Born-Again Christian Prophecies Based on the Bible

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Cultural Studies

There exist different versions and elements of the Biblical prophetic tradition, from the patriarchal stories of Abraham and Moses to the exilic and post-exilic prophecies (like prophecies by Isaiah, Ezekiel, Daniel), to New Testament appropriations. Biblical prophesies in today’s world have become more important as things in the world start to go in a way that is destructive. For instance, with the increase in the cases of wars, earthquakes, famines and drought is the fulfillment of these prophesies in the bible on the last days. Research has proven that there are only a small percentage of born-again Christians that have prophecies that are based on the bible.

There are many groups of people that claim to have prophecies. This has led to the rise of a lot of controversy between people. This is because they argue there are high numbers of prophets who are fake. These fake prophets use specific verses within the Bible to come up with prophecies that will help them benefit in a certain way from the audience. For instance, there has been the emergence of a large number of street preachers.

As much as this argument could be valid, there are prophets who use the bible as the foundation of their prophecies. As stated above, there have been several reasons for the born again Christians to believe that the end of the world is coming. The prophecies of today focus on the events of that occur in the last days described by the Bible. The traditional form of prophecy used by street prophets is a form whereby they make the audience aware of the illnesses that are ongoing in the society and relate them to the bible. This is only done by a few numbers of street preachers. They often remind people that God is a forgiving...

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...e of the two, however, I also believe they are similar in a way that in both the epic and the bible, a higher force, ‘God’, tells mortals to spread the word of God instead of doing it themselves.

In conclusion, literature can be analyzed based on whether it contains epic genres or not. Ancient literature was said to be epic due to the flexibility it had and it’s ability to achieve factors that other forms of literature cannot manage to obtain. It is also evident that modern literature lacks the lyric poetry that is found in epics. It is also clear that contemporary literature has a lot of emotions and feelings, is more intimate, realistic and heteroglossic.

What exactly are the "ruins" of Chichen Itza? That is, in addition to the pyramids themselves, what do contemporary tourists and anthropologists seem to think has been ruined?

The ruin’s of Chichen Itza

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