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    letter was to clear up some of the misunderstandings about the return of Christ. The second letters purpose was to still clear up some of the misunderstandings about the Day of the Lord for they thought the day had already come. The first letter to the Christian community was sent from Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, though Paul was the main author. Paul was writing to them to clear up their misunderstandings about the return of Christ, also considers it as instructions in holy living. Paul wrote about

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    The Apocalypse on earth has started and The Anti-Christ a beast of half-human, a half animal is rising, and the world is being pulled into the darkness of hell through the gyre. This is what the poem “The Second Coming” by William Butler Keats is about. Even though “The Second Coming” is about Revolutions, to the reader Keats was left looking at the events of the world around him and trying to take in all the violent acts of war and left with the devastation. Keats uses the narrator, the language

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    Interestingly, the poem, “The Second Coming”, covers the entire length of the Bible, from the first book, Genesis, to the last book, Revelation, in only twenty-two lines and three stanzas. Although “The Second Coming” maybe one of William Yeats more complex poems, it still conveys the perfect image of the second coming of Christ. In this poem by William Butler Yeats, Yeats uses symbolism, allusions and imagery to bring together an awe-inspiring poem about the second coming of Jesus Christ. First, there are

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    disciples to be vigilant in their walk with the Lord and be ready at all times for Christ’s second coming. Be alert and treat every day as if this is the day when Christ will come. In this parable Christ represents the master of the house and the disciples represent the servants in charge of feeding the household while the master is away. Jesus’ central message to His disciples was, as representatives of Christ, the disciples had a responsibility to be faithful to Jesus and keep His Word. They were

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    In William Yeats poem, “The Second Coming,” Yeats makes some observations about what has happened before and attempts to parallel the past with the future in order to justify his prediction of the “Second Coming” of Christ. Though interesting and appealing, these predictions and observations doesn’t make Yeats a Nostradamus-like figure who predicts specific, unlikely and unusual events leading up to the fulfillment of an ultimate prophecy, but rather makes similar to a conspiracy theorist spouting

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    The Anti-Christ a beast of half-human, a half animal is rising, and the world is being pulled into the darkness of hell through the gyre. This is what the poem “The Second Coming” by William Butler Keats is about. Even though “The Second Coming” is about Revolutions, to the reader Keats is left looking at the events of the world around him and trying to take in all the violent acts of war and the devastation, that leaves him struggling to understand religion. The Poem “The Second Coming” from William

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    The apocalypse on earth has started, the Anti-Christ a beast of half-human, a half animal is rising to earth, and the world is being pulled into the darkness of hell through the gyre. The poem “The Second Coming” by William Butler Yeats is about revelations. Throughout this poem, Yeats uses the language and syntax including a new form of writing and literary devices, to the point of the view of the narrator, form, and to show the context. The poem shows Yeats struggle in understanding Christianity

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    An Analysis of Yeats' The Second Coming Yeats' poem "The Second Coming," written in 1919 and published in 1921 in his collection of poems Michael Robartes and the Dancer, taps into the concept of the gyre and depicts the approach of a new world order. The gyre is one of Yeats' favorite motifs, the idea that history occurs in cycles, specifically cycles "twenty centuries" in length (Yeats, "The Second Coming" ln. 19). In this poem, Yeats predicts that the Christian era will soon give way apocalyptically

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    of our Lord 's second coming is definitely settled by the Scriptures.. The Scriptures show that his second presence was due in 1874.. This proof shows that the Lord has been present since 1874 .. The indisputable facts, therefore, show that .. the Lord 's second presence began in 1874." {WT Mar 1 1922 67-} 1874 "The Lord did not come in 1844, and the world was not burned up with fire .. this was a great disappointment to those 'holy people ' who had so confidently looked for Christ ( 'Michael ')

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    A venomous breed of Atheists, known as Antitheists, not only believe that The Bible is untrue, they believe it is evil. How they come up with a philosophical basis for calling anything inherently evil is another matter altogether. They have proudly attacked The Bible’s credibility with vitriolic attempts to discredit its accuracy as a historical document while accusing its very teaching as incoherent. But it does not stop there. People like Richard Dawkins and the late Christopher Hitchens have attacked

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