Overview - 2?Samuel 5 1?The tribes come to Hebron and anoint David over Israel. 4?David's age. 6?He taking Zion from the Jebusites, dwells in it. 11...
Overview - 2?Kings 23 1?Josiah causes the book to be read in a solemn assembly. 3?He renews the covenant of the Lord. 4?He destroys idolatry. 15?He ...
the great day of His wrath The great day is The Day of the Lord, a unique time yet future when God will radically intervene in history to demonstrate...
A frequently found phrase throughout Scripture related to this time of trouble is the Day of the Lord (Isa. Isa. 2:10-22; Isa. 13:6, Isa. 13:9; Jer. J...
a few even in Sardis God never lumps the faithful in with the errant in his assessment. Even in the midst of a wicked culture, there are those who tru...
Providence of God The word providence comes from the Latin providentia (Gk. pronoia [provnoia]) and means essentially foresight or making provision be...
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...
John 1:21 And they asked him, what then? art thou Elias? &c.] Elijah, the prophet; the Tishbite, as Nonnus in his paraphrase expresses it; who was tra...
Temptation, Test While the number of terms denoting temptation and testing is small, their range of meaning is wide, extending from a secular sens...
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 ...
The scene which John is shown next is an extension of what has preceded. In the previous chapter, Revelation 11 , John was shown two witnesses who pro...
Magic [N] [E]The Old Testament. Magicthe attempt to exploit supernatural powers by formulaic recitations to achieve goals that were otherwise unrealiz...
Harvest [N] [E] [S]The gathering of things planted, a natural time of reaping in joy what has been produced during the year in an agricultral communit...
They sang ??????? [adousin] , present tense, they are singing. Isaiah indicated that the ransomed (redeemed , below) would return to Zion with singin...
Rejoice over her, O heaven and you holy apostles and prophets Rejoice is ????????? [euphrainou] , an imperative command, you all be glad! Heaven rejo...
YOKE yok: (1) The usual word is `ol (Genesis 27:40, etc.), less commonly the (apparently later) form moTah (Isaiah 58:6, etc.; in Nab 1:13 moT), whic...
fiery red ?????? [pyrros] : ?As a color fiery red, red (as fire).?1 The same color as the dragon in Revelation Rev. 12:3+. was granted Ultimate powe...
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...
Hardening, Hardness of Heart In the Scriptures various aspects of human anatomy are used to define the whole person, but the most frequently used is h...
It is our view that the identity of Babylon ultimately rests on the proper interpretation of God?s word. We must examine the meaning of words in thei...