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...
Let us be glad and rejoice and give Him glory for . . . Their gladness and rejoicing is because the marriage has come. As in the First Coming of Chri...
Up to this point, we have spent considerable time discussing background information in order to better prepare the reader for the verse-by-verse expo...
in the days of the sounding of the seventh angel This refers to the time period during which the seventh angel sounds and the final seven bowl judgmen...
being with child ?? ?????? ?????? [en gastri echousa] , in the womb having. Something we should immediately notice about this entire vision is the lac...
the angel See the discussion concerning the identity of the angel at Revelation 1:20. church in Philadelphia See commentary on Seven Churches of Asia....
For all nations have drunk The conjunction for, ??? [hoti] , indicates that the reason for her destruction is that which follows?her pollution of the ...
Who shall not fear Not is emphasized by the double-negation, ?? ?? [ou m?] , followed by the subjunctive aorist ??????? [phob?th?] , he should fear.1...
One of the more difficult aspects of the Millennial Kingdom concerns passages which make plain that a sacrificial system will be active during the th...
white horse This white horse is the first of four horses of different colors, similar to the horses seen by Zechariah (Zec. Zec. 1:8; Zec. 6:2-6).1 S...
Some preterist interpreters, such as Chilton, believe that Babylon is a code name for Jerusalem:1 The primary thrust of the prophecy has been directe...
Several passages of Scripture indicate that the activities of the Antichrist involve a future Jewish Temple:1 Daniel Dan. 9:27 - The prince who is ...
Perhaps the most puzzling statements encountered in the discussion of the purpose of the book of Revelation are those which assert that this most pro...
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...
The beast that you saw In the explanation which follows, it is important to remember that the Beast is both a king and a kingdom. This characteristic ...
JOY joi (simchah; chara): 1. Terms: The idea of joy is expressed in the Old Testament by a wealth of synonymous terms that cannot easily be differen...
War, Holy War Despite the fact that many nations have used Scripture passages out of context to promote martial ventures, the Old Testament does not g...
There are numerous similarities between the plagues with which God afflicted Egypt resulting in the Exodus of Israel and the plagues of the Tribulati...
they sang ???????? [adousin] , present tense: they are singing. A historical present which describes an event which has already transpired using the p...
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...