Amos 6:2 Pass ye unto Calneh, and see What is become of that city, which was in the land of Shinar, an ancient city, as early as the days of Nimrod, a...
a great earthquake There are numerous earthquakes during the Tribulation. A previous great earthquake attended the opening of the sixth seal (Rev. Rev...
something like a great mountain burning with fire was thrown into the sea The text is careful to differentiate between a great mountain and something...
Isaiah 38:17 Behold, for peace I had great bitterness Meaning not that instead of peace and prosperity, which he expected would ensue upon the destruc...
Matthew 1:12 And after they were brought to Babylon Not Jechonias, but the father of Jechonias, and the Jews. Jechonias begat Salathiel. Not Jechonia...
Servant, Service The words servant, service, and serve, in various forms, occur well over 1, 100 times in the New International Version. People are...
Animals [N]God as Creator and Sustainer. Animals, like the rest of the uNIVerse, are created by God. In Genesis 1, God's approval of the created world...
New Jerusalem The eternal climax of redemptive history is previewed in John's description of the new Jerusalem in Revelation 21-22. The new Jerusalem ...
Elder [N] [E] [S]In both the Old and New Testaments, the term elder indicates one of advanced age (Heb. zaqen [eqz]; Gk. presbyteros [presbuvtero]) wh...
Orphan [N]Person who has been deprived of parents. The meaning is clearly demonstrated in Lamentations 5:3: We have become orphans and fatherless, our...
Compassion [N]That (human) disposition that fuels Acts of kindness and mercy. Compassion, a form of love, is aroused within us when we are confronted ...
remember . . . how you have received The church at Sardis is given a command similar to that of the Ephesian church: to remember what they had earlie...
you say ?????? [legeis] , you are presently saying. I am rich The attitude of the city of Laodicea had infected the church. ?It is evident that the C...
But the rest of mankind, who were not killed by these plagues The two-thirds left from the population prior to the sounding of the sixth trumpet (Rev...
I know See commentary on Revelation 2:2. tribulation and poverty The connection between tribulation and poverty is found in the likelihood that their...
Cloud, Cloud of the Lord The Old Testament. The Literal Cloud. Natural phenomena involving clouds are depicted occasionally in the Old Testament, but ...
Priest, Christ as The Old Testament. The priestly activity of drawing near to God in sacrifice and prayer is introduced in the Old Testament through A...
have made us The TR text reads as shown. The MT and NU texts read ?have made them.? See discussion concerning textual variants in the preceding verse....
Mind/Reason That part of the human being in which thought takes place and perception and decisions to do good, evil, and the like come to expression. ...
Remnant Leftovers or remainders, whether of daily food ( Ruth 2:14 Ruth 2:18 ), food at the Passover ( Leviticus 7:16 Leviticus 7:18 ), anointing oi...