Entering heaven aliveEntering heaven alive (called by various religions "ascension", "assumption", or "translation") is a belief held in various religions. Since death is the normal end to an individual's life on Earth and the beginning of afterlife, entering heaven without dying first is considered exceptional and usually a sign of a deity's special recognition of the individual's piety. In the Hebrew Bible, there are two exceptions to the general rule that humans could not go to heaven – Enoch and Elijah – but neither is clear.
Dispensation (period)In theology, one meaning of the term dispensation is as a distinctive arrangement or period in history that forms the framework through which God relates to mankind. In the Baháʼí Faith, a dispensation is a period of progressive revelation relating to the major religions of humanity, usually with a prophet accompanying it.
Two witnessesIn the Book of Revelation, the two witnesses (duo martyron) are two prophets who are mentioned in Revelation 11:1-14. Some Christian eschatology interprets this as two people, two groups of people, or two concepts. Some believe they are Enoch and Elijah, as in the Gospel of Nicodemus, since they are the only two that did not see death as required by the Scriptures. Others believe them to be Moses and Elijah because they appeared during the transfiguration of Jesus, or because Enoch was not Abraham's descendant.
Renouveau charismatiqueLe mouvement charismatique ou renouveau charismatique, réveil spirituel ou encore « néo-pentecôtisme », est un courant spirituel apparu en 1960 au sein des églises dites « traditionnelles » : l'Église épiscopale, Églises réformées, Églises luthériennes en 1960. Certaines églises évangéliques indépendantes ont également vu le jour. L'Église catholique a également été concernée vers 1967, ainsi que les Églises orthodoxes en 1971.
Assemblées de FrèresLes Assemblées de Frères ou Plymouth Brethren ou encore Frères de Plymouth sont un mouvement chrétien non-dénominationnel né à Dublin vers 1820. Il a connu une importante scission en 1848 qui a abouti à distinguer un courant « ouvert » d'une part, les « Open Brethren », et un courant « exclusif » d'autre part, appelé aussi « darbyste ». La branche la plus « étroite » a suivi John Nelson Darby et la branche plus ouverte des leaders comme George Müller et .
Historic premillennialismHistoric premillennialism is one of the two premillennial systems of Christian eschatology, with the other being dispensational premillennialism. It differs from dispensational premillennialism in that it only has one view of the rapture, and does not require a literal seven-year tribulation (though some adherents do believe in a seven-year tribulation). Historic premillennialists hold to a post-tribulational rapture, meaning the church is raised to meet Christ in the air after the trials experienced during the Great Tribulation.
