In studying the book of Revelation, one is immediately struck by the prevailing bias of many commentators against understanding numbers in their norm...
4.16.5.5.1 - What about the Physical Temple? When the Lamb of God (Isa. Isa. 53:7; John John 1:29; 1Pe. 1Pe. 1:19; Rev. Rev. 5:6+) was offered on the ...
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...
Age, Ages The Greek aion [aijwvn] in the Septuagint and New Testament corresponds to the Hebrew olam ['l/[] of the Old Testament. Both words usually d...
seventh angel sounded The seventh angel sounds the seventh trumpet (Rev. Rev. 8:2+). This last of the seven trumpets is not to be confused with the ?l...
After seventy years of captivity in Babylon which God had prophesied (2Chr. 2Chr. 36:21; Jer. Jer. 25:11; Jer. 29:10; Dan. Dan. 9:2), and as God had ...
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...
BABYLON IN THE NEW TESTAMENT Babylon Babulon, is used in New Testament in at least two different senses: 1. Mesopotamian Babylon: In Matthew 1:11,12...
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...
Surprisingly little of substance is known concerning the Nicolaitans only mentioned in Scripture in the book of Revelation. The Lord commends the Eph...
Perhaps the most popular view concerning the identity of Babylon is that she represents the city of Rome.Tertullian, Irenaeus, and Jerome use Babylon...
they sang ???????? [adousin] , present tense: they are singing. A historical present which describes an event which has already transpired using the p...
One of the more difficult aspects of the Millennial Kingdom concerns passages which make plain that a sacrificial system will be active during the th...
\\INTRODUCTION TO JUDE\\ That this epistle was written by Jude, one of the twelve apostles of Christ, and not by Jude the fifteenth bishop of Jerusa...
\\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 ...
Ascension of Jesus Christ Event, recorded most fully in ac 1:1-11, by which Christ concluded his postresurrection appearances, left the earth, and was...
Blessed is he Luther?s comments underscore the need for a consistently literal interpretation of this book: ?Even if it were a blessed thing to believ...
Death of Christ The Place in the Gospels. In the records of Jesus that the Gospels give us, it is clear that a place of supreme significance is given ...
I, John John also refers to himself this way in Rev. Rev. 21:2+ and Rev. 22:8+, perhaps indicating an awareness of his unworthiness and inadequacy in...