At the heart of the idea of a Temple is the abiding presence of God. Although God is omnipresent, He has chosen to manifest His presence in certain l...
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:...
But the cowardly Cowardly is ??????? [deilois] : ?timid [ones],?1 ?persons showing fear in a shameful way.?2 The word is used to describe lack of fa...
Now we come upon a subject of great importance: the primacy (ultimate importance) of Scripture. While the inspiration and inerrancy of Scripture is o...
SERVICE sur'-vis: Six Hebrew, two Aramaic and four Greek words are so rendered. 1. In the Old Testament: In the Old Testament the word most used fo...
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...
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...
Jesus dictates letters to the remaining three of the Seven Churches of Asia. This chapter completes the record of ?the things which are? (Rev. Rev. 1...
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;...
they sing ??????? [Adousin] , present tense, they are singing. the song of Moses Some take the song of Moses to commemorate the victory which God gav...
these will make war ???????????? [Polem?sousin] , which indicates a protracted engagement rather than a single battle. The same word is translated, so...
will kill her children with death A futuristic use of the present tense: ?I am killing?. An indication of imminency of the judgment. Gen. 2:17).?1 J...
my two witnesses The TR text indicates that it is an angel which is speaking with John (Rev. Rev. 11:1+). Yet here, the speaker speaks of the two witn...
spirits of demons These are among the angels which fell from heaven and joined forces with Satan (Rev. Rev. 12:4+). Although they are ?unclean? and i...
To understand the Campaign of Armageddon, we need to grasp the full sweep of the pattern of rebellion against God which characterizes the history of ...
and from Jesus Christ Within this simple greeting can be found a neglected doctrine of paramount importance: the Trinity. The greeting is from each me...
Then I saw a great white throne and Him who sat upon it The scene before John is very similar to that which Daniel saw in his night vision:I watched t...
But the rest of mankind, who were not killed by these plagues The two-thirds left from the population prior to the sounding of the sixth trumpet (Rev...
swore by Him who lives forever and ever Here and in Daniel Dan. 12:1, the angels swear to underscore the unchangeable nature of the message they give....
Having been commissioned by Christ to write ?the things which you have seen, and the things which are, and the things which will take place after this...