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...
Having completed the letters to the Seven Churches of Asia, John is called up to the throne room in heaven where he is given a vision of God the Fath...
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 ...
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 various sources describing the practice of Jewish marriage at the time of Christ differ in the details, there is general agreement concernin...
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...
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....
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...
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...
It is a well-established fact that Scripture contains typology?passages which do not explicitly teach doctrine, but which provide ?hints? concerning ...
these will make war ???????????? [Polem?sousin] , which indicates a protracted engagement rather than a single battle. The same word is translated, so...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
Having seen that the relationship between Israel and God is set forth in terms of a consummated marriage followed by divorce and eventual restoration...
CHAPTER 1 - Of the Holy Scriptures1. The Holy Scripture is the only sufficient, certain, and infallible rule of all saving knowledge, faith, and obedi...
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)...