PAUL'S GREAT THANKSGIVING Eph. 1:3-14, especially 8?Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with every spiritual ...
Ascension of Jesus Christ Event, recorded most fully in ac 1:1-11, by which Christ concluded his postresurrection appearances, left the earth, and was...
HEBREWS. CHAPTER V. The Superiority of Christ's Priesthood. SUMMARY.--The Office of a High Priest. High Priests Chosen of God. Christ a Priest of ...
morning star Christ Himself is said to be the morning star (Rev. Rev. 22:16+).1 What is the purpose of the morning star, but to serve as an indicator...
EPHESIANS. CHAPTER IV. The Unity of the Church. SUMMARY.--The Exhortation to Unity. The Seven Bonds of Unity. The Various Gifts Given to the Chu...
The intent of the book of Revelation is provided by the very first word of the first verse: ??????????? [Apokalypsis] 1 which Strong defines as ?1 a ...
Grace [T] [E]The word grace in biblical parlance can, like forgiveness, repentance, regeneration, and salvation, mean something as broad as describing...
who were sealed ????????????? [esphragismen?n] , perfect passive participle, ones having been sealed. The angel recounts the total number of individua...
OI THE INTERNAL ACTS AND WORKS OF GOD ; AND OF HIS DECREES IN GENERAL. THE acts and works of God may be distinguished into internal and external. The...
CORINTHIANS. CHAPTER VI. The Apostolic Ministry. SUMMARY.--An Exhortation to Believers. The Blameless Ministry of Paul and His Fellow-Workers. The...
FULLNESS fool'-nes: The translation of pleroma, which is generally, but not invariably, rendered fullness in the New Testament. Etymologically, plero...
Inheritance [N] [S]Legal inheritance refers to actual property or goods received after a family member'sdeath. While Jewish inheritance customs were l...
Nature, Natural The Hebrew language has no word for nature equivalent to the Greek word physis [fuvsi]. Hebrew thought and language were essentially c...
Body [N]Old Testament. The doctrine of creation sets forth the essential corporeality of human existence. When God created Adam and Eve, he provided t...
Hospitality [N] [T] [S]Hospitality plays no small role in the realm of biblical ethics. Biblical admonitions exhorted the Israelites and the early Chr...
Micah, Theology of Although unlike Isaiah ( 6:1-9 ), Jeremiah ( 1:4-10 ), and Ezekiel (2:1-3:27) Micah gives his audience no autobiographical account ...
Death of Christ The Place in the Gospels. In the records of Jesus that the Gospels give us, it is clear that a place of supreme significance is given ...
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...
HEBREWS. CHAPTER I. Christ Greater Than Angels and Prophets. SUMMARY.--The Message Spoken by the Son. The Glory of the Son. His Superiority to t...
Exaltation [N]In the Bible exaltation most often refers to the lofty position of God and of Jesus Christ, but sometimes the term is applied to human b...