Remember Remembering is the first in a three-step process. All three steps (remember, repent, and do the first works) are in the imperative tense: re...
In the previous chapter, John was shown a new order of things. An entirely new heaven and earth were created to replace the first heaven and earth wh...
that great city Although this phrase is also used of Jerusalem (Rev. Rev. 11:8+) and of the heavenly Jerusalem (Rev. Rev. 21:10+), here it is to be id...
The number seven is the most frequently encountered number in the book of Revelation:Even the most careless reader of the Apocalypse must be struck b...
LIE; LYING li, (sheqer (usually, e.g. Isaiah 9:15; Zechariah 13:3), or kazabh verb (Job 34:6; Micah 2:11); pseudos (John 8:44; Revelation 21:27), to s...
POOR poor ('ebhyon, dal, `ani, rush; ptochos): I. In the Old Testament. The poor have great prominence in the Bible; it is said, indeed, that there ...
HAGGAI hag'-a-i, hag'-a-i (chaggay, an adjective formed from chagh, feast): 1. Name: The word Haggai may mean festal, the prophet having been born p...
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...
4.5.5.1 - Blood Stained Garments From the many passages in Scripture which provide insights into the Campaign of Armageddon1 , we have chosen those wh...
being with child ?? ?????? ?????? [en gastri echousa] , in the womb having. Something we should immediately notice about this entire vision is the lac...
WINE; WINE PRESS win, win'-pres: I. Terms. 1. Wine: (1) (~yayin), apparently from a non-Tsere root allied to Greek oinos, Latin vinum, etc. This is...
The scene before us can also be interpreted in a different way which splits the participants between both a heavenly and an earthly location. Such an ...
Beyond the interpretive issue mentioned above, which we feel is conclusive, there are many other reasons for taking Babylon in the book of Revelation...
Who shall not fear Not is emphasized by the double-negation, ?? ?? [ou m?] , followed by the subjunctive aorist ??????? [phob?th?] , he should fear.1...
Now the great city was divided into three parts Great city probably refers to Jerusalem,1 as it is contrasted with the cities of the nations (?Gentil...
these will make war ???????????? [Polem?sousin] , which indicates a protracted engagement rather than a single battle. The same word is translated, so...
Chapter?5We left the temple-work at a full stop; but, being God?s work, it shall be revived, and here we have an account of the reviving of it. It was...
HOSANNA ho-zan'-a (hosanna): This Greek transliteration of a Hebrew word occurs 6 times in the Gospels as the cry of the people when our Lord entered...
GEDALIAH ged-a-li'-a (gedhalyah; except in 1?Chronicles 25:3,9 and Jeremiah 38:1, where it is gedhalyahu, Yah(u) is great): (1) Gedaliah, the son of ...
he cried mightily with a loud voice The angel serves as a divine herald, announcing that which is about to take place. He signals that an event of gre...