white horse This white horse is the first of four horses of different colors, similar to the horses seen by Zechariah (Zec. Zec. 1:8; Zec. 6:2-6).1 S...
When they finish their testimony As we have seen throughout the book of Revelation, the ability of the evil forces which manifest during the time of t...
these will make war ???????????? [Polem?sousin] , which indicates a protracted engagement rather than a single battle. The same word is translated, so...
In the previous chapter, we saw a dragon with seven heads and ten horns who attempted to intercept the promised child and subsequently persecuted the...
Another passage which is often overlooked in establishing the identification of Babylon is the puzzling passage which occupies the last half of Zecha...
Here is wisdom This phrase indicates that what follows constitutes a riddle of sorts requiring great wisdom to comprehend. A similar statement introd...
In the previous chapter, John saw the seven angels having the seven last plagues wherein the wrath of God is complete (Rev. Rev. 15:1+). He was also ...
the nations were angry and Your wrath has come This refers to the rage of the nations (Ps. Ps. 2:1) exhibited throughout the Tribulation by an unrelen...
not defiled with women Defiled is ??????????? [Emolynth?san] : ?Causing something to be dirty soil, smear, stain; metaphorically, as keeping the life...
CHAPTER 1 - Of the Holy Scriptures1. The Holy Scripture is the only sufficient, certain, and infallible rule of all saving knowledge, faith, and obedi...
Up to this point, we have spent considerable time discussing background information in order to better prepare the reader for the verse-by-verse expo...
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)...
The Book of 1?JohnChapter 2Verses:2:1My beloved children - So the apostle frequently addresses the whole body of Christians. It is a term of tendernes...
The approach to interpreting the book of Revelation which has gained perhaps the widest exposure of all systems of interpretation in recent times is ...
Then the woman fled The connective, ?Then,? indicates a sequence between the catching up of the child and the fleeing of the woman. But are these two ...
ANTICHRIST an'-ti-krist (antichristos): _I. IN THE OLD TESTAMENT_ _II. IN THE NEW TESTAMENT_ 1. The Gospels 2. Pauline Epistles 3. Johannine Epis...
GALATIANS, EPISTLE TO THE || I. THE AUTHORSHIP 1. Position of the Dutch School 2. Early Testimony II. THE MATTER OF THE EPISTLE A) Summary of Con...