Mercy [N] [T] [E]Mercy is a concept integral to an understanding of God's dealings with humankind. In English translations of the Bible, it comes to e...
Burial [N] [T] [E]Burial was a matter of great importance in the Old Testament. The story of Abraham's negotiation to purchase a cave for Sarah's buri...
Lamentations, Theology of Lamentations is a soliloquy. There is no word from God, although there are words about God. The structure of the book, apart...
\\INTRODUCTION TO LAMENTATIONS\\ This book very properly follows the prophecy of Jeremiah, not only because wrote by him, but because of the subject ...
Drink [N] [E]Palestine lacks fresh water rivers and lakes and its dependence upon rain after its yearly hot, dry period makes drought an ongoing possi...
Idol, Idolatry The most prevalent form of idolatry in biblical times was the worship of images or idolsthat represented or were thought to embody vari...
OBADIAH, BOOK OF Obadiah is the shortest book in the Old Testament. The theme of the book is the destruction of Edom. Consequent upon the overthrow of...
Remember, Remembrance To remember is a normal part of the activity of the human mind. When, however, God is the One who is remembered in prayer and ri...
When the New Testament opens, we find John the Baptist preaching, Mat. 3:2) [emphasis added]. Later, when John was imprisoned, Jesus too preached, ?t...
Hope [N] [T] [E]To trust in, wait for, look for, or desire something or someone; or to expect something beneficial in the future.The Old Testament. Th...
leave out the court which is outside the temple ??? ????? ??? ?????? ??? ???? ?????? ?????? [T?n aul?n t?n ez?then tou naou ekbale ez?then] , a play o...
overcomes See. Who is the Overcomer? I will make him a pillar in the temple Some have seen this as an allusion to the pillars in Solomon?s Temple. 1K....
Habakkuk, Theology of The prophet Habakkuk faced the violence and injustice of King Jehoiakim (609-597 see Jer 22:13-18 ) as well as the cruel onslau...
Chapter 11:4? And, being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Fath...
Marriage [N] [T] [E] [S]An intimate and complementing union between a man and a woman in which the two become one physically, in the whole of life. Th...
Acts of the Apostles [S]the title now given to the fifth and last of the historical books of the New Testament. The author styles it a treatise ( 1:1 ...
Salvation [N] [T] [E]Of the many Hebrew words used to signify salvation, yasa [[;vy] (to save, help in distress, rescue, deliver, set free) appears mo...
Foreigner [N] [E]Person from a different racial, ethnic, and linguistic group as in contrast to a native. Circumstances during biblical times often fo...
CHAPTER 1 - Of the Holy Scriptures1. The Holy Scripture is the only sufficient, certain, and infallible rule of all saving knowledge, faith, and obedi...
Mission Basic Definition. Mission is the divine activity of sending intermediaries, whether supernatural or human, to speak or do God's will so that h...