Revelation Rev. 12:1+, Rev. 13:1+, and Rev. 14:1+ formed an interlude during which the scenes depicting the series of judgments being poured out by G...
there shall by no means enter it anything that defiles Defiles is ?????? [koinon] : common. This speaks of those things which are unclean. At one tim...
Others have highlighted what they see as differences in the text between the book of Revelation and John?s Gospel, but there are many similarities as ...
my two witnesses The TR text indicates that it is an angel which is speaking with John (Rev. Rev. 11:1+). Yet here, the speaker speaks of the two witn...
Although there are a variety of views as to when the Church is caught away to be with Christ, we believe the Scriptures indicate a catching away of t...
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...
Now salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God and the power of His Christ have come An equivalent statement to that which accompanied the so...
John This simple statement identifying the writer as ?John? is evidence for the traditional view of John the Apostle as author. For what other John w...
He was granted power to give breath to the image of the beast The power given to the False Prophet here is perhaps the apex of what God has ever allo...
The judgments of the first six seals and first six trumpets are now behind us. The seventh trumpet yet remains?containing the seven bowls?which is its...
arrayed in purple and scarlet Her purple and scarlet clothing is called ?fine linen? (Rev. Rev. 18:12+). Fine is ???????? [byssinon] , which is used o...
around about Multitudes surround God?s throne (1K. 1K. 22:19; Rev. Rev. 5:11+; Rev. 7:11+), but in concentric positions. Those closest to God appear ...
let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches See commentary on Revelation 2:7.After reading the seven letters to the seven churches, we cannot e...
sea of glass, like crystal Those who achieve victory over the beast (by not loving their lives to the death, Rev. Rev. 12:11+) are seen standing on t...
Blessed are those who do His commandments Those who do is ?? ????????? [hoi poiountes] , present tense participle: the ones continually doing. The NU...
armies in heaven Armies is ??????????? [strateumata] : ?troops,?1 ?armed force.?2 The army is composed of ?saints? which denotes those who are set ...
It is done! It is done is ?????? [Gegone] , perfect tense: it has become! The perfect tense emphasizes the completion of the task of creating the new ...
the sky receded receded is ?????????? [apech?risth?] . The term is used to describe the parting of Paul and Silas from Barnabas and Mark (Acts Acts 1...
a gold reed to measure the city Reed is ?????? ??????? [metron kalamon] . ?????? [Metron] is ?an instrument for measuring.?1 ??????? [Kalamon] is ?t...
she glorified herself and lived luxuriously She boasted in her own glory, saying ?I shall be a lady forever? (Isa. Isa. 47:7) and ?I am and there is ...