hail At this juncture, we once again encounter a major fork in the road of interpretation where many interpreters insist on understanding the effects ...
All who dwell on the earth The ones who not only physically dwell on the earth, but whose affections and complete allegiance are entirely upon the ea...
?EXPOSITIONVerse 8. As the storm travelled, it burst over the desert. The voice of the Lord shaketh the wilderness; the Lord shaketh the wilderness of...
Wormwood ??????? [Apsinthos] : ?Artemisia Absinthium?1 . Derived from ?absinthe, a bitter, dark green oil made from certain strong-smelling plants wit...
ZIPH (1) zif (ziph; Ozeib, or Ziph): (1) A town in the hill country of Judah, mentioned along with Maon, Carmel and Jutah (Joshua 15:55). It is chief...
Chapter 22:3? And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them. cloven tongues tongues, as of fire, parting a...
\\INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 68\\ \\\\. The Targum makes the argument of this psalm to be the coming of the children of Israel out of Egypt, and the givi...
the voice of a great multitude See commentary on Revelation 19:1. as the sound of many waters This phrase describes the roar which attends heavenly v...
Chapter?27In this chapter directions are given, I. Concerning the brazen altar for burnt-offerings (v.?1-8). II. Concerning the court of the tabernacl...
anyone not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the lake of fire God is righteous and just. He will dutifully check the Book of Life for t...
those from the peoples, tribes, tongues, and nations A fourfold designation indicating global scope?all the peoples of the earth. See Four: the Entire...
GOOD, CHIEF What this consisted in was greatly discussed in ancient philosophy. Varro enumerated 288 answers to the question. By Plato the good was id...
\\INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 83\\ \\\\. This is the last of the psalms that bear the name of Asaph, and some think it was written by him on occasion of D...
lightnings, thunderings, and voices These portend the magnificence and glory of the Father and bring reverent fear to those who experience them, as w...
After the Lamb has opened six of the seven seals, there is a pause in the action while the servants of God are sealed for protection from the judgment...
these will make war ???????????? [Polem?sousin] , which indicates a protracted engagement rather than a single battle. The same word is translated, so...
rejoice, O heavens and those who dwell in them The inhabitants of the heavens rejoice because the accuser has been cast down and the faithful overcome...
The Holy Spirit has always been present and ministering upon the earth (Gen. Gen. 1:2). Prior to the Day of Pentecost, the Holy Spirit came upon and ...
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...
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...