ZABAD za'-bad (zabhadh, perhaps a contraction for (1) zebhadhyah, Yahweh has given, i.e. Zebadiah; or (2) zabhdi'el, El (God) is my gift (HPN, 222 f);...
Two of the women who play key roles in the Book of Revelation are cities: Babylon and the New Jerusalem. This is no accident as one is the city of ma...
Chapter 23 23:13 The sons of Amram; Aaron and Moses: and Aaron was separated, that he should a sanctify the most holy things, he and his sons for ever...
Francis Woodcock, A. B.?This pious divine was born in the city of Chester, in the year 16'14, and educated in Brazen-nose college, Oxford, where he to...
drunk Drunk is ????????? [methyousan] , present tense participle. The woman was drunk while John saw her. with the blood of the saints and with the b...
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...
Heaven, Heavens, Heavenlies Heaven is the created reality beyond earth. The heavens and the earth ( Gen 1:1 ) circumscribe the entire creation, or wha...
sea of glass, like crystal Those who achieve victory over the beast (by not loving their lives to the death, Rev. Rev. 12:11+) are seen standing on t...
Zechariah 10:2 For the idols have spoken vanity The vanities of the Gentiles cannot give rain; if they promise it, they speak vain things; God only ca...
Chapter 2323:1 He that is wounded in the stones, or hath his privy member cut off, a shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD. (a) Either to ...
Kill, Killing The Old Testament. The Old Testament uses many terms to refer to the act ofkilling, some of which can be used interchangeably (see 2 Sa...
Work [N]For contemporary humanity the meaning and character of work have been divorced from religion, being largely shaped by secular ideologies assoc...
Chapter 2323:2 Thou shalt not follow a multitude to [do] evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause a to decline after many to wrest [judgment]: (a) Do...
Light [N] [T] [E]Light always involves the removal of darkness in the unfolding of biblical history and theology. The contrast of light and darkness i...
Song of Solomon, Theology of At first reading it seems impossible to describe a theology of the Song of Songs. After all, the name of God may appear o...
Chapter 2323:4 These [are] the feasts of the LORD, [even] holy convocations, which ye shall proclaim in their a seasons. (a) For the sabbath was kept ...
Angel [E]Superhuman or heavenly being who serves as God's messenger. Both the Hebrew malak [J; 'm] and the Greek angelos [a [ggelo] indicate that thes...
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...
Worship [B] [E]To be rendered only to God Exodus 20:3 ; Deuteronomy 5:7 ; 6:13 ; Matthew 4:10 ; Luke 4:8 ; Acts 10:26 ; 14:15 ; Colossians 2:...
Providence of God The word providence comes from the Latin providentia (Gk. pronoia [provnoia]) and means essentially foresight or making provision be...