1Pe. 1 1Pe. 1:1 4 - 2.7.5.2, 3.17.14, 4.1.3.3, 4.17.3.2.3 1Pe. 1:2 - 3.17.14 1Pe. 1:3 5 - 3.7.4, 3.20.6.1, 3.21.7, 4.4.3.5, 4.15.1.2 1Pe. 1:4 3 ...
The crowns associated with the reward of the believer are always stephanos. Paul associates this crown with the reward of victory in competition (1Co...
In our discussion, we saw passages which recognized the potential for persons to be blotted out of the Book of Life (Ex. Ex. 32:32-33; Ps. Ps. 69:28;...
a male child who was to rule with a rod of iron To rule is ?????????? [Poimainein] : ?Herd, tend, (lead to) pasture.?1 Elsewhere, it is translated a...
prepared themselves to sound The sounding of the angels will be in response to the prayers of the saints which were offered with incense before the t...
I fell at his feet to worship him . . . see that you do not do that! Later, after seeing the revelation of the New Jerusalem and the eternal state, J...
A frequent assertion by those who are not in favor of the book of Revelation describing future events is that if the book were to describe events yet...
He who overcomes shall inherit all things He who overcomes is ? ????? [ho nik?n] , by now familiar: the overcomer. The promises to the Seven Churches...
you are about to suffer The Smyrnaeans were about to enter a time of testing. God often warns his servants prior to a time of trial (Eze. Eze. 2:3-7;...
CHAPTER 1 - Of the Holy Scriptures1. The Holy Scripture is the only sufficient, certain, and infallible rule of all saving knowledge, faith, and obedi...
\\INTRODUCTION TO 2 JOHN\\ Though this epistle was called in question and gainsaid by some as authentic, as Eusebius says {a}, yet there is no room ...
mystery As is frequently the case within Scripture, the answers to our questions are ?in the back of the book? (in this case, the back of the chapter)...
Crown [N] [E] [S]The concept of the crown originates from a cap, turban, or more formal metallic crown that was decorated with jewels. Its placement o...
Up to this point, we have spent considerable time discussing background information in order to better prepare the reader for the verse-by-verse expo...
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...
\\INTRODUCTION TO 2 PETER\\ Though there was, among the ancients, a doubt concerning the authority of this epistle, which is first mentioned by Orig...
in the Spirit All prophetic revelation has its origin in the Holy Spirit (1Pe. 1Pe. 1:20-21) and never from man (Gal. Gal. 1:12-16; Gal. 2:2). Mysteri...
\\INTRODUCTION TO HEBREWS\\ That this epistle was written very early appears from hence, that it was imitated by Clement of Rome, in his epistle to ...
around about Multitudes surround God?s throne (1K. 1K. 22:19; Rev. Rev. 5:11+; Rev. 7:11+), but in concentric positions. Those closest to God appear ...
INTRODUCTION THIS is called by EUSEBIUS ([Ecclesiastical History, 2.23], about the year 330 A.D). the first of the Catholic Epistles, that is, the ...