In studying the book of Revelation, one is immediately struck by the prevailing bias of many commentators against understanding numbers in their norm...
He who leads into captivity shall go into captivity; he who kills with the sword must be killed with the sword In a passage whose context is the time...
Providence of God The word providence comes from the Latin providentia (Gk. pronoia [provnoia]) and means essentially foresight or making provision be...
Hebrews 11:37 They were stoned As Naboth, by the order of Ahab, ( 1 Kings 21:13-19 ) , Zachariah in the court of the Lord's house; ( 2 Chronicles 24:2...
Having seen the severe manner in which Babylon is to be destroyed, we now examine the timing of Babylon?s destruction. When are these prophecies of h...
Soul [N]The Old Testament. The Hebrew word so rendered is nepes [v,p,n]. It appears 755 times in the Old Testament. The King James Version uses 42 dif...
he went to make war with the rest of her offspring who keep the commandments of God This phrase is pregnant with anti-Semitism. Although the woman no...
Grief, Grieving Scripture often speaks of God as being grieved or experiencing grief. This holds true for each member of the Trinity. In Genesis 6:6-8...
ZEDEKIAH (2) (tsidhqiyahu, Yah my righteousness; name changed from Mattaniah (mattanyah, gift of Yah; Sedekias): I. SOURCES FOR HIS REGION AND TIME ...
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...
For God has put it into their hearts to fulfill His purpose God?s sovereign control of the affairs of history is a constant theme behind the events of...
The number twelve appears in the book of Revelation as the twelve thousand Jews from each of the twelve tribes (Rev. Rev. 7:5-8+, Rev. 14:1+), the wo...
Water [N] [T]The word water is used in a variety of metaphorical ways in Scripture. It is used to symbolize the troublesome times in life that can and...
Knowledge of God The key biblical terms for knowledge assume a personal familiarity, even an intimateinvolvement, with the known object. Similarly, kn...
Word [N](Heb. dabar [r'b'D]; Gk. logos [lovgo] and rhema [rJh'ma]). The theological meaning of word within Scripture spans a wide theological spectrum...
Justice [N] [T] [E](Heb. sedeq [q,d,x],mispat [f'P.vim];Gk. dikaiosyne [dikaiosuvnh]).God, the Righteous Judge. Justice is rooted in the very nature o...
Touch Bringing into bodily contact of one thing with another. The Hebrew naga [[;gn] and Greek hapto [a&ptomai] (-omai) are the main biblical terms fo...
Backsliding [T]Condition that results from spiritual apathy or disregard for the things of God, whether on the part of an individual or a group bound ...
Heart [N] [E]Heart (Hebrew lebab/leb [b'bel], Gk. kardia [kardiva]) occurs over one thousand times in the Bible, making it the most common anthropolog...
JEREMIAH (2) jer-e-mi'-a: 1. Name and Person 2. Life of Jeremiah 3. The Personal Character of Jeremiah 4. The Prophecies of Jeremiah 5. The Book ...