Greatness Something or someone that is larger in size, quality, or quantity may be called great. It is a term used for something beyond the ordinary. ...
Covenant [N] [B] [S]a contract or agreement between two parties. In the Old Testament the Hebrew word berith is always thus translated. Berith is d...
?EXPOSITIONVerse 10. Thy congregation hath dwelt therein. In the wilderness itself, enclosed as in a wall of fire, thy chosen church has found a home;...
Ezra, Theology of The Sovereignty and the Works of God. God is the God of heaven and earth ( 5:11 ). He raises up kings and grants to them their autho...
Chapter?11Jerusalem was walled round, but it was not as yet fully inhabited, and therefore was weak and despicable. Nehemiah?s next care is to bring p...
CHAPTER 4 Micah 4:1-13 . TRANSITION TO THE GLORY, PEACE, KINGDOM, AND VICTORY OF ZION. 1-3. Almost identical with Isaiah 2:2-4 . the mountai...
PRINCE prins: This word occurs quite frequently in our English Bible, mostly in the Old Testament. While it is never used to denote royal parentage (...
HEREDITY he-red'-i-ti: 1. Physiological Heredity: Heredity, in modern language, is the law by which living beings tend to repeat their characteristi...
INTRODUCTION TO THE PENTATEUCH AND HISTORICAL BOOKS by ROBERT JAMIESON ? ? ? The Pentateuch, the name by which the first five books of theBible are de...
PRAYER prar (deesis, proseuche, (enteuxis; for an excellent discussion of the meaning of these see Thayer's Lexicon, p. 126, under the word deesis; th...
Chapter 1111:1? I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. c...
Idolatry [T] [E] [S]WICKED PRACTICES OFHuman sacrifices Leviticus 18:21 ; 20:2-5 ; Deuteronomy 12:31 ; 18:10 ; 2 Kings 3:26 2 Kings 3:27 ; 16...
Tithe, Tithing Giving a portion of one's profit or the spoils of war was known in the ancient world from Greece to China. Gifts were made as religious...
Power [B]OF CHRISTAs the Son of God, is the power of God John 5:17-19 ; 10:28-30 As man, is from the Father Acts 10:38 Described as supreme ...
CHAPTER 7 Isaiah 7:1-9:7'. PREDICTION OF THE ILL SUCCESS OF THE SYRO-ISRAELITISH INVASION OF JUDAH--AHAZ ALLIANCE WITH ASSYRIA, AND ITS FATAL ...
CHAPTER 10 Isaiah 10:1-4 . Fourth strophe. 1. them that decree--namely, unrighteous judges. write grievousness, &c.--not the scribes, but the...
CHAPTER 2 Isaiah 2:1-22 . 1. The inscription. The word--the revelation. 2. Same as Micah 4:1 . As Micah prophesied in Jotham's reign, and ...
Jews, the Descended from Abraham Isaiah 51:2 ; John 8:39 Divided into twelve tribes Genesis 35:22 ; 49:28 CALLED Hebrews Genesis 14:13 ...
Falsehood General scriptures concerning Exodus 20:16 ; 23:1 ; Leviticus 6:2-7 ; Leviticus 19:11 Leviticus 19:12 Leviticus 19:16 ; Job 13:4 ; ...
CHAPTER 5 Micah 5:1-15 . THE CALAMITIES WHICH PRECEDE MESSIAH'S ADVENT. HIS KINGDOM, CONQUEST OF JACOB'S FOES, AND BLESSING UPON HIS PEOPLE. ...