Legalism The term legalism commonly denotes preoccupation with form at the expense of substance. While it is now used metaphorically in all areas of h...
Revelation Rev. 12:1+, Rev. 13:1+, and Rev. 14:1+ formed an interlude during which the scenes depicting the series of judgments being poured out by G...
the great river Euphrates and its water was dried up At the sounding of the sixth trumpet, the second woe, four angels were released who had previous...
Having explored the parallels between events in the book of Revelation and passages which speak of a future time of trouble for both the world and th...
The sequential view understands the general flow of the book and especially the series of seal, trumpet, and bowl judgments as following a chronologic...
Although the Harlot includes both commercial and religious aspects, many have minimized her commercial aspects and placed greater emphasis on her rel...
I testify to everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book The message of the book of Revelation is not just for the Seven Churches of As...
Priest, Christ as The Old Testament. The priestly activity of drawing near to God in sacrifice and prayer is introduced in the Old Testament through A...
Caution is needed when attempting to establish the identity of this angel, even though the ultimate identity of the angel has little effect upon the ...
I stand at the door and knock I stand is ?????? [hest?ka] , perfect tense: I have stood. Knock is ????? [krou?] , present tense: I am knocking. He has...
In a key passage concerning ?the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to Him,? Paul relates that the Day of Christ (NU?Day of t...
The first two of the final three trumpets are sounded, releasing demonic judgments upon the earth. Unlike the previous four trumpet judgments, these ...
a sea of glass This sea of glass is under the throne of God and is analogous to the river of life. Ezekiel saw it above the heads of the cherubim, un...
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...
He was granted power to give breath to the image of the beast The power given to the False Prophet here is perhaps the apex of what God has ever allo...
he went to make war with the rest of her offspring who keep the commandments of God This phrase is pregnant with anti-Semitism. Although the woman no...
a loud voice Like Christ, the angel spoke with a loud or great voice (Rev. Rev. 1:10+). The voice of this mighty angel is also similar to that of the ...
New Covenant Eschatological stage of salvation history in which God, through the work of the Messiah and the Spirit, would unconditionally bring about...
they sing ??????? [Adousin] , present tense, they are singing. the song of Moses Some take the song of Moses to commemorate the victory which God gav...
Now we reach the second fork in the interpretive road: having established that the two witnesses are best understood as historic individuals, which in...