Overview - Mark 12 1?In a parable of the vineyard let out to wicked husbandmen Christ foretells the reprobation of the Jews, and the calling of the Ge...
Providence of God The word providence comes from the Latin providentia (Gk. pronoia [provnoia]) and means essentially foresight or making provision be...
Overview - Lamentations 4 1?Zion bewails her pitiful estate. 13?She confesses her sins. 21?Edom is threatened and Zion comforted. Treasury of Scriptur...
Overview - Deuteronomy 32 1?Moses song, which sets forth God's mercy and vengeance. 46?He exhorts them to set their hearts upon it. 48?God sends him u...
Shame [N]Shame is a consequence of sin. Feelings of guilt and shame are subjective acknowledgments of an objective spiritual reality. Guilt is judicia...
The foundations of the walls of the city were adorned with all kinds of precious stones Were adorned is ???????????? [kekosm?menoi] , perfect passive ...
In contrast to The Great Harlot of Revelation Rev. 17:1+ who embodies the very origins of harlotry and blasphemy (also stretching back in history), a...
Know, Knowledge The Old Testament. The Hebrew root yada [[;dy],translated know/knowledge, appears almost 950 times in the HebrewBible. It has a wider...
And God will wipe away every tear Wipe away is ????????? [exaleipsei] , also used of blotting out names from the Book of Life (Rev. Rev. 3:5+). Both ...
Now I saw heaven opened Opened is ?????????? [?ne?gmenon] , perfect tense participle: having been opened. Heaven was now open when John saw it, havin...
In the previous chapter, the future looked very bleak for the saints. The Beast arose from the sea, empowered by the dragon, and was given authority o...
Purpose (Heb. yaas [[y]; Gk. boule [boulhv]). The Old Testament. The verbal root of the Hebrew word for purpose means to give counsel, deliberate, pur...
I am coming quickly I am coming quickly is ??????? ???? [erchomai tachy] , present tense: I am presenting coming quickly. His arrival is imminent?He ...
and from Jesus Christ Within this simple greeting can be found a neglected doctrine of paramount importance: the Trinity. The greeting is from each me...
made us kings and priests In both NU and MT, the Greek has appointed us a kingdom (singular), priests to God. A similar difference occurs in Revelatio...
Magic [N] [E]The Old Testament. Magicthe attempt to exploit supernatural powers by formulaic recitations to achieve goals that were otherwise unrealiz...
Symbols and similitudes Trees of life and knowledge Genesis 2:9 Genesis 2:17 ; Genesis 3:3 Genesis 3:24 ; Revelation 22:2 Rainbow Genesis 9:12...
the smoke of their torment ascends forever and ever This phrase speaks of eternal judgment, like that which will ultimately befall the land of Edom a...
CONFOUND kon-found': The physical origin of spiritual terms is well illustrated by the principal Hebrew words for confounded (rendered also ashamed, ...
Hebrews 11:10 For he looked for a city which hath foundations Not the city of Jerusalem, nor the Gospel church state; but either the city of the new J...