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;...
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 ...
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)...
they sang ???????? [adousin] , present tense: they are singing. A historical present which describes an event which has already transpired using the p...
In studying the book of Revelation, one is immediately struck by the prevailing bias of many commentators against understanding numbers in their norm...
to test those who dwell upon the earth Both Isaiah and Zephaniah described this day:For behold, the LORD comes out of His place to punish the inhabit...
He who has an ear ?Every man ?hath an ear? naturally, but he alone will be able to hear spiritually to whom God has given ?the hearing ear?; whose ?e...
Surprisingly little of substance is known concerning the Nicolaitans only mentioned in Scripture in the book of Revelation. The Lord commends the Eph...
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 2 JOHN\\ Though this epistle was called in question and gainsaid by some as authentic, as Eusebius says {a}, yet there is no room ...
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...
do not weep ?? ????? [m? klaie] , a present tense imperative indicating that John continued to weep.1 the Lion of the tribe of Judah God had revealed...
Perhaps the most popular view concerning the identity of Babylon is that she represents the city of Rome.Tertullian, Irenaeus, and Jerome use Babylon...
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 ...
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...
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...
Now we come upon a subject of great importance: the primacy (ultimate importance) of Scripture. While the inspiration and inerrancy of Scripture is o...
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...
CHRISTIAN kris'-chan, kris'-ti-an (Christianos): 1. Historicity of Acts 11:26 2. Of Pagan Origin 3. The Christian Attitude to the Name 4. Was ...
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...