The most controversial aspect of the Antichrist concerns his origin. Clearly he is empowered by Satan (Dan. Dan. 8:24; 2Th. 2Th. 2:9). Scripture also ...
The False Prophet is the second beast which John sees which comes up out of the earth [#3-#18] having two horns like a lamb and who spoke like a drag...
TRADITION tra-dish'-un: The Greek word is paradosis, a giving over, either by word of mouth or in writing; then that which is given over, i.e. tradit...
they had a king over them These locusts are to be contrasted with natural locusts which have no king: ?The locusts have no king, yet they all advance...
the smoke of their torment ascends forever and ever This phrase speaks of eternal judgment, like that which will ultimately befall the land of Edom a...
1 Thessalonians 1:4 Knowing, brethren beloved, your election of God.] Which intends not an election to an office, for this epistle is written not to t...
the ten horns which you saw on the beast The TR stands alone in having the ten horns on the beast. Both MT and NU texts say ?the ten horns which you s...
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...
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...
4.12.1 - Revival Myth4.12.2 - The Number of the Beast4.12.3 - Failure in Fulfillment4.12.4 - Nero as a Type of the Beast Among those who seek to releg...
Some have thought the Antichrist to be a Christian invention, but it predates Christianity. This is to be expected since the Old Testament reveals co...
armies in heaven Armies is ??????????? [strateumata] : ?troops,?1 ?armed force.?2 The army is composed of ?saints? which denotes those who are set ...
cast out This is the first stage in the de facto fulfillment of what was previously accomplished de jure at Christ?s First Coming (Luke Luke 10:18; Jo...
if anyone wants to harm them Although set forth as a conditional statement, the remainder of the passage implies that the vast majority of people stro...
like a leopard . . . bear . . . lion The characteristics of the first three beasts in Daniel?s night vision contribute to this beast of the end (Dan....
these will make war ???????????? [Polem?sousin] , which indicates a protracted engagement rather than a single battle. The same word is translated, so...
It might seem that in the tearing of the veil of the Temple and the coming of the Spirit to establish the Temple of the believer that all purposes fo...
one of his heads The head which is wounded is the seventh head:Here is the mind which has wisdom: The seven heads are seven mountains on which the wo...
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...
John This simple statement identifying the writer as ?John? is evidence for the traditional view of John the Apostle as author. For what other John w...