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...
the nations were angry and Your wrath has come This refers to the rage of the nations (Ps. Ps. 2:1) exhibited throughout the Tribulation by an unrelen...
The Holy Spirit has always been present and ministering upon the earth (Gen. Gen. 1:2). Prior to the Day of Pentecost, the Holy Spirit came upon and ...
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...
MAKE, MAKER mak, mak'-er (`asah, nathan, sum; poieo, tithemi, kathistemi): 1. As Used in the Old Testament: Make is a frequently used word, meaning ...
Chapter?14The departure of the children of Israel out of Egypt (which was indeed the birth of the Jewish church) is made yet more memorable by further...
Chapter?83This psalm is the last of those that go under the name of Asaph. It is penned, as most of those, upon a public account, with reference to th...
Footnotes(1 )Luke xi. 10.(2 )Prov. xvii. 28, lxx.(3 )Is. ii. 3, lxx.(4 )Phil. iii. 14.(5 )i.e., confessed or denied himself a Christian. The Benedicti...
ULTIMATE FATES THE decision of the will for or against Christ necessarily determines whether the subsequent evolution of the individual shall be an u...
In the previous chapter, John was shown an ideal time on earth when Satan was bound and Christ and the saints ruled for one thousand years. As wonder...
Chapter?32In this chapter we have, I. The song which Moses, by the appointment of God, delivered to the children of Israel, for a standing admonition ...
Footnotes(1 )He came in with a slow and stately step; he spoke with a broken utterance, sometimes with a kind of disjointed sobs rather than words. He...
Chapter?36It is uncertain when, and upon what occasion, David penned this psalm, probably when he was struck at either by Saul or by Absalom; for in i...
hail At this juncture, we once again encounter a major fork in the road of interpretation where many interpreters insist on understanding the effects ...
Chapter?3You have heard of the patience of Job,?? says the apostle, Jam.?5:11 . So we have, and of his impatience too. We wondered that a man should b...
Chapter?49This chapter is a prophecy; the likest to it we have yet met with was that of Noah, ch.?9:25 , etc. Jacob is here upon his death-bed, makin...
PAPYRUS pa-pi'-rus (Cyperus papyrus; bublos, biblos, whence biblion, a roll, ta biblia, the Books = the Bible): 1. Papyrus Paper 2. Egyptian Papyri ...
CHAPTER VI THE DIVINE DECREES. Augustine: De predestinatione; Epistola CXOIV., Ad Sixtum. Anselm: Concordia praescientiae et praedestinationis. Calv...
Chapter 31This chapter is added to Solomon?s proverbs, some think because it is of the same author, supposing king Lemuel to be king Solomon; others o...
WISDOM wiz'-dum: 1. Linguistic 2. History 3. Religious Basis 4. Ideals 5. Teaching of Christ 6. Remainder of the New Testament (1) James (2) P...