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The twinkling of the eye

Question: "Who divided the Bible into chapters and verses? Why and when was it done?"

Answer: When the books of the Bible were originally written, they did not contain chapter or verse references. The Bible was divided into chapters and verses to help us find Scriptures more quickly and easily. It is much easier to find "John chapter 3, verse 16" than it is to find "for God so loved the world..." In a few places, chapter breaks are poorly placed and as a result divide content that should flow together. Overall, though, the chapter and verse divisions are very helpful.

The chapter divisions commonly used today were developed by Stephen Langton, an Archbishop of Canterbury. Langton put the modern chapter divisions into place in around A.D. 1227. The Wycliffe English Bible of 1382 was the first Bible to use this chapter pattern. Since the Wycliffe Bible, nearly all Bible translations have followed Langton's chapter divisions.

The Hebrew Old Testament was divided into verses by a Jewish rabbi by the name of Nathan in A.D. 1448. Robert Estienne, who was also known as Stephanus, was the first to divide the New Testament into standard numbered verses, in 1555. Stephanus essentially used Nathan's verse divisions for the Old Testament. Since that time, beginning with the Geneva Bible, the chapter and verse divisions employed by Stephanus have been accepted into nearly all the Bible versions.


http://www.gotquestions.org/divided-Bible-chapters-verses.html
 
followeryeshua said:
1 Corinthians 15:50-5450 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; nor does corruption inherit incorruption. Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed— in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. 53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortalmust put on immortality. So when this corruptible has put on incorruption, and this mortal has put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written: “Death is swallowed up in victory.”
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It seems to me that everything happens in the twinkling of an eye.
And that's an awesome thought.
I think that's why Paul tells us this, to edify the group.
 
It only make since that at the last trump...the dead will be raised. Both the dead and the alive will be changed into immortal bodies in a twinkle of an eye. Just image the switch. Then the dead who were raised will go first and then we will be caught with them in the air to meet the Lord.
 
followeryeshua said:
It only make since that at the last trump...the dead will be raised. Both the dead and the alive will be changed into immortal bodies in a twinkle of an eye. Just image the switch. Then the dead who were raised will go first and then we will be caught with them in the air to meet the Lord.
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Careful! I started a thread that led into this subject. The birds came immediately to eat the seed. They called it Universalism.
 
Rollo Tamasi said:
It seems to me that everything happens in the twinkling of an eye.
And that's an awesome thought.
I think that's why Paul tells us this, to edify the group.
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Please explain everything. That is a random statement. That certainly is not the case as I go about my day today.I am slow as molasses.
 
Malachi said:
Every thing as pertains to the Rapture of the Church is found primarily in 1 Thessalonians 4:13 - 5:11.
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1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. 17 Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord.
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1 Corinthians 15:50-54 50 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; nor does corruption inherit incorruption. 51 Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed— 52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. 53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortalmust put on immortality. 54 So when this corruptible has put on incorruption, and this mortal has put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written: “Death is swallowed up in victory.”
 
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