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 ...
the great day of His wrath The great day is The Day of the Lord, a unique time yet future when God will radically intervene in history to demonstrate...
I am coming quickly I am coming is ??????? [erchomai] , present tense: I am presently coming. The emphasis on the impending arrival of Jesus and the ...
4.14.1 - Is there a Rapture?4.14.2 - What is the Rapture?4.14.3 - How Many Comings of Christ?4.14.4 - The Holy Spirit and the Rapture4.14.5 - Is all T...
When the New Testament opens, we find John the Baptist preaching, Mat. 3:2) [emphasis added]. Later, when John was imprisoned, Jesus too preached, ?t...
\\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 ...
A point of confusion arises when determining when the Day of the Lord begins. Some of the passages concerning this period appear contradictory Paul ...
Having seen that the relationship between Israel and God is set forth in terms of a consummated marriage followed by divorce and eventual restoration...
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 ...
Although a full discussion of the hermeneutics of preterism is beyond the scope of our purpose here, it is helpful to understand some key aspects con...
great hail This recalls the plague of hail which struck Egypt prior to the Exodus:And the LORD rained hail on the land of Egypt. So there was hail, a...
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...
a loud voice Like Christ, the angel spoke with a loud or great voice (Rev. Rev. 1:10+). The voice of this mighty angel is also similar to that of the ...
But the rest of the dead did not live again until the thousand years were finished. Live again is ???????? [anez?san] : used ?of the dead become aliv...
the angel Some have suggested this particular angel to be Archippus (Col. Col. 4:17) who was named as the first bishop of Laodicea in the Apostolical ...
sixth seal ?It would be difficult to paint any scene more moving or more terrible than that described at the opening of the sixth seal.?1 Up to now,...
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)...
\\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...
morning star Christ Himself is said to be the morning star (Rev. Rev. 22:16+).1 What is the purpose of the morning star, but to serve as an indicator...
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...