you are about to suffer The Smyrnaeans were about to enter a time of testing. God often warns his servants prior to a time of trial (Eze. Eze. 2:3-7;...
In journeyings (odoiporiai). Locative case of old word, only here in N.T. and John 4:6 , from odoiporo, wayfarer. In perils (kindunoi). Locative cas...
PUAH; PUVAH pu'-a, pu'-va: (1) pu'ah: One of the Hebrew midwives whom the king of Egypt commanded to kill all male children of the Hebrews at birth. ...
Overview - Leviticus 24 1?The oil for the lamps. 5?The shew-bread. 10?Shelomith's son blasphemeth. 13?The law of blasphemy. 17?Of murder. 18?Of damag...
Isaiah 1:6 From the sole of the foot even unto the head [there is] no soundness in it Every member of the body politic was afflicted in one way or ano...
Isaiah 13:19 And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms The first and most ancient kingdom, ( Genesis 10:10 ) and now, at the time of its fall, the largest an...
Plague [N]a stroke of affliction, or disease. Sent as a divine chastisement ( Numbers 11:33 ; 14:37 ; 16:46-49 ; 2 Sam 24:21 ). Painful affliction...
The five kings which had fallen by John?s day (Rev. Rev. 17:10+) appear to represent kingdoms (see #4 - Seven Heads/Kings). Assuming Rome is the king...
For God has put it into their hearts to fulfill His purpose God?s sovereign control of the affairs of history is a constant theme behind the events of...
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...
Entering into the tomb (eiselqousai ei to mnhmeion). Told also by Luke 24:3 , though not by Matthew. A young man (neaniskon). An angel in Matthew 2...
I fell at his feet to worship him . . . see that you do not do that! Later, after seeing the revelation of the New Jerusalem and the eternal state, J...
the sun, . . . the moon, . . . the stars Isaiah prophesied the darkening of all three of these sources of light during the Day of the LORD:Behold, the...
Scripture informs us that the earthly patterns given by God are often a shadow of a greater heavenly reality (Col. Col. 2:17; Heb. Heb. 8:5; Heb. 9:8...
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...
Numbers 8:19 And I have given the Levites [as] a gift to Aaron and his sons, from among the children of Israel Or I have given the Levites that were g...
It became him (eprepen autwi). Imperfect active of prepw, old verb to stand out, to be becoming or seemly. Here it is impersonal with teleiwsai as su...
shut heaven Shut is ??????? [kleisai] : ?shut, lock, bar.?1 The same root is used where Jesus informs us ?many widows were in Israel in the days of E...
and men were scorched with great heat Isaiah was given a glimpse of this time upon the earth:Behold, the LORD makes the earth empty and makes it wast...
Of him (ex autou). Out of God. He chose you. In Christ Jesus (en Cristwi Ihsou). In the sphere of Christ Jesus the choice was made. This is God's wis...