Intermediate State Christianity postulates that there will be a resurrection of the body at the end of theage. Because many people physically die befo...
Assurance [N] [T] [E]In the midst of a world filled with uneasiness and insecurity, assurance of a person's security in God is one of the hallmarks of...
Second Coming of Christ In Old Testament times the idea that in due course God would send his Messiah (= Anointed One) made its appearance and this th...
INTRODUCTION ITS GENUINENESS is attested by 2?Peter 3:1 Also by POLYCARP (in EUSEBIUS [Ecclesiastical History, 4.14]), who, in writing to the Phi...
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...
Virgin Birth Historically, the Christian belief that Jesus was miraculously conceived through the power of the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mary wi...
He is coming The OT Scriptures predicted a ?coming one? (Deu. Deu. 18:15-18; Ps. Ps. 2:1; Ps. 22:1; Ps. 118:26; Isa. Isa. 9:6; Isa. 48:16; Isa. 53:1;...
Testimony [N] [E]The biblical concept of testimony or witness is closely allied with the conventional Old Testament legal sense of testimony given in ...
Mission Basic Definition. Mission is the divine activity of sending intermediaries, whether supernatural or human, to speak or do God's will so that h...
But the rest of the dead did not live again until the thousand years were finished. Live again is ???????? [anez?san] : used ?of the dead become aliv...
let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches See commentary on Revelation 2:7. overcomes See Who is the Overcomer? hidden manna The manna is set...
Priest, Priesthood Old Testament Priesthood. The primary word for priest in the Old Testament is the Hebrew masculine noun kohen [ehoK], for which we ...
Law [N] [E] [S]The Nature of Biblical Law. The usual Hebrew term translated as law is tora [h'r/T]. Tora [h'r/T], used 220 times in the Old Testament,...
Slave, Slavery State of being subjected to involuntary servitude. It usually included being legally owned as property by another person. Slavery in th...
Will [N]The created image of God carries with it awesome responsibility and glory. It includes the ability to make meaningful moral choices ( Gen 1:26...
Ethics The ancient world did not consider religion to be morally inspiring, creative, or corrective; the reputed behavior of gods and goddesses repell...
Call, Calling This prominent biblical term is used with particular theological significance in three ways: in connection with worship, with election, ...
God, Name of The God of Israel was known by many different names, titles, and epithets. God's particular names derive both from his revealing his attr...
Idol, Idolatry The most prevalent form of idolatry in biblical times was the worship of images or idolsthat represented or were thought to embody vari...
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...