The number seven is the most frequently encountered number in the book of Revelation:Even the most careless reader of the Apocalypse must be struck b...
there were noises and thunderings and lightnings Noises is ????? [ph?nai] which could also be translated as ?voices.? Initially, these sounds of judg...
harm the earth, the sea, or the trees See commentary on Revelation 7:1. on their foreheads Foreheads is ??????? [met?p?n] , which is used to describe ...
The author of the earliest surviving commentary, Victorinus of Pettau, subscribed to the recapitulation view.1 This view emphasizes similarities betwe...
The book of Revelation states the following concerning the number of the BeastHe causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to r...
The first question of the Westminster Confession asks: ?What is the chief and highest end of man?? To which the following answer is given: ?Man?s chi...
lightnings, thunderings, and voices These portend the magnificence and glory of the Father and bring reverent fear to those who experience them, as w...
The False Prophet is the second beast which John sees which comes up out of the earth [#3-#18] having two horns like a lamb and who spoke like a drag...
The Beast is probably the most confusing entity in a consideration of the symbols representing kingdoms and individuals of the visions given to both ...
In the previous chapter, John is shown the seven angels having the seven last plagues?the seven bowl judgments. He sees the seven bowls poured forth,...
I saw the beast This is the Beast who rose from the abyss in a miraculous restoration from death and was worshiped by the earth dwellers. See The Bea...
her plagues will come in one day When her judgment finally comes, it will be swift and decisive (Isa. Isa. 47:9, Isa. 47:11; Rev. Rev. 18:9+, Rev. 18:...
Was opened (hnoigh). Second aorist passive indicative of anoigw, with augment on the preposition as in 1?Corinthians 15:5 . For the sanctuary (nao) ...
she had a great and high wall Isaiah saw a time of peace for Jerusalem when the people of God would ?call your walls Salvation and your gates Praise?...
This view holds that Babylon of the time of the end represents a world-spanning global, anti-God system. Usually, the system is partitioned into eccl...
who had been prepared ?? ???????????? [hoi h?toimasmenoi] , perfect tense passive participle, the ones having been prepared. The preparation was not ...
Render to her just as she rendered to you Render is ??????? [apodote] , plural imperative, you all give back to her! Who is this command given to?Acco...
Rev. 1 Rev. 1:1 44 - 3.1.17, 2.7.45, 2.2.133, 2.7.5.3.62, 3.1.192, 2.2.2.5, 2.2.11, 2.3.3, 2.7, 2.8, 2.9.2, 2.12.1, 2.12.2.2, 2.12.2.4, 2.12.5, 2.1...
After the Lamb has opened six of the seven seals, there is a pause in the action while the servants of God are sealed for protection from the judgment...
Salvation belongs to When Jesus rode into Jerusalem on the day He presented Himself as king in fulfillment of the prophecy of Zechariah (Zec. Zec. 9:9...