This same theme of tribal preservation continues into the NT with Gabriel?s message to Mary concerning her virgin birth:?And behold, you will conceive...
Opening the Fifth and Sixth Seals 1 fifth seal With the opening of the fifth seal, we break from the judgments associated with the four horsemen. ?T...
overcomes See. Who is the Overcomer? I will make him a pillar in the temple Some have seen this as an allusion to the pillars in Solomon?s Temple. 1K....
Slave, Slavery State of being subjected to involuntary servitude. It usually included being legally owned as property by another person. Slavery in th...
Paul the Apostle Life. Paul's exact date of birth is unknown. It is reasonable to surmise that he was born within a decade of Jesus' birth. He died, p...
CHAPTER 1 - Of the Holy Scriptures1. The Holy Scripture is the only sufficient, certain, and infallible rule of all saving knowledge, faith, and obedi...
Sanctification [N] [T] [E]The generic meaning of sanctification is the state of proper functioning. To sanctify someone or something is to set that pe...
and from Jesus Christ Within this simple greeting can be found a neglected doctrine of paramount importance: the Trinity. The greeting is from each me...
Salvation [N] [T] [E]Of the many Hebrew words used to signify salvation, yasa [[;vy] (to save, help in distress, rescue, deliver, set free) appears mo...
Law [N] [E] [S]The Nature of Biblical Law. The usual Hebrew term translated as law is tora [h'r/T]. Tora [h'r/T], used 220 times in the Old Testament,...
Mission Basic Definition. Mission is the divine activity of sending intermediaries, whether supernatural or human, to speak or do God's will so that h...
Ethics The ancient world did not consider religion to be morally inspiring, creative, or corrective; the reputed behavior of gods and goddesses repell...
Suffering [N]The experience of physical pain and/or mental distress. The words and phrases in the Bible expressing this concept are too numerous to li...
Prayer [N] [T] [E] [S]An examination of the Old and New Testaments and of the early Church Fathers reveals certain minimal beliefs or assumptions that...