4.8.1 - The Present Value of Future Events4.8.2 - Certainty versus Uncertainty Imminence is ?The quality or condition of being about to occur.?1 In S...
overcomes See Who is the Overcomer? clothed in white garments See commentary on Revelation 3:4. Clothed is ???????????? [peribaleitai] , the overcomer...
Humility [N] [T] [E]Biblical humility is grounded in the character of God. The Father stoops down to help the poor and needy ( Psalm 113:4-9 ; 138:6-...
Overview - Matthew 12 1?Christ reproves the blindness of the Pharisees concerning the breach of the sabbath, 3?by scripture, 9?by reason, 13?and by ...
Image of God It would be difficult to overstate the centrality of the image of God as a crucial themein biblical theology. From the beginning of the e...
I know See commentary on Revelation 2:2. open door ????? ?????????? [Thyran ene?gmen?n] : ?a door while having been opened? (perfect tense) - the door...
white robe These are the white robes promised to the overcomers, for their nakedness is clothed (Rev. Rev. 12:11+ cf. Rev. Rev. 3:5+, Rev. 3:18+). Th...
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...
Sheol [N] [E] Old Testament. The Hebrew word seol [l/a.v], Sheol, refers to the grave or the abode of the dead ( Psalms 88:3 Psalms 88:5 ). Through ...
Assurance [N] [T] [E]In the midst of a world filled with uneasiness and insecurity, assurance of a person's security in God is one of the hallmarks of...
I heard a voice from heaven saying to me This is probably the same voice which told John to ?seal up the things which the seven thunders uttered? (Rev...
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...
Sleep [N]In the Scriptures the words that designate sleep are used in both a literal and a figurative way. When the word is used literally, as it freq...
Hope [N] [T] [E]To trust in, wait for, look for, or desire something or someone; or to expect something beneficial in the future.The Old Testament. Th...
Fruit of the Spirit The fruit of the Spirit is the result of the Holy Spirit's presence and working in the lives of maturing believers and is itemized...
Walk The verb walk in its literal sense of going along or moving about on foot at a moderate pace is found numerous times in the Gospels. However, thi...
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...
Hospitality [N] [T] [S]Hospitality plays no small role in the realm of biblical ethics. Biblical admonitions exhorted the Israelites and the early Chr...
CHAPTER 1 - Of the Holy Scriptures1. The Holy Scripture is the only sufficient, certain, and infallible rule of all saving knowledge, faith, and obedi...
Thankfulness, Thanksgiving The Old Testament. Early in the Old Testament both the language and the concept of thanksgiving are conspicuous by their ab...