to you . . . and to the rest You is plural (???? [hymin] ). The question then becomes if you refers to the members of the Thyatiran church (and not j...
\\INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 45\\ \\\\. There are some things in this title we have met with already in other psalms; as the direction, to the chief Mus...
shut heaven Shut is ??????? [kleisai] : ?shut, lock, bar.?1 The same root is used where Jesus informs us ?many widows were in Israel in the days of E...
kings of the earth These are the kings which fail to ?kiss the Son, lest He be angry, and you perish in the way, when His wrath is kindled but a litt...
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...
He who has an ear ?Every man ?hath an ear? naturally, but he alone will be able to hear spiritually to whom God has given ?the hearing ear?; whose ?e...
It was upon Mount Moriah where Abraham was told to offer Isaac: ?Take now your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah ...
Chapter?25Bildad here makes a very short reply to Job?s last discourse, as one that began to be tired of the cause. He drops the main question concern...
Chapter?63This psalm has in it as much of warmth and lively devotion as any of David?s psalms in so little a compass. As the sweetest of Paul?s epistl...
Knowledge of God The key biblical terms for knowledge assume a personal familiarity, even an intimateinvolvement, with the known object. Similarly, kn...
Now out of His mouth goes a sharp sword Out goes is ??????????? [ekporeuetai] : it is presently coming out. The MT text has a two-edged sword. He sho...
every creature All that is creaturely worships the Creator. This alone establishes that Jesus is not a created being?for worship of any creature , no...
Chapter?93This short psalm sets forth the honour of the kingdom of God among men, to his glory, the terror of his enemies, and the comfort of all his ...
Caution is needed when attempting to establish the identity of this angel, even though the ultimate identity of the angel has little effect upon the ...
Chapter?26Moses here receives instructions, I. Concerning the inner curtains of the tent or tabernacle, and the coupling of those curtains (v.?1-6). I...
When the New Testament opens, we find John the Baptist preaching, Mat. 3:2) [emphasis added]. Later, when John was imprisoned, Jesus too preached, ?t...
Chapter?76This psalm seems to have been penned upon occasion of some great victory obtained by the church over some threatening enemy or other, and de...
Now salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God and the power of His Christ have come An equivalent statement to that which accompanied the so...
4.16.3.1 - Abraham Offers IsaacTemple Mount with Dome of the Rock 1 Isn?t it interesting that in our own day, one of the most significant controvers...
CHAPTER VIII. PROVIDENCE. God's works of providence are his most holy, wise, and powerful, preserving and governing all his creatures, and all their...