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...
\\INTRODUCTION TO MARK\\ This is the title of the book, the subject of which is the Gospel; a joyful account of the ministry, miracles, actions, ...
Overview - Luke 8 1?Women minister unto Christ of their substance. 4?Christ, after he had preached from place to place, attended by his apostles, pro...
made us kings and priests In both NU and MT, the Greek has appointed us a kingdom (singular), priests to God. A similar difference occurs in Revelatio...
in the midst The Levites, who performed the priestly duty of the OT, camped around the glory of the Lord which resided in the Tabernacle (Num. Num. 1:...
The letters recognize that each church is composed of both believers and church-going unbelievers. ?Church? (????????? [Ekkl?sias] ) is a compound wor...
Capstone An architectural term denoting the top stone in a building or wall. If it caps an arch it is called a keystone. The expression is used twice ...
It is our view that the identity of Babylon ultimately rests on the proper interpretation of God?s word. We must examine the meaning of words in thei...
4.15.1 - Why these Seven Churches? The immediate audience for the Revelation recorded by John is ?the seven churches which are in Asia? (Rev. Rev. 1:4...
This same theme of tribal preservation continues into the NT with Gabriel?s message to Mary concerning her virgin birth:?And behold, you will conceive...
these will make war ???????????? [Polem?sousin] , which indicates a protracted engagement rather than a single battle. The same word is translated, so...
Now salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God and the power of His Christ have come An equivalent statement to that which accompanied the so...
He who sat on the throne said This is God the Father Who John saw when he first ascended in his vision to heaven (Rev. Rev. 4:2+, Rev. 4:9+; Rev. 5:1...
fell at His feet as dead This is the unrehearsed response of all who have been privileged to see the glory of the Lord (Isa. Isa. 6:4; Eze. Eze. 1:28...
But with precious blood (alla timiwi aimati). Instrumental case of aima after elutrwqhte (repeated from verse 1?Peter 18 ). Peter here applies the o...
CHAPTER 1 - Of the Holy Scriptures1. The Holy Scripture is the only sufficient, certain, and infallible rule of all saving knowledge, faith, and obedi...
Therefore ?Because they are so washed white; for without it they could never have entered God?s holy heaven.?1 before the throne of God The entire th...
four living creatures See commentary on Revelation 4:6. the elders See commentary on Revelation 4:4. a Lamb ?When John turned, he saw, not a Lion, acc...
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...
in His right hand seven stars These stars are the seven angels of the churches as explained in Revelation 1:20 . The picture of the stars being withi...