Before you and I were born physically, we were betrothed by the Father to the Son." ... After the contract was signed, there would be a procession from the bride's house to the bridegroom's house. The ceremony that would come after this procession is what is referred to as the "presentation." ... After the church has been raptured, our betrothal has ended and the presentation stage had begun. ... A bride will take much time and consideration when preparing her clothing for this presentation after the wedding supper. ...

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It seemed as if Jim no longer cared about the good of his people after being kicked out of the first Methodist church he led in Indiana. ... After this, Jack no longer possesses any civil characteristics. He loves the power of being able to take something's life even more than before. ... Jim seemed to change after visiting Father Divine. ... After this turning point, Jack becomes even more brutal than before. ...

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Before I continue onto the next historic period in time, I also wanted to state that there is a major belief that religion was modified by whites to cater to their own beliefs which brings up one of the most controversial questions, "Is God black?... This question is brought up due to religious practices that were in place before the creation of the slave trade. ... After the revolution period, true equality was never obtained in the United States. ... After looking at the Pew Survey one of the most interesting religious trends that I came to really think about is the trend of people inc...

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After many long and hard days, Rowlandson was very weak both physically and emotionally. ... I think Rowlandson became comfortable with the Indians after being with them so long, so she was able to open up some. ... After he begged her to come and speak with him, he asked her if she wanted to smoke. ... However, it seemed that after Rowlandson had finally put some trust in the Indians, they failed her. ... Before Rowlandson was officially released, an Indian offered to run away with her but she said no. ...

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In February 1675, Mary Rowlandson was taken captive by several Indians after they had burned and destroyed Lancaster. Before the Indians arrived, she told herself that she would rather die than be taken alive by them. ... Before being captive, she would sometimes forget to celebrate the Sabbath day. ... After receiving the it, she had great faith of eventually uniting with her family and going back home to Lancaster. ... A week later the Indians went after the English and burned Lancaster. ...

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I think that the creature was basically good but turned into a monster after everyone rejected him. ... After creating this monster Frankenstein rejects him because of his horrible appearance. ... He agrees and almost finishes the woman creature until he is disgusted by the thought of two such monsters and destroys it before bringing it to life. ... After Elizabeth was killed Frankenstein was determined to kill his creation. ... People should always have an open mind and not judge people before they really know who they are and where they"re coming from. ...

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I will also try to point out when a new culture develops and borrows any concepts or ideas from a culture before them. ... Since there is no real culture before them to compare with, a few contributions from these people set the framework for cultures that would follow after them. ... These people, unlike the Mesopotamians before them, believed that their life after death was like heaven, and they were much more optimistic people. ... They were a very proud people, and unlike the Persians before them, they disliked most cultures and people except their own. ... After many effective King...

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Akhenaten name was transformed after the establishment of his new god from Amenhotep IV to Akhenaten which means "he who is devoted to Aten." ... Before the 18th Century or prior to Akhenaten's reign, no god of the name "Aten" existed. ... This gives evidence that not only the term Aten was used, but there was a temple for the Aten before Akhenaten's reign. ... Atenism (www.sis.gov.eg/egyptinf/history/html/akhen.htm) later suffered a decline of worship after Akhenaten passed away. ... Akhenaten's religion may not have continued after his death but it will certainly be remembered...

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This same man sat with the lord, one night before his cruxifixion and emphatically announced to our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ saying "Lord I will even die with you if I have to." But before the Rooster crowed twice, this same man had denied our lord three times. ... However, there is good news from this story for when the women came to the tomb where Jesus had been buried, an angel spoke to them and said "Go tell my disciples AND Peter that I have gone on before them to Galilee, meet me there." ... Thank God for this special Grace, a Grace which welcomes us back time after time, picks us ...

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Later on, Goodman Brown has to journey into the forest to finish his secret mission before the daybreak, It is obviously seen that Hawthorne's use of the name Young Goodman Brown to represent everyman who still doesn't have much experience. ... It can be explained that an innocent or unexperienced man can be easily persuaded to step into the way of devil although he promises that he would return to his faith in god after he has finished evil conduct. ... After that, Brown finds himself alone in the next moment without telling us whether Faith believes him or not. ... Be careful of wh...

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Antony inherited a large amount of responsibility, after the death of his parents (Athanasius 41). ... The Lord has set before Antony the materialistic comfort sought by many people, which he must in turn deny. ... After seeking the knowledge of wise men, throughout the region, Antony finds solidarity in the tombs where he "remains within alone" (Athanasius 43). ... The garden is a powerful image in the Vita Antonii, as it is a paradisiacal image long before Christianity. ... If you place God before materialism and resist the temptations of materialistic society, then it is possible for ea...

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" (Romans 5:12) Centuries after the fall, Jesus as the redeemer came on this Earth to "save people from the slavery of sin" (CCC601) that plagues us from birth. ... In him everything is said and there will be not greater word after him". ... Jesus' covenant provides for us a greater intimacy with god than ever experienced before. ... It called for kindness between all humanity, creation and God as to help reflect the harmony that God originally intended before the Fall. ... Jesus is the inauguration of the New Covenant and the New Revelation, Jesus's presence has...

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People can only go out during certain times of the day and if your out before or after that time, they will shoot you. ... Israel is God Chosen people so if he does not come back before this is over with he will bring them out on top. He has done it before and he can do it again. ...

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Before she was captured, she was a very religious person, for she was the wife of the Reverend Joseph Rowlandson and the mother of their children. After she was captured, her religious life did not change. ... "I had often before said that if the Indians should come, I should choose rather to be killed by them than taken alive; but when it came to the trial my mind changed" (Rowlandson 311). ... After she was taken captive, she lost all hope, but there was one spark still left inside her weak and frail body. ... After hearing this news, her spirits were renewed, knowing she might be going ...

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In the early Egyptian Era, they took religion and life after death very seriously. ... They introduced the concept of the after life, the belief that every human being has a soul or KA (the part of the body that lives forever). The Egyptians were also the first to link the after life to morality; the belief that when one dies, the KA would be judged based on your morality. ... A long time passed again before Abram heard from the Lord. ... God is says one should not put any other man before Him, He is The Lord and He will be the Savior. ...

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(31) Shortly after, as he marches toward the barracks, Elie witnesses a load of children being dumped into a pit of flames which he labels theAngel of Death?. ... The final moment, where he renounces all belief in the existence of God comes at the funeral of three Jewish males who were hung the day before, one of which was merely a child so light in weight that he hung struggling for nearly an hour before he died. ... Before forced evacuation into the concentration camps, Elie and his father were not very close emotionally. ... After witnessing the horror of the first night at the camp and the...

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Unit Boundaries: The passage before the song of Mary was a great passage that foretold the birth of John the Baptist and Jesus. ... Elizabeth the women to whom Mary was to sing the song to, give birth to John the Baptist six months before Mary gave birth to Jesus. In the passage after Luke 1:46-56 it tells of the birth of John the Baptist. Like the passage before it and the one after it, the passages are all positive passages that show the good that is soon to come to the world. ... It will bring hope into their lives and a better sense of happiness that they haven't felt before. ...

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It didn't become a real kind of religions until 200 years after its first appearance. And it had no engagement after all. ... If you had read the Bubble before, you should learn the stories very interesting, even Hollywood produces movies based on the Bubble, such as Prince of Egypt. Children then are told to pray before they have meals, before they go to bed, before everything. ...

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It cleans out what was there before, leaving ashes to make new soil and a new land. ... Before the beginning of Jesus' ministry, John the Baptist was asked quite frequently if he was the messiah. ... There were suggestions that Abner was not trying to protect the King's life, such as being ridiculed when David, who was being followed by the army, snuck through the camp after dark and steals a spear lying next to the sleeping King. ... In a way, this extremely self-righteous character was purifying these people by taking away what made them greedy and gluttonous, their source of incom...

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After hearing his voice I obey Him at age of ten years old GOD use me in His ministry as a back-up singer, while He is using me I feel and see how GOD put the burden and ignite the fire of worship in me. I cant explain but one thing I know, its all about His awesome power and presence that I was experience After that when I was fifteen years old I started to stand as a worship leader it is a big task for me and I keep on asking GOD if I really deserve to stand as a worship leader and GOD ...

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Hindus believe in reincarnation, or "life after life." ... Two thousand or so years after he lived and died, his followers number in the millions. ... Long before Jesus was born the Bible predicted his life and death. The Old Testament (the part of the Bible written before Jesus' birth) was completed in 450 B.C., hundreds of years before Jesus was born. ... For one person to fulfill 48 of these prophecies, the number becomes staggering--1 chance in 10 to the 157th power (1 with 157 zeros after it). ...

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In the Ten Commandments, God says that "I am the LORD your God and you shall have no other gods before me. " In fact, worshipping any other thing or person beside God is a sin in all of Judeo-Christian religion. ... In both faiths there was a belief in life after death. ... The Christian life after death is a reward of redemption. ... Both religions feature life after death, but in the Christian religion, it's not just speculation it's God's promise. ...

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People treated God's son the say way right before he was hung on the cross. The people of the town and the people in biblical times both felt bad and guilty after realizing who they were tormenting and ridiculing. ... What kind of made me mad was when Elisenda described the "angel" as an annoyance after all the money she made off of him. ... After all that the angel did for them and provided them with they still wanted nothing to do with it or any more to come in the future. ...

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Modern day sports are more of a sporting event but we can see that players still group huddle and pray before or after the game. In so many football or rugby matches we see players take a knee and pray after the game. There are countless players who point to the sky or make sure to thank God moments after winning the big game. ...

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Spinoza had a very different belief of God, unlike the beliefs of philosophers before him. ... The universe is what is it before it has trees or not. ... Hume rejects any supposed rational insight into the principle of efficient causality and says that we only experience constant conjunction of one even after another. ... We cannot conclude of God because we can't see the cause of some effect before we see the effect. ...

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