Hell [N] [T] [E] [S]Place of God's final retributive punishment. Scripture progressively develops this destiny of the wicked: the Old Testament outli...
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...
Blessedness Condition or state of being in God's grace or favor. The Bible contains the words bless, blessing, and blessed, but not the noun blesse...
World [N]The biblical concept of world falls into five categories: the physical world, the human world, the moral world, the temporal world, and the c...
This book is to be regarded as a continuation from Heaven of the teaching which the Lord began when on earth. (Acts i, 1.) A considerable number of y...
Christians, Names of The New Testament contains over 175 names, descriptive titles, and figures of speech referring to Christians, applicable to both ...
Death, Mortality Death is the absence or withdrawal of breath and the life force that makes movement, metabolism, and interrelation with others possib...
Preached at a Wednesday's Evening Lecture in Great Eastcbeap, Dec. 27, 1752. Psalm LXXXVII. 3. Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God ! ...
Image of God It would be difficult to overstate the centrality of the image of God as a crucial themein biblical theology. From the beginning of the e...
Amen [N] [E] [S]In current usage, the term amen has become little more than a ritualized conclusion to prayers. Yet the Hebrew and Greek words for ame...
The intent of the book of Revelation is provided by the very first word of the first verse: ??????????? [Apokalypsis] 1 which Strong defines as ?1 a ...
Animals [N]God as Creator and Sustainer. Animals, like the rest of the uNIVerse, are created by God. In Genesis 1, God's approval of the created world...
New Jerusalem The eternal climax of redemptive history is previewed in John's description of the new Jerusalem in Revelation 21-22. The new Jerusalem ...
Cloud, Cloud of the Lord The Old Testament. The Literal Cloud. Natural phenomena involving clouds are depicted occasionally in the Old Testament, but ...
Heaven, Heavens, Heavenlies Heaven is the created reality beyond earth. The heavens and the earth ( Gen 1:1 ) circumscribe the entire creation, or wha...
Time [N] [T]It is debatable whether the Bible contains enough information to formulate a full-scale doctrine of time; nonetheless, the significance of...
Joel 1 Joel 1:1 - 3.9.11 Joel 1:2 2 - 3.9.1, 3.9.11 Joel 1:3 2 - 3.9.1, 3.9.11 Joel 1:4 2 - 3.9.1, 3.9.11 Joel 1:5 2 - 3.9.1, 3.9.11 Joel 1:6 ...
Destroy, Destruction Destroy in the Bible usually refers to violent action causing physical death ( Num 16:33 ; Psalm 2:12 ; Heb. abad [d;b'a]). But ...
Blessing [N]God's intention and desire to bless humanity is a central focus of his covenant relationships. For this reason, the concept of blessing pe...
A major theme throughout Scripture is the impending arrival of God?s Kingdom on earth. Although the Kingdom will be a time of great blessing, peace, ...