.1 | So I just wanted to know why there is a difference between the oneness doctrine and the Trinity |
| 1:23.4 | and whether or not it really makes a difference. Thanks. |
| 1:28.8 | It does make a significant difference. |
| 1:32.5 | There are some areas where we can differ with regards to theology, |
| 1:37.7 | but then there are some areas where we can't differ. |
| 1:40.9 | And I think when we're talking about the doctrine of God, |
| 1:43.1 | the doctrine of the Holy Trinity, this is serious stuff. This is how God has revealed himself in his word. And so this is |
| 1:49.3 | something that we don't want to mess up. And the oneness doctrine that is put forward by some |
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