Guide to Book AbbreviationThe following table lists (in alphabetical order) the names of each of the books of the Bible and it's corresponding shortes...
LUKE. CHAPTER XI. Rebuking the Pharisees. SUMMARY.--Teaching the Disciples to Pray. Parable of the Three Loaves. Earnestness in Prayer. The Cha...
As we enter our study of the book of Revelation, it will serve us well to remember that the book is ?the revelation of Jesus Christ? (Rev. Rev. 1:1+)...
So then (ara oun). Accordingly then. The illative ara is supported (Ellicott) by the collective oun as in 1?Thessalonians 5:6 ; Galatians 6:10 , et...
And the Spirit and the bride say, ?Come!? Say is ???????? [legousin] , present tense: they are saying. The invitation is for the present and is ongoi...
Mild or partial preterism holds that most of the prophecies of Revelation were fulfilled in either the fall of Jerusalem (A.D. 70) or the fall of the ...
An imminent event is characterized by both certainty and uncertainty:The event is certain to take place. It is not a matter of ?if,? but ?when.? The...
All book names within Bible addresses appear in one of two forms: (1) the full formal name (e.g., Revelation), or (2) a standardized abbreviation. Th...
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...
I am coming ??????? [Erchomai] , present tense, I am presently coming. His arrival is so imminent we are to think of Him as being already on His way....
from the east Literally, from the rising of the sun. Within Scripture, east is often the direction of the deliverance or judgment of God (Gen. Gen. 41...
in the days of the sounding of the seventh angel This refers to the time period during which the seventh angel sounds and the final seven bowl judgmen...
It is a well-established fact that Scripture contains typology?passages which do not explicitly teach doctrine, but which provide ?hints? concerning ...
Opening the Fifth and Sixth Seals 1 fifth seal With the opening of the fifth seal, we break from the judgments associated with the four horsemen. ?T...
Although there are a variety of views as to when the Church is caught away to be with Christ, we believe the Scriptures indicate a catching away of t...
seven angels These are seven specific angels who are said to stand before God. Some have identified these with angels which are named in the books of ...
In his first version Zechariah sees a man is riding a red (????? [??d??m] ) horse and behind him were horses: red (???????? [??rumm?m] , red ones), so...
these will make war ???????????? [Polem?sousin] , which indicates a protracted engagement rather than a single battle. The same word is translated, so...
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...
Now we reach the second fork in the interpretive road: having established that the two witnesses are best understood as historic individuals, which in...