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4 Frederick William Danker and Walter Bauer, A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature (Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 2000), 366.

5 E. W. Bullinger, Commentary On Revelation (Grand Rapids, MI: Kregel Publications, 1984, 1935), Rev. 6:9.

6 Monty S. Mills, Revelations: An Exegetical Study of the Revelation to John (Dallas, TX: 3E Ministries, 1987), Rev. 6:9.

7 “The description given in Revelation seems to fit the altar of incense better than the great altar of sacrifice which stood near the door of the tabernacle. The altar in Revelation is connected with the prayers of the martyrs (Rev. Rev. 6:9+), its fire is used to light the incense of the golden censer (Rev. Rev. 8:3+, Rev. 8:5+), and its location is ‘before God,’ which would accord much more closely with the place of the altar of incense that stood on the border between the Holy Place and the Holy of Holies, the inner shrine of the tabernacle.”—Merrill C. Tenney, Interpreting Revelation (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers, 1957), 171.

8 “This Greek word occurs 105 times in the New Testament, and its uses and occurrences may be classified as follows: (1) Metonymy of the Cause, ‘soul’ put for ‘life,’ which is the effect of it. The natural life of the body, Mtt. Mat. 2:20; Mat. 6:25, Mat. 6:25; Mat. 10:39, Mat. 10:39; Mat. 16:25, Mat. 16:25; Mat. 20:28. Mark Mark 3:4; Mark 8:35; Mark 10:45. Luke Luke 6:9; Luke 9:56; Luke 12:22, Luke 12:23; Luke 14:26; Luke 17:33a; John John 10:11, John 10:15, John 10:17; John 12:25a, 25b; John 13:37, John 13:38; John 15:13; Acts Acts 15:26; Acts 20:10, Acts 20:24; Acts 27:10, Acts 27:22; Rom. Rom. 11:3; Rom. 16:4; Php. Php. 2:30; 1Jn. 1Jn. 3:16, 1Jn. 3:16; Rev. Rev. 8:9+; Rev. 12:11+. Rendered ‘soul,’ Mtt. Mat. 16:26, Mat. 16:26; Mark Mark 8:36, Mark 8:37; Luke Luke 12:20; 1Th. 1Th. 2:8. (2) The immaterial, invisible part of man: Mtt. Mat. 10:28; Acts Acts 2:27, Acts 2:31; 1Th. 1Th. 5:23; Heb. Heb. 4:12. (3) The disembodied man (2Cor. 2Cor. 5:3, 2Cor. 5:4; 2Cor. 12:2): Rev. Rev. 6:9+; Rev. 20:4+. (4) The seat of personality: Luke Luke 9:24, Luke 9:24; Heb. Heb. 6:19; Heb. 10:39. (5) Metonymy of Cause. The seat of perception, feeling, desire: Mtt. Mat. 11:29; Luke Luke 1:46; Luke 2:35; Acts Acts 14:2 (mind), 22; Acts 15:24. (6) Metonymy of Cause. The seat of will and purpose: Mtt. Mat. 22:37; Mark Mark 12:30, Mark 12:33; Luke Luke 10:27; Acts Acts 4:32; Eph. Eph. 6:6; Php. Php. 1:27; Col. Col. 3:23; Heb. Heb. 12:3. (7) The seat of appetite: Rev. Rev. 18:14+. (8) Metonymy of Cause, soul put for person. Synecdoche of the Part, an integral part of man (individually) is put for the whole person. Used of persons or individuals: Acts Acts 2:41, Acts 2:43; Acts 3:23; Acts 7:14; Acts 27:37; Rom. Rom. 2:9; Rom. 13:1; Jas. Jas. 5:20; 1Pe. 1Pe. 3:20; 2Pe. 2Pe. 2:14; Rev. Rev. 18:13+. (9) Synecdoche of the Part. The expression ‘my soul,’ ‘his soul,’ etc., becomes by Synecdoche the idiom for me, myself, himself, etc. Used to emphasize the personal pronoun (a) in the first person: Mtt. Mat. 12:18; Mat. 26:38; Mark Mark 14:34; Luke Luke 12:19, Luke 12:19; John John 10:24 (us); John 12:27; 2Cor. 2Cor. 1:23; Heb. Heb. 10:38 (soul); (b) in the second person: 2Cor. 2Cor. 12:15; Heb. Heb. 13:17; Jas. Jas. 1:21; 1Pe. 1Pe. 1:9, 1Pe. 1:22; 1Pe. 2:25; (c) in the third person: 1Pe. 1Pe. 4:19; 2Pe. 2Pe. 2:8. (10) Synecdoche of the Part. ‘Soul’ (Gr. psyche ) is also used of animals. An animate creature, human or other: 1Cor. 1Cor. 15:45; Rev. Rev. 16:3+. (11) The ‘inward man,’ seat of the new life: Luke Luke 21:19; 1Pe. 1Pe. 2:11; 3Jn. 3Jn. 1:2. Compare the classification of the corresponding Old Testament term nephesh at Gen. Gen. 2:7 (note).”—Smith, The New Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Mtt. 2:20.

9 Seiss, The Apocalypse: Lectures on the Book of Revelation, 142.

10 Renald E. Showers, Maranatha, Our Lord Come (Bellmawr, NJ: The Friends of Israel Gospel Ministry, 1995), 110, 119.

11 Arnold G. Fruchtenbaum, A Review of the Pre-Wrath Rapture of the Church (Tustin, CA: Ariel Ministries, n.d.), 43.

12 John F. Walvoord, The Revelation of Jesus Christ (Chicago, IL: Moody Press, 1966), Rev. 6:9.

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