Babylon Here is the first mention of Babylon found in this book. Some suggest that ?Babylon? should not be understood in a literal sense, but as deno...
Two other titles which are related to the coming Day of the Lord are the Time of Jacob?s Trouble and the Great Tribulation.1 Notice that all three in...
It is our view that the identity of Babylon ultimately rests on the proper interpretation of God?s word. We must examine the meaning of words in thei...
Funeral [E]In ancient Israel burial occurred soon after death. In a hot climate, internment took place as quickly as possible after a person had expir...
Consolation [N]Attempt to comfort someone who is in sorrow. The most frequently encountered Hebrew term is niham [WjIn]; parakaleo [parakalevw], param...
I would not (ouk eboulhqhn). Epistolary aorist (first passive indicative). With paper and ink (dia cartou kai melano). The carth was a leaf of papyru...
In the name of a prophet (ei onoma prophtou). Because he is a prophet (Moffatt). In an Oxyrhynchus Papyrus 37 (A.D. 49) we find onomati eleuqerou in ...
JERUBBESHETH jer-ub-be'-sheth, je-rub'-e-sheth (yerubbesheth, see JERUBBAAL, for meaning): It is found once (2?Samuel 11:21) for JERUBBAAL. The word...
Overview - Joel 1 1?Joel, declaring sundry judgments of God, exhorts to observe them, 8?and to mourn. 14?He prescribes a solemn fast to deprecate tho...
Overview - Deuteronomy 27 1?The people are commanded to write the law upon stones, 5?and to build an altar of whole stones. 11?The tribes to be divid...
Overview - Nehemiah 9 1?A solemn fast, and repentance of the people. 4?The Levites make a religious confession of God's goodness, and their wickednes...
Overview - 2?Kings 23 1?Josiah causes the book to be read in a solemn assembly. 3?He renews the covenant of the Lord. 4?He destroys idolatry. 15?He ...
Harvest [N] [E] [S]The gathering of things planted, a natural time of reaping in joy what has been produced during the year in an agricultral communit...
Lion [N] [S]Although most Hebrew and Greek words for lion are used in a figurative sense, nevertheless we can draw a number of inferences regarding th...
It is not our purpose here to describe the Millennial Kingdom at great length. It is a large topic and the subject of scores of prophecies, especiall...
In criticism of this association, some note the variations found among the church fathers in assigning the faces to the gospels:The church Father Ire...
\\INTRODUCTION TO EZRA 7\\ In this chapter we have the lineage and character of Ezra described, \\#Ezr 7:1-6\\, his expedition to Jerusalem, and of ...
Matthew 23:38 Behold your house is left unto you desolate.] Signifying that the city in which they dwelt, where they had their ceiled houses, and stat...
GIER-EAGLE jer'-e-g'-l (racham; kuknos, in Leviticus, porphurion, in Deuteronomy): The name applied to one of the commonest of the vultures, and not ...
Overview - Ezekiel 35 1?The judgment of mount Seir for their hatred of Israel, and insulting over their distress. Treasury of Scripture KnowledgeEzeki...