4.15.1 - Why these Seven Churches? The immediate audience for the Revelation recorded by John is ?the seven churches which are in Asia? (Rev. Rev. 1:4...
in His right hand seven stars These stars are the seven angels of the churches as explained in Revelation 1:20 . The picture of the stars being withi...
4.16.1 - Hide and Seek4.16.2 - The Abiding Presence of God4.16.3 - The Temple Mount4.16.4 - A Heavenly Pattern4.16.5 - The Temples of History4.16.6 - ...
LUKE. CHAPTER XI. Rebuking the Pharisees. SUMMARY.--Teaching the Disciples to Pray. Parable of the Three Loaves. Earnestness in Prayer. The Cha...
they were not given authority to kill Given is ????? [edoth?] , passive, it is divine permission which prevents them from killing their victims. It i...
every creature All that is creaturely worships the Creator. This alone establishes that Jesus is not a created being?for worship of any creature , no...
CHAPTER 1 - Of the Holy Scriptures1. The Holy Scripture is the only sufficient, certain, and infallible rule of all saving knowledge, faith, and obedi...
1 Timothy 6:6 But godliness with contentment is great gain.] By godliness is not meant any particular grace, but all the graces of the Spirit of God; ...
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...
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...
In keeping with his title of ?Antichrist,? he will be an imitator of Christ (e.g., the object of worship, worldwide dominion, a throne). This tendenc...
When they heard of us (akousante ta peri hmwn). How they heard the things concerning us we do not know. Good news had its way of travel even before t...
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:...
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...
these will make war ???????????? [Polem?sousin] , which indicates a protracted engagement rather than a single battle. The same word is translated, so...
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...
All who dwell on the earth The ones who not only physically dwell on the earth, but whose affections and complete allegiance are entirely upon the ea...
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...
Chapter?16 A collection for the poor at Jerusalem. (1-9) Timothy and Apollos commended. (10-12) Exhortation to watchfulness in faith and love. (13-18...
There is an endless amount of material written about and urged as essential to understanding the book of Revelation. Most authors recognize the OT co...