Purity [N](Heb. niqqayon [/y'QIn]; Gk. hagneia [aJgneiva]). The Old Testament. In the Old Testament, the basic sense of the Hebrew word for purity is ...
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...
In keeping with his title of ?Antichrist,? he will be an imitator of Christ (e.g., the object of worship, worldwide dominion, a throne). This tendenc...
Flesh [N] [E] [S]The range of meanings borne by this term in the Bible starts from the literal use denoting the material of which the human body is ch...
Another possible explanation is to understand the references to God?s book (Ex. Ex. 32:32-33), the book of the living (Ps. Ps. 69:28), the book (Dan....
will kill her children with death A futuristic use of the present tense: ?I am killing?. An indication of imminency of the judgment. Gen. 2:17).?1 J...
Envy [N] [T]Sin of jealousy over the blessings and achievements of others, especially the spiritual enjoyment and advance of the kingdom of Christ fre...
CHAPTER 1 - Of the Holy Scriptures1. The Holy Scripture is the only sufficient, certain, and infallible rule of all saving knowledge, faith, and obedi...
There is an endless amount of material written about and urged as essential to understanding the book of Revelation. Most authors recognize the OT co...
I know See commentary on Revelation 2:2. tribulation and poverty The connection between tribulation and poverty is found in the likelihood that their...
Opening the Fifth and Sixth Seals 1 fifth seal With the opening of the fifth seal, we break from the judgments associated with the four horsemen. ?T...
I am coming ??????? [Erchomai] , present tense, I am presently coming. His arrival is so imminent we are to think of Him as being already on His way....
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....
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...
in the midst The Levites, who performed the priestly duty of the OT, camped around the glory of the Lord which resided in the Tabernacle (Num. Num. 1:...
Deacon, Deaconess The word deacon essentially means servant. The word group consists of diakoneo [diakonevw] (occurring thirty-six times in the New Te...
Spirituality [N]Hebrew Spirituality. Hebrew spirituality is a life lived within the framework defined by God's saving Acts in his history with his peo...
Church, the [T] Definition of the Church. The New Testament word for church is ekklesia [ejkklhsiva], which means the called out ones. In classical Gr...
I heard a voice from heaven saying to me This is probably the same voice which told John to ?seal up the things which the seven thunders uttered? (Rev...
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...