I am coming quickly ?The placement of this fifth promise at this point is clear implication that the deliverance of the faithful will occur in conjun...
The following contrasts are found in passages describing the coming of Christ. We suggest that these differences are an indication that different comi...
The letters recognize that each church is composed of both believers and church-going unbelievers. ?Church? (????????? [Ekkl?sias] ) is a compound wor...
the seventh angel poured out his bowl into the air The bowl is poured out into the air, ???? [aera] . Elsewhere, Scripture gives Satan the title ?pri...
Rev. 1 Rev. 1:1 44 - 3.1.17, 2.7.45, 2.2.133, 2.7.5.3.62, 3.1.192, 2.2.2.5, 2.2.11, 2.3.3, 2.7, 2.8, 2.9.2, 2.12.1, 2.12.2.2, 2.12.2.4, 2.12.5, 2.1...
robe dipped in blood Dipped is ?????????? [bebammenon] , perfect passive participle: having been dipped. This verb is from ????? [bapt?] : to baptize...
the nations were angry and Your wrath has come This refers to the rage of the nations (Ps. Ps. 2:1) exhibited throughout the Tribulation by an unrelen...
In our discussion, we saw passages which recognized the potential for persons to be blotted out of the Book of Life (Ex. Ex. 32:32-33; Ps. Ps. 69:28;...
There are numerous similarities between the plagues with which God afflicted Egypt resulting in the Exodus of Israel and the plagues of the Tribulati...
the ten horns which you saw on the beast The TR stands alone in having the ten horns on the beast. Both MT and NU texts say ?the ten horns which you s...
Having taken the scroll from the Father, the Lamb now begins to open the seals. As each seal is opened, a new judgment comes upon the earth. John is ...
Blessed and holy is he who has part in the first resurrection They are blessed because ?they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign w...
After the Lamb has opened six of the seven seals, there is a pause in the action while the servants of God are sealed for protection from the judgment...
white robe These are the white robes promised to the overcomers, for their nakedness is clothed (Rev. Rev. 12:11+ cf. Rev. Rev. 3:5+, Rev. 3:18+). Th...
All interpreters who come to the Scriptures are faced with attempting to grasp the literary structure of the text. It doesn?t take the new believer ve...
living creatures See commentary on Revelation 4:6. twenty-four elders See commentary on Revelation 4:4. fell down The living creatures and elders repe...
4.15.1 - Why these Seven Churches? The immediate audience for the Revelation recorded by John is ?the seven churches which are in Asia? (Rev. Rev. 1:4...
The scene before us can also be interpreted in a different way which splits the participants between both a heavenly and an earthly location. Such an ...
The seven churches appear to typify a broad range of strengths and weaknesses which are found in any church in any location in any age. Each letter to...
from the east Literally, from the rising of the sun. Within Scripture, east is often the direction of the deliverance or judgment of God (Gen. Gen. 41...